Oregon baseball completes series sweep of Washington
The No. 21 Oregon Ducks completed a pivotal sweep over Washington in Seattle on Saturday and did so in dramatic fashion.
Colby Shade singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning to push the Ducks (24-11, 10-5) past the Huskies (16-18, 6-12) by a score of 6-5 at Husky Ballpark.
Oregon has now won five consecutive games, including a 7-5 win over Washington on Thursday, and an 8-6 win over the Huskies on Friday.
Shade went 3-for-5 for the Ducks and doubled, Sam Novitske went 1-for-4 with a two-RBI triple, and Brennen Milone and Tanner Smith each homered.
Oregon appeared to have taken the lead for good in the top of the 10th when Smith launched a leadoff homer to right field on the second pitch of the inning, giving the Ducks a 5-4 lead. But Johnny Tincher responded by taking Oregon closer Kolby Somers yard on the first pitch of the bottom of the 10th to tie it at 5-5.
With two outs in the 11th, though, Gavin Grant drew a walk, Smith singled, and Shade followed with the go-ahead hit.
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Oregon reliever Christian Ciuffetelli came on in the bottom of the 11th and retired three of the four batters he faced to close out the game.
Jace Stoffal got the starting nod for the Ducks and tossed 3.0 innings during which he struck out two and held Washington to one run on two hits.
With the win, Oregon moved into second place in the Pac-12 standings and now sits ahead of Arizona (24-12, 11-7) and behind first-place Oregon State (27-7, 10-5).
The Ducks will hit the road Tuesday for a single-game matchup with the University of Portland, before returning to Eugene for a three-game set with Washington State (13-21, 5-13) that begins Friday at 6 p.m. PT.
