Ducks Sweep Vikings Via 5-4 and 7-5 Wins

EUGENE - The University of Oregon softball team remained unbeaten in the fall exhibition season with its Sunday home doubleheader sweep of Portland State.

UO relied on a seventh-inning walk-off homer by senior pitcher Jessica Moore in the opener, then tapped a three-run fifth inning in the finale in the 7-5 victory.

GAME 1 BOXSCORE

Portland State at Oregon
Oct 28, 2012 at Eugene, Ore. (Howe Field)

Portland State 4
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
McEACHRAN, C 2b	4	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0
FINE, A. ss	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0
HENDRICKSON 3b	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
NITSCHELM, A. c	4	0	1	1	0	0	7	1	1
MASTERS, M. dh	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
OROZCO, C. rf	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
LOPEZ, S. lf	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
MORALES, A. 1b	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
BLISS, B. cf	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
BERTRAND, A. p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	30	4	8	4	3	6	19	4	10

Oregon 5
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Pappas, Samantha rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Takeda, Janie cf	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Howard, Kaylan 2b	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
Cuico, Kailee 1b	3	0	1	1	0	2	6	1	0
Lindvall, J c	3	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	2
Mercado, Danica ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Sullivan, Jamie Rae 3b	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Costa, Koral ph/3b	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
Burger, Allie pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goodrum, Sara lf	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
White, Andrinae pr/lf	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peterson, Alexa lf	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gillespie, Alyssa dh	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hawkins, Cheridan p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moore, Jessica p	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	23	5	6	5	4	7	21	9	3

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Portland State...... 001 300 0 -  4  8  0
Oregon.............. 100 010 3 -  5  6  2
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Note: 1 out, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - Mercado, D; Sullivan, J. LOB - PSU 10; Oregon 3. 2B - McEACHRAN, C; NITSCHELM. 3B - Gillespie, A. HR - Moore, J. HBP - FINE, A.; OROZCO. SB - Howard, K 2. CS - Cuico, K.

Portland State	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
BERTRAND, A. L	6.1	6	5	5	4	7	0	0	0	0	23	27	5	5

Oregon	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Hawkins, Cheridan	4.1	7	4	1	2	5	0	0	2	0	21	25	5	2
Moore, Jessica W	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	10	0	7

Win - Moore, J. Loss - BERTRAND, A.. Save - None. HBP - by Hawkins, C (FINE, A.); by Hawkins, C (OROZCO).

Umpires -
Start: 1 pm Time: 2:10 Attendance: 250
Weather: 55, cloudy, wind 0-3 mph

Play-by-Play

2012 OREGON SOFTBALL
Portland State at Oregon
Oct 28, 2012 at Eugene, Ore. (Howe Field)

Portland State starters: 4/2b McEACHRAN, C; 11/ss FINE, A.; 7/3b HENDRICKSON; 40/c NITSCHELM; 32/dh MASTERS; 23/rf OROZCO; 14/lf LOPEZ, S.; 19/1b MORALES, A.; 10/cf BLISS, B.; 25/p BERTRAND, A.;

Oregon starters: 0/rf Pappas, S; 19/cf Takeda, J; 3/2b Howard, K; 33/1b Cuico, K; 0/c Lindvall, J; 6/ss Mercado, D; 20/3b Sullivan, J; 1/lf Goodrum, S; 9/dh Gillespie, A; 11/p Hawkins, C;

