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Oregon State’s 14-game Gill Coliseum winning streak was snapped but the Beavers gave No. 9 Utah all it could handle on Thursday night in a 47-37 setback before a vocal crowd of 6,124. The Beavers (16-10, 7-7 Pac-12) had won their first 14 home games this season before Thursday. The Utes (21-4, 11-2) captured their fifth game in a row to remain in the chase for the Pac-12’s regular-season title. The Beavers conclude their homestand at 8 p.m. Saturday against Colorado, which lost 73-60 at Oregon on Wednesday night. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks.
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Senior Janie Takeda broke the 1-1 stalemate in the top of the seventh when she went yard over the left field wall to give the No. 2-ranked Oregon Ducks the 4-1 win over No. 7 Baylor on Thursday at Getterman Stadium in the opening game of the Baylor Invitational. The Ducks will return to Getterman Stadium at 9:45 a.m. (PT) for the first of its double header on Friday, starting with Abilene Christian before taking on No. 25 Tulsa at noon.
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Conor Harber threw six no-hit innings of relief to help the Oregon baseball team post its third come-from-behind victory in five games this season, 3-1 over New Mexico State in the Ducks’ home opener at PK Park on Thursday. The Ducks (4-1) entered the seventh inning looking for a comeback for the fourth time this season, and pulled it off for the third time. Austin Grebeck scored from second on a single by Matt Eureste, and Shaun Chase added some insurance with his first home run of the spring in the eighth. The Ducks will host the Aggies (0-5) in the second game of the series Friday at 6 p.m., with freshman left-hander David Peterson (0-0, 1.50) set to make his PK Park debut against righty Matt Loeffler (0-0, 1.29). The first 1,500 fans will receive a white Nike T-Shirt, coordinating with the uniforms Oregon will wear for a “White Out” of PK Park.