The No. 5 Oregon baseball team (38-13, 19-8 Big Ten) capped its regular-season home slate with a 5-3 win over Washington (27-25, 15-12) on Sunday, May 11, completing a three-game sweep of the Huskies and collecting a seventh-straight win.

Junior right-hander Jason Reitz (4-0) earned the win off of six scoreless-innings, striking out five while allowing three hits and a pair of walks.

After using just three relievers in Friday and Saturday’s contest, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski emptied out the bullpen over the final three innings of the win. Six different relievers toed the slab for the Ducks, with none facing more than four Huskies. Two of the six, right-handers Cole Stokes and Seth Mattox, made their third appearances of the weekend.

Stokes entered with a man on first and no outs in the top of the eighth, recording one out before plunking a pair of batters. A wild pitch from Stokes to the next brought in the Huskies’ third run of the day, before walking Washington catcher Colton Bower to re-load the bases and exiting the game.

Left-hander Ian Umlandt (one out, two runs allowed in the top of the seventh) and right-hander Ryan Featherston (2/3rds inning, one run) proceeded Stokes, while righty Jaxon Jordan (three outs, eighth and ninth innings) and lefty Toby Twist (one out in the top of the ninth) bridged the gap to Mattox.

Mattox earned the save — his sixth of the season — despite letting up a hit to the lone batter he faced in the top of the ninth. Washington’s AJ Guerrero ripped a single up the middle off of the senior right-hander, but was gunned down at second base when Ducks catcher Chase Meggers caught him stealing, ending the game.

Neither Stokes or Mattox were able to replicate the stellar outings from Friday or Saturday, but have earned the right to try, according to Wasikowski.

“(Stokes and Mattox) wanted in the game,” Wasikowski said. “We weren’t going to hold them back when they wanted the baseball. Were they able to handle it as effectively as the other night? That’s a different discussion. But they wanted the baseball, they get the opportunity.”

Twist’s outing was just his second of the season, making his 2025 debut with a start on Tuesday against Saint Mary’s. He suffered a season-ending injury that cut his freshman campaign short last year.

While the sophomore had recorded just three outs this season prior to entering the game, Wasikowski called upon him to face Washington leadoff hitter Casen Taggart, who represented the tying run with a man on first.

“Tying run at the plate, we’re bringing (Twist) in in the ninth inning with one out. It’s about as confident as you can get in a young man,” Wasikowski said. “I wanted him to know he’s believed (in) around here.”

Washington’s Taggart put a good swing on Twist’s 3-2 delivery, driving it deep to the warning track before Oregon left fielder Anson Aroz gloved it for the out. Meggers, who said he was catching Twist for the first time, said the southpaw could be a huge addition to the Ducks pitching staff heading into the postseason.

“(Twist was) throwing 94 mph with ride,” Meggers said of the sixth pitcher he caught Sunday. “I don’t even know how (Taggart) made contact with that last pitch. I mean, that was 94 up and away. Twist’s slider was (also) really good, he just throws everything with conviction and arm speed. When you do that, it’s really hard for hitters to see.”

Offensively, Oregon exploded for four of its five runs over the first two frames, including a three-spot in the second and adding one more for insurance in the fifth.

All seven hits by the Ducks came from different bats. Mason Neville drove Washington’s first pitch of the game out of the ballpark for a leadoff home run, his 26th this year, while Aroz drove his 15th out of the park and Meggers collected his first. An RBI double from shortstop Maddox Molony rounded out Oregon’s four extra-base hits. Designated-hitter Dominic Hellman, first baseman Jacob Walsh and second baseman each added singles.

Oregon’s final three regular-season games will come on the road at Iowa, with major tournament implications. Game one between the Ducks and Hawkeyes is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 15.