The No. 16 Ducks (24-10, 10-5 Pac-12) took two of three games from the No. 6 Cardinal (22-9, 5-7 Pac-12) in Palo Alto this weekend.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205414335@@ It was the fourth-straight Pac-12 series win for Oregon, and their second in as many weeks against a top-ten team.@@http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&SPID=11401&SPSID=94835@@
Oregon now sits in a three-way tie for first place in the conference with Arizona and UCLA after the Bruins’ 6-2 win over the Wildcats on Sunday.@@http://pac-12.org/SPORTS/Baseball.aspx@@
Game 1
Oregon’s Alex Keudell and Stanford counterpart Mark Appel each turned in sensational pitching performances as the Ducks eked out a 4-2, extra-innings win Friday night at Sunken Diamond.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=11401&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205413625@@
Stanford’s Appel struck out 13 and surrendered just one unearned run through nine innings — but Keudell matched him pitch-for-pitch with a nine-inning performance of his own that included seven strikeouts and just five hits allowed@@see above@@ to send the game to extras.@@how is this matched pitch to pitch?@@
Oregon’s Kyle Garlick led off the tenth inning with a would-be routine fly ball but reached second, thanks to a fielding error from Stanford’s Austin Wilson.@@see above@@ Garlick would come around to score the first of three unearned runs for Oregon in the top of the tenth.@@see above@@
Jimmie Sherfy struck out two and gave up one run in the tenth inning to earn his eighth save of the season.@@http://www.goducks.com/downloads2/450567.htm?ATCLID=205413625&SPSID=94831&SPID=11401&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Game 2
The Ducks picked up the series win with a 5-0 victory on Saturday. Freshman Jake Reed tossed seven shutout innings for the Ducks before handing over the ball to Jeff Gold, who gave up just one hit in completing the shutout for the Ducks. It was just the second time this season that the Cardinal was held scoreless.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=11401&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205413776@@
The Ducks took a 2-0 lead in the third inning, once again capitalizing on Cardinal mistakes. Aaron Payne started the rally with a one-out double before Stanford’s Brett Mooneyham issued three free passes to the Ducks on two walks and a hit batsmen.  Oregon scored via a bases-loaded walk and a passed ball.@@see above@@
An inning later first basemen Ryon Healy launched a two-out, three-run home run to put the Ducks up 5-0. It was Healy’s third long ball of the season.@@this would be just 3 rbis, though, correct? unless we are talking total (4), which is an odd way of putting it@@
With this victory, Oregon head coach George Horton picked up his 600th career win as a head coach.@@see above@@
Game 3
The series finished on Sunday with Stanford picking up the 4-2 win. After Stanford took a 2-0 lead, Oregon twice cut the deficit to one run but were never able to even the score.@@http://www.goducks.com/downloads2/450841.htm?ATCLID=205414335&SPSID=94831&SPID=11401&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Stanford took its first lead of the series in the second inning Sunday after Brando Tessar left the game due to injury.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205414335@@ The Cardinal’s Brett Doran knocked in two RBI but was thrown out at second after trying to take the extra base on a throw to the plate.@@see above@@
Oregon pulled within 2-1 in the fifth on an RBI groundout by J.J. Altobelli, but Stanford got the run right back in the bottom half of the inning.@@see above@@
With one out and runners on second and third, Stanford’s Stephen Piscotty hit a pop fly into foul territory, but with Oregon catcher Brett Hambright leaving the plate to track down the fly ball, Doran was able to score easily from third.@@see above@@
The Ducks showed life in the ninth, loading the bases on two singles and a hit batsman, but Healy flew out to the deepest part of the ballpark to end the game.
The Ducks return to the Willamette Valley this week for a Monday night game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and a Wednesday night matchup against the Portland Pilots at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer. Oregon hosts Washington State beginning Friday for a three-game set this weekend.