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Photo by: Drake Lee
USC Baseball Drops Series Finale to No. 10 Oregon, 5-3
March 09, 2025 | Baseball
IRVINE, Calif. – The USC baseball team was again unable to finish the comeback against No. 10 Oregon on Sunday afternoon, falling 5-3 to the Ducks after tying the game late.
USC falls to 9-6 overall and 0-3 in conference action with the loss. Oregon improves to 14-2, 3-0.
The Trojans again fell behind early, with Oregon taking a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning before USC was able to tie things up. Brayden Dowd hit a two-run shot to right after a leadoff walk by Richard Tejeda, then after a double steal put runners on second and third, Jack Basseer brought the tying run home with a groundout.
The tie score was short-lived, however, as Oregon got a leadoff home run from Mason Neville to open the seventh and later got an RBI-single from Jacob Walsh to make it 5-3.
USC loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom half of the seventh, but the Trojans were unable to come up with the big hit, a theme that haunted the home team all weekend. USC also had the tying run at the plate in the ninth, but a groundout and a strikeout ended the game.
TOP PERFORMERS
COMING UP
The Trojans head to Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday before traveling east to take on Michigan for another Big Ten series next weekend. Tuesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and all three games at Michigan will be on B1G+.
USC falls to 9-6 overall and 0-3 in conference action with the loss. Oregon improves to 14-2, 3-0.
The Trojans again fell behind early, with Oregon taking a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning before USC was able to tie things up. Brayden Dowd hit a two-run shot to right after a leadoff walk by Richard Tejeda, then after a double steal put runners on second and third, Jack Basseer brought the tying run home with a groundout.
The tie score was short-lived, however, as Oregon got a leadoff home run from Mason Neville to open the seventh and later got an RBI-single from Jacob Walsh to make it 5-3.
USC loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom half of the seventh, but the Trojans were unable to come up with the big hit, a theme that haunted the home team all weekend. USC also had the tying run at the plate in the ninth, but a groundout and a strikeout ended the game.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Brodie Purcell: 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
- Brayden Dowd: 1-for-4, 2-R HR
COMING UP
The Trojans head to Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday before traveling east to take on Michigan for another Big Ten series next weekend. Tuesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and all three games at Michigan will be on B1G+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Meckna, Michael (3-0)
L: Govel, Grant (1-1)
S: Featherston, R (1)
Batting:
2B: Walsh, Jacob 1 ; Heard, Jeffery 1
HR: Neville, Mason 1
RBI: Neville, Mason 1 ; Molony, Maddox 1 ; Cooney, Ryan 2 ; Garate, Carter 1
SF: Cooney, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neville, Mason 1 ; Walsh, Jacob 1 ; Molony, Maddox 1 ; Mabeus, Burke-Lee 1 ; Heard, Jeffery 1
CS: Cooney, Ryan 1
HBP: Heard, Jeffery 1
Batting:
2B: Lopez, Adrian 1
HR: Dowd, Brayden 1
RBI: Dowd, Brayden 2 ; Basseer, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Tejeda, Richard 1
SB: Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Lopez, Adrian 1
HBP: Covarrubias, Abbrie 1
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