The Oregon Ducks (11-10, 2-4 Pac-12) lost 6-3 to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-10, 4-5 ACC) at Frank Eck Stadium in Indiana Thursday. The loss is their eighth of their last 11 games.
In his first start and since the season-opener, Oregon freshman starting pitcher Isaiah Carranza lasted just 3.0-plus innings and allowed four runs, all earned, on seven hits and a walk.
Jake Bennett led the charge on offense for the Ducks. His first-inning single scored Austin Grebeck and gave Oregon a 1-0 lead. In the fifth inning, he doubled to right field to score Kyle Kasser, who recorded his fifth multi-hit day in Oregon’s last six games.
Notre Dame scored a pair of runs in both the second and fourth innings to take a 4-1 lead. Ricky Sanchez and Nick Podkul tripled and doubled to start off the second, and Cavan Biggio drove home Podkul on a single to center field. Biggio struck again with a two-RBI single two innings later.
Steven Packard cut the deficit to one in the fifth inning with a two-out single through the right side, scoring Tim Susnara from third.
Notre Dame tacked on runs in the sixth and eighth off freshmen relievers Kyle Robeniol and Parker Kelly, and the Ducks couldn’t respond.
Oregon’s schedule doesn’t get easier soon. The Ducks will take on the Michigan State Spartans (18-3, 3-0 Big Ten) for a three-game series in East Lansing starting Friday. Cole Irvin (2-2, 2.66) will take the mound against Michigan State’s Cam Vieaux (4-1, 1.46) in game one.
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