Sports Briefing

BASEBALL

Ducks blank Beavs again, 3-0 — Following Oregon’s Friday night 7-0 shutout of Oregon State to open a three-game nonconference series in Corvallis, the teams met again Saturday afternoon and the Ducks held the Beavers scoreless again in a 3-0 victory. Oregon pitcher Cullen Kafka threw five innings and gave up just two hits with eight strikeouts and four walks, earning his first victory of the season. Reliever Andrew Mosiello threw just 41 pitches over the last four innings for the save, yielding just two hits and striking out three. Ducks freshman Josh Kasevich had a two-RBI triple and Aaron Zavala drove in Gabe Matthews as Oregon did all its offensive damage in the sixth inning. Oregon State’s Cooper Hjerpe lost his first decision of the season. Hjerpe was solid through the first five innings, but was unable to get through the sixth. He went 5⅔, giving up six hits and striking out seven with just one walk. The Beavers will look to avoid a sweep on Sunday, when the final game of the series kicks off at 1:05 p.m.