In the wine country of Sonoma County the Healdsburg Prune Packers, Humboldt Crabs, Lincoln Potters, Medford Rogues, Solano Mudcats and West Coast Kings formed the Pacific Empire League, a summer wood-bat baseball league for college players.
Two Oregon pitchers star for the Packers, Blake Crawford of West Linn, Oregon and Tanner Bradley of Cotati, California.
Both were freshmen with the Ducks last season. Bradley played in five games while Crawford redshirted. In five innings Bradley struck out six and did not allow a run, a hit or a walk, including two scoreless innings against Utah Valley at the Eugene Regional in the NCAA Tournament…