Oregon State rallies for 4-3 baseball victory; Ducks edge Pilots, 1-0

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 28, 2017

BASEBALL

Oregon State 4, Saint Mary’s 3

At Moraga, California

The No. 1-ranked Beavers rallied in the ninth inning for the nonleague win on the road.

Nick Madrigal’s two-run single capped the last-frame heroics, after OSU had pulled to within 3-2 on a bases-loaded walk to Andy Atwood.

Max Engelbrekt (2-0) got the win, tossing two scoreless relief innings.

Oregon State has won 16 games in a row, the program’s longest streak since an 18-game run in 1962.

Madrigal, Steven Kwan, Tyler Malone and Michael Gretler all had two hits for the Beavers (21-1), who totaled nine hits against four Gaels (17-7).

OSU starter Sam Twedt went 3 2/3 innings, allowing seven hits, one walk and three runs.

Oregon 1, Portland 0

At Joe Etzel Field

The Ducks made a third-inning run hold up in winning the nonconference game at UP.

Each team had three hits.

Oregon is 16-6. The Pilots are 4-20.

The Ducks got a leadoff double from Tim Susnara in the third. He went to third on a fly out to center field, then scored on Taylor Travess’ ground single past diving shortstop Matt Kelly.

The Pilots had a runner get to second in the sixth and eighth.

UO starter Isaiah Carranza (1-0) went five innings, striking out four and walking one.

Tate Budnick gave the Pilots a career-long seven innings, with three strikeouts and two walks. Relievers Jordan Horak and Marty Luckenbach worked the other two innings without allowing a runner.

SOFTBALL

Puget Sound 8, Lewis & Clark 3

At Tacoma, Washington

The Loggers won at home, with a second game halted by rain in the second inning and to be resumed next week.

The visiting Pioneers fell to 3-16 overall and 3-12 in the Northwest Conference, while UPS improved to 11-14, 4-11 NWC.

MEN’S GOLF

Oregon’s defending NCAA champions won the Duck Invitational by 18 shots in the two-day, three-round event at Eugene Country Club.

Oregon’s Sulman Raza took the individual crown. The fifth-year senior, who led by seven at 11-under-par 131 entering Tuesday’s final round, parred the final eight holes for a 3-over 74 and 205 total, three ahead of teammate Wyndham Clark, the nation’s No. 1-ranked player who closed with a 69.

UO freshman Norman Xiong (71) was third at 209, and Ducks also finished fifth (sophomore Edwin Yi, 70-214) and sixth (senior Nigel Lett from Southridge High, 72-215).

The Ducks were 8-under 844. Arizona took second at 862.

Kevin Murphy led Oregon State, tying for 13th at 213 after 73.

OSU was fifth at 872, not far behind third-place Utah (867) and San Diego State (869) in the 15-team field.

TRACK AND FIELD

Dante Robinson of Portland State won the decathlon with 6,328 points at the Pacific Combined Event in Forest Grove.

Corban’s Michael Schmidt was second with 6,056.

Noah Avery of Lewis & Clark took fourth at 5,810, and two Concordia athletes (Giovanni Brown, 5,585, and James Phillips, 5,396) were fifth and sixth.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Lewis & Clark 6, Kenyon 3

At Gambier, Ohio

The No. 27 Pioneers raised their record to 8-3.

No. 1 singles player Wiktoria Plawska, rated 13th, won 7-5, 7-5 over No. 47 Diana Aboubakare, and L&C got a key 7-1 tiebreaker victory at No. 3 doubles from Christine Eliazo and Natalie Kelly.