By Levi Profitt

The Oregon Ducks dropped the second of their weekend game series against the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday by a score of 4-2. In a game where a few bats made the difference, Ducks starting pitcher Logan Mercado had a respectable outing after a rough last time out in his five innings pitched. 

The day started out scoreless for the first two innings for both teams as pitching came out hot. The Ducks got on the board first with Rikuu Nishida knocking an RBI single through to score Dominic Hellman in the bottom of the 3rd inning. The Ducks would score again in the inning on a 2-out RBI double by shortstop Drew Cowley, bringing home Nishida and making it 2-0 Oregon after the 3rd inning. The Beavers would respond as Brady Kasper smacked a solo home run in the top of the 4th, trimming Oregon's lead to one. That score would remain for two whole innings until designated hitter Micah McDowell made the biggest play of the night, launching a 3-run homer over the left field fences and putting OSU up for good. Oregon ended the 9th going down on a 1-2-3 inning, dropping the game to the Beavers.

Oregon drops to 20-8 on the year, and 7-4 in conference. Their next game be the rivalry series finale against the Beavers at noon tomorrow, April 9th. They have the chance to win the series in the rubber match at PK Park on Easter Sunday.

Written Story by Austin Ota