After winning the first two games of their series with the Utah Utes, the No. 8-ranked Oregon baseball team lost the finale of the set on Sunday 10-3. With the loss, Oregon finished the season with an overall record of 45-14 and 22-8 in conference play.

Taking the loss for Oregon was Jake Reed who gave up 10 hits and five runs in his five innings of work. The defensive squad behind Reed was a little different than usual as George Horton decided to rest regular starters Ryon Healy, Brett Thomas and Scott Heineman.

Continuing their weekend trend of getting on the scoreboard early, the Ducks jumped on Utah in the top of the first when J.J. Altobelli scored from third after a fielding error by the Utes. However, the lead would be short-lived, and Utah tied the game at 1 in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Horton’s squad bounced back in the top of the fifth and was able to to regain the lead after a Mitchell Tolman sacrifice fly and a Tyler Baumgartner RBI single gave them a 3-1 advantage.

Turning point. However, the Utes had four runners score in the bottom of the fifth which gave them a 5-3 lead headed into the latter stages of the ballgame.

They weren’t done yet, and tacked on one more run in the sixth, three in the seventh and one more in the eight to give them a 10-3 lead.

On the horizon. The NCAA brackets are released tomorrow, and the Ducks will then know when and where they will begin postseason play.