OREGONIAN: Oregon baseball cruises past Portland
Seven pitchers combined to allow just three hits for the No. 15 Ducks in a 10-1 win over the Pilots Tuesday at PK Park.
RJ Gordon struck out for over two innings and gave up just one hit in his first career start. Christian Ciuffetelli allowed one run on a hit and two walks over one inning and was followed by Decker Stedman (two innings, two walks), Rio Britton, Scott Ellis, Hunter Breault (one hit) and Isaac Ayon out of the bullpen. They combined for nine strikeouts to just one hit and two walks over six scoreless innings.
Tanner Smith hit a leadoff home run in the first. Gabe Matthews drew an RBI walk in the second and he, Smith and Kenyon Yovan all scored on wild pitches in the second.
The Pilots drove in a run on a double play ground ball in the third, though the Ducks got the run back via a passed ball in the bottom of the inning.
Aaron Zavala hit an RBI triple and Nick Bellafronto, making his first start since March 6, drove him in via a sacrifice fly. Bellafronto added an RBI single in the sixth and Oregon scored on yet another wild pitch in the eighth.
Oregon returns to conference play on Friday No. 21 Arizona.
