The basic guide to winning in baseball is: score early and score often. That’s exactly what Hawaii did in its 10-1 win over Oregon Sunday.
Oregon starting pitcher Trent Paddon surely didn’t start his 2015 season the way he wanted. The sophomore pitched just 1.0+ innings allowing seven runs (all earned) on five hits and a walk, picking up the loss in the process. This was Paddon’s fourth career start at Oregon.
The Rainbow Warriors loaded the bases early in the first inning with a single and back-to-back hit by pitches. Three consecutive hits later by Alex Sawelson, Eric Ramirez and Jordan Richartz tacked four runs across the plate. Hawaii picked up their fifth and final run of the inning on a wild pitch.
Hawaii added to their lead in the second inning when Paddon walked the leadoff man Matt LoCoco and suffered a double to Jacob Sheldon-Collins. Those were the final hitters Paddon faced before he was pulled from the game, failing to record an out in the inning. Jacob Corn came in relief and got two consecutive outs and seemed on track to get Oregon out of the jam. But, again, Sawelson, Ramirez and Richartz collected back-to-back-to-back hits to push three more runs across the plate.
Hawaii’s early 8-0 lead was all they needed.
Hawaii starter LJ Brewster was everything his team needed him to be. Brewster went 5.1 innings allowing one run on five hits en route to the winning decision. Cody Culp pitched the final 3.2 innings in scoreless fashion to earn him the save.
Hawaii’s 14 hits were significant, but their ability to hit with runners in scoring position (7-15) was too much for Oregon to handle. Oregon collected seven hits and two in six at bats with runners in scoring position. Mitchell Tolman and Matt Eureste led the Ducks with two hits each, Tolman collecting Oregon’s lone RBI.
The final game of the series begins Monday at 3:05 p.m.
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Oregon baseball crumbles in 10-1 loss to Hawaii
Daily Emerald
February 14, 2015
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