Pamplin Media Group – Diamond Beat: Mariners take two of three from Giants
April 1-4: Seattle beat SF 4-0 on Saturday; Ducks win softball tilt at Corvallis; Beaver baseball falls on Utes.
Diamond Beat is the place to find results and updates on baseball and softball action in the area, including coverage of the Seattle Mariners, as well as college baseball and softball.
SATURDAY 3TH APRIL
Pro baseball
Mariners 4, Giants 0 – Five pitchers combined with six hits in a shutout when Seattle won the season opening series rubber match with three games at T-Mobile Park. Mitch Hanniger and Ty France hit solo homer and Hanniger also doubled up for Seattle, which had six extra base hits and two singles. The Mariners starting pitcher Chris Flexen hit six, went two, and allowed four hits over five innings to claim the win.
Sunday: No game.
Play on Monday: White Sox at Mariners, 7:05 p.m.
College baseball
Utah 5, Oregon State 3 – In Corvallis, Jake Dukart doubled up twice and drove for the Beavers in two runs, but the Utes won the last game of a three-game Pac-12 series in the fifth inning thanks to four inexperienced runs.
Oregon 2-6, New Mexico State 1-1 – At PK Park, Cullen Kafka (12 strikeouts) and Brett Walker (13 strikeouts) ducks took off in the non-conference, double-headed sweep of a four-game game beaten sweeping the aggies. Oregon pitchers hit 33:20 in the second game that day.
Portland 3, Saint Mary’s 0 – Left-handed Brad McVay threw seven innings with eight strikeouts and five hits. Newcomer Sam Brown went 3 to 4 with a home run for the pilots (13-13, 6-3, WCC).
College softball
Oregon 4, Oregon State 3 – The ducks held the beavers back to play three out of four games at Corvallis, including two out of three that count in the Pac-12 standings.
Oregon’s Brooke Yanez hit 12 over 5.1 innings and Makenna Kliethermes pulled the last five Beavers back in sequence. The Ducks (26-2, 5-1 Pac-12) got a home run from Rachel Cid, who had two of their eight hits. Mya Felder delivered a single for Oregon with two outs and two runs in the top third. OSU received solo home runs from Frankie Hammoude and Missy Nunes in the sixth inning to draw within 4-3. Bailey McLaughlin also faced the Beavers (14-14, 3-6).
# 3 Oregon is expected to host the UCLA # 2 for four games starting Friday, April 9th.
FRIDAY APRIL 2nd
Pro baseball
Giants 6, Mariners 3 – The Mariners had a solid start from Yusei Kikuchi (six innings, 10 strikeouts, three runs earned), but the Giants scored three runs with two outs on seventh off-reliever Drew Steckenrider to help build the lead revolt. Donovan Solano went 3: 5 with the starting double in San Francisco in seventh place.
After four seasons with the LA Angels, Portland native (and Milwaukie High Grad) Keynan Middleton threw 1 1/3 goalless innings on his Mariners debut.
Game on Saturday: Giants at Mariners, 6:10 p.m.
College baseball
Oregon State 17, Utah 3 – Jacob Melton hit three of Oregon State’s five home runs, including a grand slam in the seventh inning in the Beavers’ win at Corvallis.
Oregon 8, State of New Mexico 2 – Robert Ahlstrom threw six solid innings and didn’t allow a deserved run. The Ducks scored three hits in the third and fourth innings of the Nonleague win at Eugene.
St. Mary’s 14, Portland 2 – The Pilots fell 12-13, 5-3 in the WCC game, losing in Moraga, California.
College softball
Oregon State 8, Oregon 1 – At the Pac-12 competition in Corvallis, Beavers’ pitcher Mariah Mazon limited the ducks to three hits and hit seven. She also had three hits and three RBIs.
Oregon 4, Oregon State 0 – In Friday’s second game that didn’t count in the Pac-12 game, Oregon’s Brooke Yanez threw a three-hit shutout with seven spikes for the Ducks.
THURSDAY APRIL 1st
Pro baseball
Mariners 8, Giants 7 – Seattle opened its season with a walk-off win. A real companion. The Mariners drew three runs from Giants’ pitcher Jose Alvarez at the end of the 10th to end a game they left 5-0 and 6-1. An eight-time, eight-time inning with three hits, three walks and one major SF mistake got Seattle going. The woman had only five hits – the largest a single with two runs in the eighth inning by Dylan Moore (three RBIs) – but benefited from nine walks and a batsman.
Friday game: Giants at Mariners, 7:10 p.m.
College baseball
Portland 4, Saint Mary’s 3 – Ty Saunders’ RBI single on top of the 13th won it for the visiting pilots.
Oregon State 4, Utah 3 – Jake Mulholland combined the Oregon State record with his 37th career rescue. Jake Dukart went 4 for 4 and the beavers used a fifth run to outperform the visiting utes.
Oregon 5, New Mexico State 0 – Four pitchers combined in a three-hit shutout for the No. 19 Ducks.
College softball
Oregon 2, Oregon State 0 – Brooke Yanez threw a three-hit shutout with 15 spikes as Oregon, ranked third, beat Oregon State 2-0 in a four-game run at Corvallis. Haley Cruse scored a leadoff home run and scored an insurance run for the Ducks in the seventh (24-1, 4-0 Pac-12). Mariah Mazon hit nine and had two of the hits for the Beavers (13-12, 2-5).
The series continues with two games on Friday, the first of which is a Pac-12 game that starts at 2 p.m. (Pac-12 Network).
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