Oregon baseball snaps losing streak with a close win over Nebraska
Oregon wasn't deterred by a lightning delay to dispatch of the Nebraska Cornhuskers 7-6 to open the weekend series.
The Oregon Ducks desperately needed a win, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers or Mother Nature weren't going to stop them. Losers of three of their last five and not playing well for a while, the Ducks were able to defeat Nebraska 7-6 in the opening game of a three-game weekend set. With the win, Oregon improved to 25-9 overall and 9-4 in Big Ten action.
As for Nebraska, it dropped to 26-8 overall and 11-2 in conference action. The last time Nebraska lost a league game was March 20 at Michigan . Oregon was coming off a disappointing loss at Portland, where the Pilots defeated the Ducks for the second time this season, 13-9.
But Oregon had ace pitcher Will Sanford on the mound, and he had a monster game on the mound as he struck out a career-high 12 batters to earn his fifth win of the season. Despite the good performance from Sanford, the game was tied at 2-2 in the fifth. A two-run home run off of Drew Smith's bat gave the Ducks a 4-2 lead.
Then in the sixth inning, Mother Nature showed herself. The game was delayed for over an hour due to lightning in the area. Once that was cleared, the Duck bats got to work once again.