Oregon Ducks Baseball B1G Quarterfinal Recap

Oregon pitcher Cal Scolari throws a pitch as the Oregon Ducks host the USC Trojans on May 14, 2026, in Eugene, Oregon. | Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Ducks were taking on a familiar foe in the B1G baseball tournament. After Washington won their 1/2 of the double elimination between seeds 6,7,10, and 11 during the week they had a rested Duck team waiting for them early Saturday Morning.

As a result of inclement weather on Friday the Ducks and Huskies got their win or go home quarterfinal game started at 8 AM with the winner having the opportunity to play Nebraska Saturday evening. With a potential double header on deck the Ducks would need a strong start from their starting pitcher to save the bullpen for the potential Semi-Final game later the same day. Wazikowski decided to give the ball to Cal Scolari and Scolari came out firing early striking out the side in the 1st.

T1 | @calscolari strikes out the side. #GoDucks Washington 0 Oregon 0 pic. twitter.

com/jDYd8mIWD5 — Oregon Duck Baseball (@OregonBaseball) May 23, 2026 Scolari would hold the Huskies scoreless in the 2nd inning as well and in the bottom of the 2nd the Ducks lineup got to work. Lauaki, Brooks, and Miranda were all able to reach base to load the bases with only one out for Ryan Cooney who would draw a bases loaded walk followed by another bases loaded walk from Angel Laya to make it a 2-0 game. Sadly both Drew Smith and Brayden Jaksa would strike out preventing Oregon from really opening things up early but nonetheless they had an early 2 run lead.