Portland State 1st - McEACHRAN, C struck out looking. FINE, A. walked. HENDRICKSON struck out looking. NITSCHELM popped up to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Oregon 1st - Pappas, S grounded out to 1b unassisted. Takeda, J lined out to 2b. Howard, K walked. Howard, K stole second. Cuico, K singled to left field, RBI; Howard, K scored. Cuico, K out at second ss to c, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Portland State 2nd - MASTERS singled to center field. OROZCO struck out looking. LOPEZ, S. flied out to lf. MORALES, A. popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Oregon 2nd - Lindvall, J struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Mercado, D flied out to lf. Sullivan, J struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Portland State 3rd - BLISS, B. out at first 1b to 2b, bunt. McEACHRAN, C singled to left field. FINE, A. hit by pitch; McEACHRAN, C advanced to second. HENDRICKSON lined out to ss. NITSCHELM doubled to left center, RBI; FINE, A. advanced to third; McEACHRAN, C scored. MASTERS struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Oregon 3rd - Goodrum, S flied out to lf. Gillespie, A walked. Gillespie, A out at first 1b unassisted, runner left early. Pappas, S struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Portland State 4th - OROZCO hit by pitch. LOPEZ, S. flied out to lf. MORALES, A. reached on an error by 3b; OROZCO advanced to second. low grounder, skips off 3b glove. BLISS, B. struck out swinging. McEACHRAN, C doubled to right center, RBI; MORALES, A. advanced to third; OROZCO scored, unearned. FINE, A. walked. HENDRICKSON singled to right field, 2 RBI; FINE, A. advanced to second, out at third rf to 3b; McEACHRAN, C scored, unearned; MORALES, A. scored, unearned. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Oregon 4th - Takeda, J grounded out to 1b unassisted. Howard, K walked. Cuico, K struck out swinging. Lindvall, J grounded out to ss; Howard, K stole second. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Portland State 5th - NITSCHELM grounded out to ss. MASTERS reached on an error by ss. OROZCO singled to center field; MASTERS advanced to second. Takeda dives for ball in shallow cf but just misses. LOPEZ, S. singled to left field; OROZCO advanced to second; MASTERS advanced to third. Moore, J to p for Hawkins, C. MORALES, A. reached on a fielder's choice; LOPEZ, S. advanced to second; OROZCO advanced to third; MASTERS out at home p to c. BLISS, B. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Oregon 5th - Mercado, D struck out swinging. Costa, K pinch hit for Sullivan, J. Costa, K struck out looking. Goodrum, S singled to right field. White, A pinch ran for Goodrum, S. Gillespie, A tripled to right center, RBI; White, A scored. Pappas, S lined out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Portland State 6th - Costa, K to 3b. White, A to lf. McEACHRAN, C singled to right field. Pappas nearly throws runner out at 1b. FINE, A. walked; McEACHRAN, C advanced to second. HENDRICKSON grounded out to 1b unassisted; FINE, A. advanced to second; McEACHRAN, C advanced to third. NITSCHELM reached on a fielder's choice; FINE, A. advanced to third; McEACHRAN, C out at home 3b to c. MASTERS grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Oregon 6th - Takeda, J walked. Howard, K reached on a fielder's choice; Takeda, J out at second 3b to 2b. Cuico, K struck out swinging. Lindvall, J lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Portland State 7th - OROZCO grounded out to 3b. LOPEZ, S. grounded out to 2b. MORALES, A. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Oregon 7th - Mercado, D grounded out to 1b unassisted. Costa, K singled to third base. Peterson, A to lf for White, A. Peterson, A singled to pitcher; Costa, K advanced to second. Burger, A pinch ran for Costa, K. White, A pinch ran for Peterson, A. Moore, J to p for Gillespie, A. Gillespie, A to dh for Moore, J. Moore, J homered to left field, 3 RBI; White, A scored; Burger, A scored. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

GAME 2 BOXSCORE

Portland State at Oregon
Oct 28, 2012 at Eugene, Ore. (Howe Field)

Portland State 5
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
McEACHRAN, C 2b	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	4
FINE, A. ss	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0
HENDRICKSON 3b	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
CELAYA, B. pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NITSCHELM, A. c	4	1	2	3	0	1	3	0	0
MASTERS, M. dh	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
OROZCO, C. rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5
LOPEZ, S. lf	4	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
MORALES, A. 1b	4	1	1	0	0	3	7	0	0
BLISS, B. cf	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
JOHNSON, R. p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WRIGHT, K. p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	31	5	8	5	3	9	18	8	11

