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UO release – EUGENE, Ore. —Gavin Grant beat out an infield single with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning Wednesday to drive in Josh Kasevich and give the Oregon baseball team a 4-3 victory over San Francisco at PK Park. The Ducks (18-7) never led in Wednesday’s game until Kasevich scored the winning run as Grant was called safe on a bang-bang play at first base. The UO bullpen pitched nine innings of one-run baseball and Oregon’s offense forced extra innings with a run in the bottom of the ninth before Grant’s walk-off hit in the 11th. Oregon next plays Friday at UCLA and will enter that series in first place in the Pac-12, having won eight of the last nine games. The Ducks took two of three at home from USC this past weekend before sweeping two midweek games with USF.
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OSU release – RENO, Nev. – Jacob Melton’s ninth-inning sacrifice fly proved to be the game winner as No. 3 Oregon State held off a late Nevada rally for a 9-8 win Wednesday afternoon at Greater Nevada Field. Wade Meckler sent a one-out double to the gap in left, and moved to third on a wild pitch. Melton then drove a pitch from Nevada reliever Nathan Maas to left, enabling Meckler to score from third. Jabin Trosky tallied a career-best three hits to pace the OSU (19-5 overall) attack, which finished with 13 hits. Greg Fuchs, meanwhile, went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs in the third to even the score at third. OSU, down 4-3 after four, scored four in the fifth to take an 7-4 lead. The Beavers scored one more in the sixth before the Wolf Pack (11-12) scored four in the eighth to tie the game at eight. Ryan Brown closed his second consecutive game with a scoreless ninth. Mitchell Verburg picked up the win to improve to 2-2 this year. Maas took the loss and is 0-1. Neither starter figured in the decision. Jaren Hunter started for the Beavers and equaled a career-long with five innings of work, scattering nine hits and four runs with four strikeouts. His counterpart, Alejandro Murillo, allowed eight hits and three runs in 2 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two. Next Up – Oregon State opens a three-game series versus Stanford Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. PT. Tickets for the series can be purchased by visiting osubeavers.com/baseballtickets or calling 1-800-GOBEAVS.
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