EUGENE – For the second straight season, Owen Diodati sent the Xavier Musketeers home heartbroken on opening day.
A year after hitting a walk-off home run for Alabama to beat Xavier, the Ducks' right fielder delivered a no-out, walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth to give Oregon a 3-2 win over the Musketeers on opening day at PK Park in front of 1,488 raucous fans.
How It Happened: Heading into the bottom of the ninth tied at two, Oregon leadoff hitter Rikuu Nishida sparked Oregon's game-winning rally with a leadoff single before moving to third on back-to-back walks to Drew Cowley and Tanner Smith.