The Oregon baseball team got timely hitting and solid pitching to pick up a season sweep of Fort Atkinson in two Badger Large Conference games last week.
Oregon slid by Fort Atkinson 7-6 in a road game on Friday, May 2. That came on the heels of the Panthers topping the Blackhawks 9-0 in a conference home game on Tuesday, April 29, at Zach Field.
With the sweep, Oregon improves to 8-5, 5-3 Badger Large.
Oregon 7, Fort Atkinson 6
Ryan Dins had a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to propel the Panthers over the Blackhawks.
Oregon entered the seventh trailing 6-2. The Panthers scored five runs in the seventh to pull out the comeback victory.
Peyton Soule went 2-for-4 with a run and one RBI. Gavin Kupcho finished 2-for-4 at the plate and Dillon McCarthy knocked in two runs.
Landon Gladden pitched 4 â…” innings and gave up five earned runs on eight hits to get the win. He struck out three and walked two. Dins tossed 2 â…“ shutout innings in relief.
Oregon 9, Fort Atkinson 0
Soule pitched a four-hit shutout and Gavin Kupcho had four hits to lead Oregon past Fort Atkinson.
The Panthers scored all nine of their runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kupcho had a three-run triple. Elliot Mueller delivered an RBI single and Carson Gehrke had a three-run single.
Mueller went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Soule helped his own cause by driving in two runs.
On the mound, Soule struck out six and walked three to earn the win.