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George Horton picked up his 200th career win at Oregon thanks to the No. 19 Ducks holding off a late rally by Gonzaga to win 3-2 at Patterson Complex on Tuesday in a non-conference game. The Ducks (20-8) forced Gonzaga (10-17) to strand 13 runners on base during the game including five in the last two innings. Oregon and Gonzaga wrap up their two game series on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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The No. 3 ranked Oregon softball team keep the good vibes going from last weekend’s sweep of Washington with a pair of victories in a doubleheader against UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday afternoon at Howe Field in Eugene. The Ducks (32-4) walked off in the first game with a 2-1 win in eight innings and used a Kailee Cuico grand slam (highlight video below) to take the second game, 10-4. Up next for the Ducks is a marquee three-game Pac-12 series with No. 1 ranked UCLA, starting at 3 p.m. on Friday at Howe Field.
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Dylan Davis drove in three runs and Jerad Casper homered amongst four hits to highlight the sixth-ranked Oregon State baseball team’s 9-6 win over Portland Tuesday afternoon at Joe Etzel Field. The win was Oregon State’s (22-6 overall) 20th straight over Portland (5-23) dating back to the 2007 season. The Beavers will look to extend it to 21 games May 13 at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer, Ore., and tie the school’s longest streak. The Beavers return to Goss Stadium for a three-game series against Stanford that starts at 5:05 p.m. PT Friday night.
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For the third time this season, Cheridan Hawkins has been named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, the league announced on Monday afternoon. This is Hawkins’ sixth career pitcher of the week honor and the 46th overall player of the week honor all-time for the Ducks. Hawkins, who leads the NCAA with 10 shutouts this season, added two more to her total over the weekend as the No. 2 ranked Ducks swept No. 5 ranked Washington for the first time in school history.
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When Jace Fry makes his start against Stanford this weekend, the left-hander will be the reigning Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season. He was named the conference’s top pitcher of the week on Monday by commissioner Larry Scott. Fry’s honor comes after the junior tossed seven scoreless innings in an 11-0 win over Arizona on Sunday. He held the Wildcats to just one hit – an eighth-inning single – while striking out five with two walks. He lowered his earned run average to 1.81 on the year with the effort. It’s his second honor – and third all-time – with the first coming after a March 8 no-hitter against Northern Illinois. It is the 71st all-time weekly honor for an Oregon State pitcher, second only to Stanford. He is the seventh OSU pitcher to be honored twice in the same season since the then Pac-10 unified in 1999. Others include Matt Boyd (2013), Sam Gaviglio (2011), Greg Peavey (2010), Dallas Buck (2005), Scott Nicholson (2001) and B.R. Cook (1999).