UO: Stanford’s Crouch
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that contributed to two Stanford
runs in Game 2. Oregon’s five to
tal errors dropped it’s confer
ence-worst .938 fielding percent
age even further off the Pac-10
pace.
Good thing for the Ducks that
they possess an explosive line-up
and have one of the conference’s
best big-game pitchers to fall
back on.
A day after holding California
to just two runs on eight hits,
pitcher Jennie Cook held Stanford
off the board until the top of the
fifth inning, when second base
man Jennie Foyle scored on a one
out ground ball to the short slop.
In earning her team-high 17th
victory this season, Cook struck
out three Cardinal batters and
pitched flawlessly in the second
and fifth innings following two
Stanford mini-rallies.
“Cook threw the ball very, very
well,” Gamez said. "She is a
gamer. We need her out there.
There is no question that she is
going to pitch every first ball
game.”
But Cook can’t pitch every
game, and Oregon has yet to have
a pitcher step up into that crucial
No. 2 role.
Oregon’s Bethany Smith al
lowed four hits and two runs in
four innings of work in Game 2.
The freshman pitcher is still 10-4
on the season but has lost three of
her last four starts in the Pac-10.
Stanford broke through in the
third inning after catcher Kellie
Wiginton doubled to right and
Foyle doubled off the wall in
center. Foyle went to third on a
wild pitch, then came home after
Tia Dumas hobbled the ball in
left field.
The Cardinal added runs in the
fifth and seventh innings to
stretch their lead to 4-0, more
than enough for pitcher Marcy
Crouch, who was having her way
with the Ducks’ powerful line
up.
Crouch allowed just four hits
and held the Ducks scoreless for
just the fourth time all season.
She was so effective that Oregon
failed to hit a ball out of the in
field in four of her seven innings
of work.
“[Crouch] did a very good job
of mixing up her speeds,” Gamez
said. “We had a tough time ad
justing to the change of pace in
the second game.”
Oregon’s players put the blame
on themselves..
“We just didn’t come out aggres
sive and ready to hit in the second
game,” shortstop Jill Robinson
said. “We might have been a little
timid ... I’m not really sure why
we didn’t hit the ball.”
The result was that for the sec
ond straight homestand, the Ducks
proved that they can play with any
team in the conference — which
means they can likely play with
any team in the country.
However, Oregon continues to
make small, but critical mistakes
to lose games, Gamez said.
“We need to come out next
week ready to go,” he said. “We
need more wins if we want to se
cure a postseason berth. We need
to continue to swing the bat ag
gressively, execute in the field
and make the routine plays.”
Sports Briefs
Men’s golf team
begins play today
The Oregon men’s golf team
begins competition today in
the Western Intercollegiate in
Santa Cruz, Calif.
The two-day event will fea
ture 36 holes of play today
and 18 on Tuesday at the par
71. 6,483-yard Pasatiempo
Golf Course. Competing
against the Ducks will be such
teams as BYU, Pepperdine
and Kansas, as well as Pacific
10 Conference foes No. 38
Stanford and Washington.
Junior Ben Crane, ranked
No, 56, will lead Oregon into
competition with his 72.7 av
erage through 21 rounds this
season. Joining Crane in Santa
Cruz will be senior Chris
Cone, junior Adrian Burtner,
sophomore Ryan Lavoie and
freshman Nick Davey.
The Ducks enter the West
ern Intercollegiate fresh off a
fifth-place finish at the USC
Cleveland Southwestern on
March 23 and 24. Lavoie fin
ished tied for eighth in that
event, with Crane finishing
tied for 15th.
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