The Ducks dusted off their brooms and swept up the Red Storm this weekend, completing their domination with another victory Monday at PK Park. On Pat Kilkenny’s birthday no less — the namesake of Oregon’s refurbished home stadium — the Ducks rode a strong outing from freshman Tommy Brandenburg to win their fifth straight, 6-0.

They held St. John’s to just three hits on the day, two of which came in the ninth inning. Caleb Sloan, Rio Britton, Matt Dallas and Kolby Somers came out of the bullpen to complete the shutout. Homers from Josiah Cromwick and Jacob Walsh and a clutch hit from Josh Kasevich provided the offense.

“We’re constantly learning about our team because there’s so many guys in so many new roles, and settling in is a key piece,” Oregon coach Mark Wasikowski said.

The Ducks, having scored 73 runs in their previous four games, went with their best offensive lineup against St. John’s pitcher Vincent Bianchi, who entered the game with a 20.30 ERA in his collegiate career.

Naturally, they didn’t score in the first inning.

They got going in the second. Josh Kasevich recorded the Ducks’ first hit, and Colby Shade drew a walk. Cromwick, who didn’t have his best offensive game Sunday, smashed a three-run homer to put the Ducks on top 3-0.

“Got a good pitch to hit, and just took advantage of it,” Cromwick said.

Bianchi otherwise kept the Ducks off the board. He had probably the best start by any St. John’s pitcher this series, holding Oregon to three runs in 3 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks.

Brandenburg sat 88-89 mph with his fastball, topping out at 90 in the first inning. He retired the first seven batters he faced, fooling batters and inducing weak contact. He flashed a couple nice 76 mph curves while mostly sitting in the low 80s with his breaking stuff.

A one-out walk in the third was the first baserunner for St. John’s. A second consecutive free pass prompted a quick team meeting at the mound.

Brandenburg’s defense saved him. Kasevich and Gavin Grant turned an absolutely outstanding double play, with Walsh making a nice scoop at first. The Oregon dugout roared as the players departed the field.

“The stuff was there, but I can’t say enough about the defense,” Brandenburg said. “They were lights out today and really provided a spark when I needed it. I couldn’t have asked for more from Josh and Grant, and Josiah behind the plate.”

Brandenburg calmed back down in the fourth, working a quick one-two-three inning with his second strikeout of the day. He settled in with his high-70s curve, throwing it more often in the latter half of his performance.

“He was struggling with locating his fastball a little bit,” Cromwick said of Brandenburg. “So we went to a little offspeed, mix it up a little bit to just find his command a little better.”

He gave up his first hit in the fifth, but Grant turned another nice double play on a hard liner.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Ducks added two more on a Kasevich single to extend their lead to 5-0. During the inning,  Drew Cowley and Shade’s on-base streaks both came to an end at 12 and 13 plate appearances respectively. It was the first out Shade made since Friday.

The extra runs for Oregon put an end to Brandenburg’s afternoon. He was fantastic, giving up just one hit while striking out three in five scoreless innings.

“He threw his pitches for strikes,” Wasikowski said of Brandenburg. “Coach [Jake] Angier wanted to get some other guys some work as the day was going, and so we probably lifted him an inning, or even maybe two innings, early… Tommy gave us a really good start, and we were happy with it.”

The Ducks tacked on one more in the seventh, as Walsh smashed his second collegiate home run over the fence in right field.

Britton struck out the side in the seventh, and Dallas punched out back-to-back hitters in the eighth.

Somers gave up two singles in the ninth but struck out the final two batters of the game, completing the shutout. 

“It can be boring at times, and it’s great when it’s boring because that means he’s just really good,” Wasikowski said of Somers. “He was the best closer in the Pac-12 last year, and he will be this year as well.”

Oregon (5-3) will return to action Friday against UCSB with first pitch slated for 4 p.m in Eugene.