The No. 11 ranked Oregon baseball team started their season ending series against Utah with a 6-2 victory, relying heavily on seven innings of hitless baseball from Tommy Thorpe.

The Ducks were the first to make their way onto the scoreboard in the top of the second inning. Scott Heineman hit a looping base hit to right field, and then proceeded to steal second base.

With Heineman at second, Ryan Hambright bunted him over to third, then catcher Josh Graham sacrifice bunted him in from there to give Oregon a 1-0 lead.

The Ducks were not quite done and were able to add another run in the top of the third. Tyler Baumgartner led off the frame with double over the right fielders head and advanced to third on a single from Aaron Payne.

From there, Ryon Healy fielder’s choice grounder to second knocked Baumgartner in.

Oregon struck again in the fourth inning when J.J. Altobelli scored on a single from Ryon Healy to give the Ducks a 3-0 lead.

While the Ducks didn’t breach the score sheet in the fifth, the sixth inning proved to be a big one for them. Connor Hofmann led off the inning with a ground rule double and advanced to third on a bunt from Altobelli. Baumgartner then proceeded to knock him in with a single to give the Ducks a 4-0 lead.

Turning point. Oregon was not done yet though, and before the inning was over they found themselves with a 6-0 lead and had successfully knocked Utah starting pitcher Mitch Watrous from the game.

Still holding firm to a 6-0 lead, the Ducks brought in Darrell Hunter to start the eighth in relief of Thorpe who left the game after pitching seven shutout innings.

Hunter allowed two Utes to score in the eighth and Garrett Cleavinger pitched a scoreless ninth to give the Ducks a 6-2 victory.

On the horizon. Oregon plays the second game of their series against Utah Saturday at 3 p.m.