College softball games this time of year are primarily upscale practices with umpires. They give teams a chance to limber up, enjoy a beautiful Fall day with their teammates and get some work in on the softball diamond. Players coach first base, “ghost runners” are sometimes used to simulate game situations and Coaches have a chance to evaluate everyone on their roster. The point is to get some game action, so softball’s “mercy rules” are ignored.
So it was today for Oregon, as the Ducks hosted College of the Siskiyous and Oregon Tech at the Jane. Oregon used three of the four pitchers on the roster (Stevie Hansen did not throw), featured different Battery combinations and the Ducks only 2022 Freshman recruit and all-name team nominee Remmington Hewitt also got into the action in the second game.