Duck Stuff: Morning Mud

■ KEZI's report from last nights Duck win over the beav trash 3-0 at PK Park.

■ GoDucks.com has all the details as Tommy Thorpe threw a hell of a game last night shutting out corvallis city 3-0.

Thorpe matched a career-high with seven strikeouts while only allowing infield singles in the second and third innings.

The Ducks and Beavers beav trash meet Saturday at 2 p.m. at PK Park in game two of the three-game series with both teams scheduled to throw freshmen.

■ Another day, another honor for Jimmy Sherfy. Sherfy has been named a semi-finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy.

The junior right-hander leads the nation in saves with 19, tying his school record on Wednesday against Gonzaga, while boasting a 2-0 record and a 1.00 ERA. He also leads all active players in the country in strikeouts per nine innings (13.05) and is second in career saves (38).

■ Scott Reed weighs in on Mark Helfrich's decision to hire coaches Ron Aiken and Matt Lubick.

■ Mel Kiper likes Colt Lyerla as a top TE prospect for the NFL next year.

Don't mistake Lyerla's lack of catches for lack of talent. The one-time star high school running back and linebacker might be the best athlete in this group, and Oregon was eager to find ways to get him the ball. He even rushed the ball 13 times last season, to go along with his 25 catches.

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Duck Stuff: Morning Mud

■ George Horton talks about the upcoming Civil War which is the final series of the regular season.

■ Jimmie Sherfy is one of 22 pitchers on the latest watch list for the 2013 Pitcher of the Year Award, sponsored by Diamond Sports and presented during the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s Night of Champions on June 29.

■ Ducks (and Ems) honor MIA/POW soldiers with black chair PK Park.

■ The Lott IMPACT trophy watch list was announced yesterday and Ifo made the list.

■ Nathan Roholt completes his list of the top ten most influential plays of the last ten years with numbers five through one.

■ Rob Moseley reports De'Anthony Thomas appears to have recovered from a minor injury that kept him out of the Spring Game and the last couple of track meets, good to hear.

■ Kiko Alonso signed a four year deal with the Buffalo Bills a couple of days ago, good for him.

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