No. 5 Oregon baseball (40-13) earned its 40th win of the 2025 campaign with a 9-6 win over Iowa on Friday, May 16 in Iowa City.

The Ducks trailed 4-1 after four innings, but rattled off six runs over the next three frames to take the lead, adding two more in the top of the ninth for good measure.

Solo home runs by Oregon first baseman Jacob Walsh (fourth inning) and left fielder Anson Aroz (fifth) gave way to a four-run seventh. A double from Walsh got the line moving in the seventh, with right fielder Drew Smith’s RBI single cutting Iowa’s lead to just one run.

Second baseman Ryan Cooney came to the plate with two outs and the bases juiced, driving a double to left field. Two runners, Walsh and Smith, were driven in with the swing, giving Oregon the tying and go-ahead run. Cooney finished the day 2-for-4, adding a single and being hit by a pitch.

Oregon’s ninth-inning insurance came by way of a bunt single from catcher Chase Meggers, scoring Aroz; before a fourth-ball wild pitch to pinch-hitter Jeffery Heard saw the senior outfielder walk and scored shortstop Maddox Molony from third.

While Oregon starter Collin Clarke was roughed up to the tune of eight hits and six earned-runs over 4.1 innings of work, the Ducks bullpen was once again nails.

Four arms — left-handers Ian Umlandt and Santiago Garcia; right-handers Cole Stokes and Seth Mattox — recorded the final 14 outs without allowing a run.

Umlandt (6-1) earned the win with two innings of relief, finishing off the fifth and working into the seventh. The lefty let up three hits and struck out just one, but earned the win as the Ducks surged for the late-inning comeback.

Stokes faced four and struck out three before passing the game off to Garcia. Garcia, a sophomore, allowed a walk and a hit, bringing the tying run to the plate in the ninth before being lifted from the game. Mattox needed just six pitches to end the game, with a fielder’s choice and a groundout ending the game.

The win puts Oregon just one more win — a clean sweep of Iowa — from clinching the Big Ten’s regular-season championship and the top seed for the upcoming conference tournament.

First pitch of game three between the Ducks and Hawkeyes is slated for 10:02 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 in Iowa City.