EUGENE, Ore. – No. 25-ranked Utah Baseball fell in a doubleheader at No. 21 Oregon on Saturday, with the Ducks taking game 1 by a score of 7-5 before the nightcap went to Oregon, 5-1.
 
Returning to the lineup, Core Jackson extended his on-base streak to 19 straight games, while Hunter Antillon (16), TJ Clarkson (12) and Kai Roberts (11) also continued their respective double-digit streaks.
 
Utah (29-15, 14-9 Pac-12) will look to bounce back in Sunday's series finale against the Ducks, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m. MT at PK Park.
 
Game 1
Oregon 7, Utah 5
The Utes took a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning, but were held to just one hit the rest of the ballgame as Oregon rallied to take the opener.
 
Utah loaded the bases in the ninth inning with nobody out, bringing the go-ahead run to the plate in what was then a 7-4 game. Tyler Quinn beat out Oregon's attempt at a double play to bring in Roberts and keep the contest going, though the Utes were unable to muster anything further.
 
Roberts and Drake Digiorno each went 2-for-4, combining for three RBI while Roberts scored once. Jackson tallied a run as did Quinn and Antillon.
 
Utah answered an early Oregon run with a pair each in the third and fourth innings. In the third, Digiorno ripped a first-pitch single into left field to score Jackson and level the score at one. Then a sac fly from Clarkson brought in another run.
 
Roberts would add a two-run single in the fourth, scoring Antillon and Quinn for a 4-1 Utah lead.
 
The Ducks would pull back in front with a pair of two-run homers across the fourth and fifth innings.
 
Bryson Van Sickle tied a season-high with eight strikeouts in his six-inning start, but received his first loss of the season (3-1).
 
Game 2
Oregon 5, Utah 1
Roberts tallied his 16^th double of the season in the sixth inning, setting a new single-season career-high. It drove in the Utes' lone run of the game when the speedy Jackson came all the way in from first base.
 
Utah put the lead man aboard in each of the first three innings but was unable to cash in on the scoreboard.
 
Oregon broke the ice with a pair of runs in the opening inning. Though the Utes put runners on second and third with one out in the third inning, back-to-back strikeouts ended the threat with the club unable to equalize.
 
The 2-0 score remained until the home half of the fifth when the Ducks added another pair of runs. Utah broke through in its half of the sixth, when Roberts sent a double to the gap in right center field, scoring Jackson all the way from first base.
 
Merit Jones (3-3) received the loss.
 
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