At home in the final series of the 2023 season, Oregon baseball dropped the first game against the Washington Huskies, 5-14.
Let’s not sugarcoat this. With RJ Gordon and Issac Ayon down with injury all season thus far, the last thing the Ducks needed was to lose their only pitcher that can avoid gifting the opponent with walks and runs. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what has happened, with Jace Stoffal unable to pitch because of an injury where “...it’s not his arm, it’s a different kind of a deal (that) I don’t want to get in to,” according to coach Mark Wasikowski.