Oregon’s baseball and softball teams lost close contests to the Washington schools on Saturday. The final games of the series are set for Sunday.
Softball - The Ducks had a much more successful effort in Saturday’s game, as Washington prevailed only 9 - 7 in 8 innings. Nevertheless, Oregon’s pitching and defense were again unable to hold the Huskies offense down and has now given up 9 runs in consecutive games. Oregon has now lost four Conference series in a row.
The first inning was action-packed, as Washington scored twice on a Makenna Kliethermes issued walk and then a home run.