Tommy Thorpe

Ducks Win Series Opener on Thorpe’s Gem

Featured Photo Courtesy Steve Francis Photography The Oregon Ducks scrambled their way to three runs to take battle number one of the Civil War series on Friday night against the Oregon State Beavers. The victory came behind a brilliant pitching performance from starter Tommy Thorpe, …
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Ducks Make Major Statement With Win Over Stanford’s Appel

Remember when we were pleading for Oregon to have a good performance against an elite starter? Well, the Ducks just delivered in spectacular fashion against one of the premier starters in all of collegiate baseball. It’s no mistake – Mark Appel has been ranked as …
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Cole Irvin Wanted to Go Bobbing for Appels

I was reading this article from UO’s Daily Emerald last week. It talks about coach George Horton’s shuffle of his pitching rotation, and as you might imagine, most of the story — written by Aubrey Wieber — discussed the impact of the rotation change, with quotes from players and coaches …
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Plutko Plucks Ducks in Series Opener

Gary Breedlove Photography After going through a colossal hot streak through the middle of their PAC-12 schedule, the Oregon offense fired blanks yesterday against the picture perfect mechanics of UCLA’s ace Adam Plutko. In fact, the righthander took a no hitter into the sixth inning …
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Thorpe pitches Oregon past Cal 3-2

BERKELEY, Calif. – Tommy Thorpe allowed just three hits to lead No. 16 Oregon to a 3-1 Pac-12 Conference win over California at Evans Diamond on Friday night. Thorpe, making his first career game-one series start, allowed just one hit out of the infield. California’s …
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The Pac is on Fire

Featured Photo © Gary Breedlove Photography The PAC-12 baseball race is starting to heat up as the conferences’ top two teams face off in a non-conference Civil War game in Corvallis, Oregon. The Ducks have been the most impressive team in the conference thus …
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Ducks Edge Huskies In Tight Game Two

Well it wasn’t a totally lost day for Ducks fans. Just after the Oregon basketball team fell to top seeded Louisville, the Oregon baseball team redeemed the day with a close 1-0 win over the hated Washington Huskies. After taking UW to extra innings the …
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Thorpe, Healy Power Oregon To Another Conference Win

Let me tell you, it is much easier to watch this Oregon team when coach Horton’s small ball is working like it has been over the past few games. Just like in game one, Oregon’s starting pitcher was dominant for six innings, and the bullpen …
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Late Rally Pushes Oregon Past USC In Game Two

A trip to Los Angeles wouldn’t be complete without some drama, right? After Christian Jones dodged bullets in his relief outing on Friday night, the Ducks were put behind the eight-ball again in game two. Just as all hope was about to be lost, the …
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No Big Strides For Oregon’s Offense

Let’s look on the bright side of things here: in game two against #2 Vanderbilt, Oregon’s bats weren’t connecting yet again, but the offense was considerably more watchable in their 4-2 loss to the Commodores. It was a beautiful day at PK Park on Saturday afternoon, …
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