SOFTBALL

Clutch homer propels Ducks — Lauren Lindvall’s two-run homer put Oregon ahead in the fourth inning, and pitcher Miranda Elish made the lead stand as the No. 2 Ducks beat No. 4 Washington 4-2 on Saturday in Seattle, their second straight win over the Huskies in a crucial three-game Pac-12 series. Lindvall’s blast turned a 2-1 Huskies lead into a 3-2 Oregon advantage. The Ducks added an unearned run in the sixth inning to provide insurance for Elish, who improved to 17-1 with a seven-hitter. Lindvall and D.J. Sanders both had two hits for Oregon (14-3 Pac-12, 40-7 overall), which drew within half a game of top-ranked UCLA in the conference standings. The Huskies (12-7, 41-7) remain in third place. The series finale is Sunday afternoon.

Oregon State falls at No. 10 Arizona — Oregon State matched Arizona hit for hit Saturday night, but the host Wildcats’ seven hits included home runs by Aleah Craighton and Jessie Harper in a 6-2 Pac-12 win over the slumping Beavers. Seven different players had hits for OSU (7-10 Pac-12, 26-21 overall), which lost its fourth in a row. The Beavers’ two runs came in the second inning on Camryn Ybarra’s RBI single and Kayleen Shafer’s bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. Tenth-ranked Arizona (10-10, 34-13) took the lead for good at 3-2 on Craighton’s two-run homer in the bottom of the second. The final game of the three-game series is Sunday.

BASEBALL

UO pitcher fans 15 Trojans — Kenyon Yovan struck out 15 and walked none over eight innings Saturday, leading Oregon to a 9-2 Pac-12 victory over USC at PK Park in Eugene. Spencer Steer’s two-run single highlighted a five-run fourth inning that put the Ducks up 7-2, and Oregon went on to end a six-game losing streak in the middle game of a three-game series. The Ducks (7-13 Pac-12, 20-20 overall) scored six unearned runs to even the series and move into a tie with the Trojans (7-13, 19-20) for ninth place in the conference standings. Jakob Goldfarb and Jonny DeLuca each had two hits and an RBI for Oregon. The series concludes on Sunday.

Beavers’ win streak ends — Oregon State piled up 13 hits, but the No. 5-ranked Beavers left 13 runners on base Saturday in an 8-5 Pac-12 home loss to Arizona State that snapped a seven-game winning streak. Steven Kwan and Cadyn Grenier had three hits apiece for OSU (11-6 Pac-12, 31-7 overall), which trailed early but led 4-2 after four innings and 5-4 through six in the second game of a three-game series at Goss Stadium in Corvallis. The Sun Devils (10-10, 18-24) rallied for three runs in the seventh and another in the eighth, while Arizona State reliever Dellan Raish shut out the Beavers over the last four innings to earn the win. The rubber game of the series is Sunday.

— Bulletin staff reports