EUGENE — Oregon scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth with the game on the line to send Saturday’s contest into extra innings, but the Ducks couldn’t find a run in the next eight as Wichita State prevailed 7-6 in 17 innings of action at PK Park.

Nearly 1,400 fans were on hand to watch the six-hour marathon that endured a 22-minute rain delay. Ejections included Wichita State head coach Gene Stephenson and two Shocker players in the 16th inning, as well as Oregon head coach George Horton in the fifth inning.

Wichita State (17-7) now leads the weekend series over Oregon (13-9) with a 2-1 advantage heading into today’s finale, set for 1 p.m.

Oregon had the game-winning run just 90 feet away in the bottom of the ninth, but Wichita State third baseman Tyler Coughenour’s diving stop on the hot corner denied Danny Pulfer the walk-off win after Oregon has loaded the bases.

Wichita State’s Foster Vielock (1-1) earned the win on the mound and tossed the final four innings.