We were live from Hillenbrand Stadium for today’s Pac-12 softball tournament quarterfinal between No. 5 seed Oregon and No. 4 seed Stanford. The Ducks lost 4-3.
The Ducks (35-15) await their NCAA Tournament destination on Sunday night (4 p.m., ESPN2).
The Cardinal (40-12) advance to face No. 1 seed UCLA (51-4) in a semifinal on Friday (7:30 p.m., ESPN2).
The moneyline for today’s game was Oregon minus-120/Stanford minus-120, per Bovada.
Below are live updates from today’s game.
FINAL/7th: OREGON 3, STANFORD 4
Bottom: Kylie Chun (1-1) reenters and drills a solo home run to right-center, 3-3. River Mahler (0-2, K, BB) chops a single to the pitcher, KK Humphreys attempts to field it but should have given way to Tahya Bird. Taylor Gindlesperger (0-3) drops a bunt, out at first, throwing error by Allee Bunker sails wide of third base and Mahler scores the winning run.
Top: Ellee Eck in RF for Stanford. Ariel Carlson (0-1, SAC) singles to right-center. Fifth straight game with a it vs. Alana Vawter for Carlson. Alyssa Daniell (1-2, HR, 2 RBI, R) flies out to right. Carlson steals second. Mound visit for Stanford before 3-2 pitch to Tehya Bird (1-2), who singles through the left side and Kyra Chan boots it and Carlson cruises in for the go-ahead run, 3-2 Oregon. Pinch hitter Kedre Luschar doubles to left, Bird has to hold up at third. Allison Monikawa enters in RF, Eck to LF. Pinch hitter Karissa Ornelas strikes out swinging. Kai Luschar (0-3, K, SB) strikes out looking.
6th
Top: Dani Hayes to RF for Stanford. Hanna Delgado (0-2) pops out to foul territory off third. Allee Bunker (0-2) flies out to right. Terra McGowan (0-1, BB, R) grounds out to the pitcher. Alana Vawter up to 79 pitches (53 strikes); 2/3 first-pitch strikes (14/22 in game)
Bottom: Aly Kaneshiro (0-1, BB) singles to left. Emily Jones pinch runs Allie Clements (0-2) grounds into a 5-4-3 double play, 21st of the season for Oregon. Emily Young (0-2) smacks a solo home run to the corner in left, 2-1 Oregon. Second home run of the season for Young. Kyra Chan (0-2) chop single in front of the plate. Emily Schultz (0-2) RBI double off the wall in left center, 2-2. Not a great throw in from Hanna Delgado. Mound visit for UO. Schultz to third on wild pitch. Sydney Steele (1-2, 2B, K) flies out to right. Morgan Scott up to 81 pitches (53 strikes); 5/6 first-pitch strikes (16/26 in game)
5th
Top: Tehya Bird (0-1), a team-low .208 hitter with the bases empty, singles up the middle to cap an 11-pitch at-bat. Kyla Morris pinch runs. KK Humphreys (0-1) reaches on a fielder’s choice 5-4. Paige Sinicki (1-1) drops a sacrifice bunt. Kai Luschar (0-2, K, SB) reaches on a fielder’s choice 6-5. Alana Vawter up to 68 pitches (46 strikes); 2/4 first-pitch strikes (12/19 in game).
Bottom: Kyra Chan (0-1) flies out to foul territory in left. Emily Schultz (0-1) reaches on an error by third baseman Tehya Bird. Sydney Steele (1-1, 2B) strikes out looking. Pinch hitter Kylie Chun singles to left, two on. Mound visit for UO before River Mahler (0-2, K) walks on 3-2 count, bases loaded. Taylor Gindlesperger (0-2) pops out to short. Mogan Scott up to 62 pitches (40 strikes); 5/6 first-pitch strikes (11/20 in game)
4th
Top: Terra McGowan (0-0, BB, R) grounds out to third. Ariel Carlson (0-0, SAC) flies out to center. Alyssa Daniell (1-1, HR, 2 RBI, R) grounds out to second. Alana Vawter up to 48 pitches (31 strikes); 1/3 first-pitch strikes (10/15 in game)
Bottom: Taylor Gindlesperger (0-1) flies out to center. Aly Kaneshiro (0-1) walks. Allie Clements (0-1) pops out to second. Kaneshiro advances on a wild pitch. Emily Young (0-1) grounds out to short. Morgan Scott up to 46 pitches (28 strikes); 1/4 first-pitch strikes (6/14 in game)
3rd
Top: Paige Sinicki singles to left. Kai Luschar (0-1, K) reaches on a fielder’s choice 4u. Hanna Delgado (0-1) soft line out to short, looked like Luschar was going to steal. Luschar steals second and Allee Bunker (0-1) grounds out to second. Alana Vawter up to 35 pitches (23 strikes); 4/4 first-pitch strikes in inning (9/12 in game)
Bottom: Emily Schultz grounds out to second. Sydney Steele, a .167 hitter, doubles to the corner in left. Kaitlyn Lim flies out to foul territory in left, long run and sliding catch by Kai Luschar. River Mahler (0-1) strikes out swinging. Morgan Scott up to 36 pitches (24 strikes); 2/4 first-pitch strikes (5/10 in game)
2nd
Top: Terra McGowan walks on four pitches. Ariel Carlson drops a sacrifice bunt, McGowan to second. Alyssa Daniell smashes a 2-run home run to left-center, 2-0 Oregon. Daniel was 1/8 in her career vs. Alana Vawter, including 0/3 earlier this season. Tehya Bird flies out to deep center. KK Humphreys pops out to second. Alana Vawter up to 22 pitches (13 strikes); 2/5 first-pitch strikes in inning (5/8 in game)
Bottom: Allie Clements grounds out to second. Emily Young flies out to short. Kyra Chan flies out to center. Morgan Scott up to 24 pitches (15 strikes); 0/3 first-pitch strikes (3/6 in game)
1st
Top: Kai Luschar strikes out swinging. Hanna Delgado grounds out to short. Allee Bunker flies out to deep center. Alana Vawter 9 pitches (7 strikes); 1/3 first-pitch strikes.
Bottom: River Mahler flies out to center, long run down for Hanna Delgado. Taylor Gindlesperger flies out to left. Aly Kaneshiro grounds out to second. Morgan Scott 12 pitches (9 strikes); 3/3 first-pitch strikes.
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Oregon lineup
Kai Luschar LF
Hanna Delgado CF (first time hitting No. 2 this season)
Allee Bunker 2B
Terra McGowan C
Ariel Carlson RF
Alyssa Daniell DP
Tehya Bird 3B
KK Humphreys 1B (second time hitting 8th all season, first since Feb. 10 vs. Wisconsin in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
Paige Sinicki SS
Morgan Scott P
Stanford lineup
River Mahler 2B
Taylor Gindlesperger CF
Aly Kaneshiro C
Allie Clements RF
Emily Young SS
Kyra Chan LF
Emily Schultz 1B
Sydney Steele 3B
Kaitlyn Lim DH
Alana Vawter P
