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Oregon wins historic home opener

Oregon defeats the defending National Champion Fresno State Bulldogs in dramatic fashion to christen new ballpark

 By Kevin Hudson

In its home opener Feb. 27, Oregon defeated Fresno State 1-0 behind eight shutout innings by freshman southpaw Tyler Anderson and a pinch-hit walk-off RBI single by senior infielder Andrew Schmidt.

Anderson (1-0) threw 118 pitches in his PK Park debut, striking out five and scattering six hits and two walks over his eight innings of scoreless baseball. Junior lefty Ryan Fleckenstein came to the mound in relief in the ninth and sent the Bulldogs down in order to set up the Ducks' ninth-inning rally.

After groundouts by Serna and sophomore designated hitter Mitch Karraker, Rodriguez ripped a single up the middle to keep the Ducks' final at-bat alive. Next up was Oregon's RBI leader, junior right fielder Jett Hart, who worked to a full count before placing a soft line drive in shallow right field for a single that sent Rodriguez around to third base. Hart was 2-for-4 in the game with two singles.

Oregon coach George Horton opted for the switch-hitting Schmidt over freshman Darrell Hunter against Bulldog right-handed junior reliever Zach Bischoff, and Schmidt delivered, slapping a 3-2 slider into right field to drive in Rodriguez for the win, credited to Fleckenstein (1-0).