Oregon 7
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Pappas, Samantha rf	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sullivan, Jamie Rae 3b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Takeda, Janie cf/pr	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Goodrum, Sara cf	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Howard, Kaylan 2b	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Mercado, Danica 2b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Moore, Jessica ph/p	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melick, Hannah 1b	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0
Burger, Allie pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa, Koral 3b/rf	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0
Gillespie, Alyssa ph	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Peterson, Alexa c	3	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	3
White, Andrinae lf	3	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2
Knapp, Stevie Jo dh	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Shaver, Karine ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hovinga, Karissa p	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	29	7	9	6	3	4	21	8	7

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Portland State...... 000 302 0 -  5  8  2
Oregon.............. 220 030 X -  7  9  5
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E - FINE, A.; NITSCHELM; Mercado, D; Costa, K; Shaver, K 3. LOB - PSU 11; Oregon 7. 2B - NITSCHELM; Pappas, S; Howard, K; White, A. HBP - BLISS, B.. SH - BLISS, B.. SF - MASTERS. SB - Takeda, J 2; Melick, H.

Portland State	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
JOHNSON, R. L	1.2	5	4	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	11	14	1	2
WRIGHT, K.	4.1	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	18	7	5

Oregon	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Hovinga, Karissa W	6.0	7	5	1	3	6	0	0	1	0	27	33	4	8
Moore, Jessica	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0

Win - Hovinga, K. Loss - JOHNSON, R.. Save - None. HBP - by Hovinga, K (BLISS, B.).

Umpires -
Start: 3:10 pm Time: 2:00 Attendance: 250
Weather: 56, cloudy, win 0-3 mph

Play-by-Play

2012 OREGON SOFTBALL
Portland State at Oregon
Oct 28, 2012 at Eugene, Ore. (Howe Field)

Portland State starters: 4/2b McEACHRAN, C; 11/ss FINE, A.; 7/3b HENDRICKSON; 40/c NITSCHELM; 32/dh MASTERS; 23/rf OROZCO; 14/lf LOPEZ, S.; 19/1b MORALES, A.; 10/cf BLISS, B.; 0/p JOHNSON, R.;

Oregon starters: 0/rf Pappas, S; 19/cf Takeda, J; 3/2b Howard, K; 24/1b Melick, H; 7/3b Costa, K; 14/c Peterson, A; 4/lf White, A; 18/dh Knapp, S; 8/ss Shaver, K; 10/p Hovinga, K;

