In the first game of the series Grayson Grinsell pitched a gem, a complete-game two-hitter as Oregon edged first-place, UCLA 2-1 Friday night.
Saturday night the bullpen woes continued as the No. 10 Bruins feasted on sloppy pitching , dropping the Ducks to 13-7 in league play with a 14-4 run-rule shellacking. Now they trail first-place Iowa by three full games with three more weekends left in their conference season.
As crisp and cohesive as the Ducks looked on Friday, Saturday was a comparative disaster. The bullpen blew up again, giving up four runs in the seventh and six in the eighth to turn a close game into a laugher…