Baseball: Oregon at Gonzaga

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Kenny Smith held the Ducks to three hits Tuesday evening.

Zags Late Comeback Held Off By No. 10 Oregon's Bullpen

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Gonzaga University baseball team put two runs on the board early in the game, but the 10th-ranked University of Oregon used a two-run home run and a safety squeeze to beat the Bulldogs 3-2 Tuesday evening.

Kenny Smith (2-1) had a strong performance on mound despite allowing all three runs, two earned. He held the Ducks (31-13) to three hits and issued two walks in seven innings of work. David Bigelow struck out one batter in two scoreless inning of relief.

On the hitting side, Royce Bolinger led the Bulldogs (27-15) by producing three hits, while Alex Stanford recorded a triple for the Bulldogs only extra-base hit...


The Bulldogs and Ducks conclude the short two-game non-conference series Wednesday at 6 p.m.

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Gonzaga loses tonight's game with Oregon 8-7.


Going into the bottom of the 9th, Zags trailed 8-6.

Zags had runners at 1st and 2nd with no outs.

Zags then had runners at 1st and 3rd with 1 out.

Next, the Zags had the bases loaded with 2 outs.

Next batter is hit by the pitch, Zags score 1 run.

Final Zag batter fouls out to end the game.


Gonzaga leaves 11 runners on base tonight...this has been happening a lot lately.

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Bulldogs Lose Another Close Battle With No. 10 Oregon

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Gonzaga University baseball team tried to rally from a two-run deficit in the ninth inning but came up short as the 10th-ranked University of Oregon escaped a bases-loaded threat and defeated the Bulldogs 8-7 in game two of the non-conference series Wednesday.

Royce Bolinger continued to be the leader at the plate for the Bulldogs (27-15), going 3-for-3 with back-to-back doubles and two walks. While four other Bulldogs recorded base hits, the Ducks (32-13) surrendered nine walks to the Bulldogs, with two free passes drove in a run...


In the home half of the ninth, Bolinger won a free pass to start the inning and Eslick got on board after being hit by the pitch. Eslick was forced out at second on an attempted sacrifice bunt by Stanford and Billy Moon struck out for out number two, but Marco Gonzales drew a walk to load the bases and Payden Cawley Lamb brought in a run after being hit by the pitch. The Ducks got out of the threat with a fly foul out to the first baseman.

The Bulldogs will head to the Bay Area to play a three-game West Coast Conference series at Saint Mary's College this weekend. The series begins Friday at 3 p.m.

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Gonzaga Box Score