Portland State 1st - McEACHRAN, C reached on an error by 3b. FINE, A. reached on a fielder's choice; McEACHRAN, C out at first 2b to 1b. HENDRICKSON walked; FINE, A. advanced to second. NITSCHELM popped up to 3b. MASTERS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Oregon 1st - Pappas, S flied out to lf. Takeda, J singled to left field. Howard, K walked; Takeda, J stole second. Melick, H reached on a fielder's choice; Howard, K out at second 2b to ss; Takeda, J advanced to third. Melick, H stole second. Costa, K singled to center field, 2 RBI; Melick, H scored; Takeda, J scored. Peterson, A singled to left field; Costa, K advanced to second. White, A struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Portland State 2nd - OROZCO grounded out to ss. LOPEZ, S. singled to left field. MORALES, A. struck out swinging. BLISS, B. walked; LOPEZ, S. advanced to second. McEACHRAN, C grounded out to 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Oregon 2nd - Knapp, S struck out swinging. Shaver, K grounded out to ss. Pappas, S doubled to center field. diving attempt by cf glances off her glove. Takeda, J struck out swinging, reached first on a throwing error by c; Pappas, S scored, unearned. Howard, K doubled to left center, RBI; Takeda, J scored, unearned. Melick, H walked. Burger, A pinch ran for Melick, H. Costa, K walked; Burger, A advanced to second; Howard, K advanced to third. WRIGHT to p for JOHNSON, R.. Peterson, A grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Portland State 3rd - Melick, H to 1b for Burger, A. FINE, A. reached on an error by ss. booted ground ball. Costa, K to rf for Pappas, S. Mercado, D to 2b for Howard, K. Sullivan, J to 3b for Costa, K. Costa, K to rf for Sullivan, J. Sullivan, J to 3b for Costa, K. HENDRICKSON singled to second base; FINE, A. advanced to second. NITSCHELM struck out looking. MASTERS flied out to lf. Hovinga makes nice back-handed stab on liner up middle. OROZCO lined out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Oregon 3rd - White, A struck out swinging. Knapp, S flied out to cf. Shaver, K popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Portland State 4th - LOPEZ, S. singled to center field. MORALES, A. singled to center field; LOPEZ, S. advanced to second. BLISS, B. reached on an error by 2b, SAC, bunt, assist by 3b; MORALES, A. advanced to second; LOPEZ, S. advanced to third. McEACHRAN, C reached on a fielder's choice; BLISS, B. advanced to second; MORALES, A. advanced to third; LOPEZ, S. out at home 3b to c. FINE, A. reached on an error by ss, RBI; McEACHRAN, C advanced to second; BLISS, B. advanced to third; MORALES, A. scored, unearned. HENDRICKSON reached on a fielder's choice; FINE, A. advanced to second; McEACHRAN, C advanced to third; BLISS, B. out at home p to c. NITSCHELM singled to right field, 2 RBI; HENDRICKSON advanced to third; FINE, A. scored, unearned; McEACHRAN, C scored, unearned. MASTERS walked; NITSCHELM advanced to second. OROZCO grounded out to 2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.

Oregon 4th - Sullivan, J grounded out to p. Goodrum, S to cf for Takeda, J. Costa, K to rf for Sullivan, J. Goodrum, S popped up to ss. Mercado, D grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Portland State 5th - LOPEZ, S. struck out swinging. MORALES, A. struck out swinging. BLISS, B. hit by pitch. McEACHRAN, C grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Oregon 5th - Melick, H grounded out to ss. Gillespie, A pinch hit for Costa, K. Gillespie, A reached on an error by ss. ss booted nice-hopping grounder at her waist. Peterson, A singled, bunt; Gillespie, A advanced to second. Burger, A pinch ran for Peterson, A. White, A doubled to right center, advanced to third, 2 RBI; Burger, A scored; Gillespie, A scored, unearned. Knapp, S singled to right field, RBI; White, A scored. Peterson, A to c for Burger, A. Burger, A pinch ran for White, A. Shaver, K flied out to lf. White, A to lf for Burger, A. Burger, A pinch ran for Knapp, S. Sullivan, J out at first p to ss to 1b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Portland State 6th - Costa, K to rf for Gillespie, A. Knapp, S to dh for Burger, A. FINE, A. grounded out to 2b. HENDRICKSON singled to right field. CELAYA pinch ran for HENDRICKSON. NITSCHELM doubled to left center, advanced to third on a throwing error by ss, RBI; CELAYA scored. MASTERS flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; NITSCHELM scored, unearned. OROZCO struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Oregon 6th - HENDRICKSON to 3b for CELAYA. Goodrum, S flied out to rf. Moore, J pinch hit for Mercado, D. Moore, J singled to center field. Takeda, J pinch ran for Moore, J. Melick, H popped up to 1b. Takeda, J stole second. Gillespie, A pinch hit for Costa, K. Gillespie, A fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Portland State 7th - Mercado, D to 2b for Takeda, J. Moore, J to p for Hovinga, K. Costa, K to rf for Gillespie, A. LOPEZ, S. singled to right field. MORALES, A. struck out swinging. BLISS, B. struck out looking. McEACHRAN, C struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.