Freshman left-handed pitcher Cole Stringer allowed two runs over seven-plus innings, en route to the Ducks’ 5-2 win over San Diego in Hillsboro Monday.
The Toreros mustered just seven hits and two walks against Stringer, who earned his second win in six days; he threw two scoreless innings in Oregon’s 7-6 win over Oregon State Wednesday.
The Ducks knocked San Diego starting pitcher Jacob Hill out of the game before he recorded an out. Austin Grebeck led off with a single and stole second before Hill walked two and made an error on a comebacker to give Oregon its first run. Taylor Kaczmarek took over for Hill and tossed 5.1 scoreless innings.
Oregon scored three runs off Wes Judish on a two-out rally in the seventh. Grebeck and Kyle Kasser both hit singles, then A.J. Balta brought them home with a three-run home run — his seventh of the season — to put the Ducks ahead 4-0.
Steven Packard drove in Nick Catalano on an infield single for Oregon’s fifth run.
San Diego cut the deficit to 4-2 with a walk and double off Stringer, followed by a two-out single off reliever Jack Karraker, in the eighth inning, but Stephen Nogosek relieved Karraker and closed out the game with two hits and no runs to his name.
Next up, the Ducks (21-17, 9-9 Pac-12) play their first of six consecutive conference road games against Arizona State Friday.
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Oregon gets nonconference win over San Diego in Hillsboro
Kenny Jacoby
May 1, 2016
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