EUGENE (Interstat) — Oregon outlasted Southern California 6-5 in 14 innings Saturday afternoon to win the Big 10 series two games to one, scoring the winning run on a suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the 14th. The Ducks and Trojans each collected 13 hits in a marathon that lasted more than five hours.

Oregon took an early lead in the first inning. Robert Cooney singled, advanced on a hit batsman and a wild pitch, then scored on a groundout. A safety squeeze brought home another run for a 2-0 edge. The Ducks stretched the lead to 3-0 in the second on Maddox Molony’s solo home run to left field. Two more runs followed in the same inning, an RBI single by David Smith making it 4-0 before Southern California changed pitchers.

The Trojans got on the board in the third when Ricardo Tejeda homered down the left-field line. The score remained 4-1 until the sixth inning, when Southern California struck. Kevin Takeuchi walked, stole second and scored on Adrian Lopez’s two-run homer to right-center, tying the game at 4. Lopez’s blast was the first of three homers for the Trojans.

Oregon answered in the bottom half. With one out, Brooks walked, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Andrew Laya’s double to right field, knotting the game at 5. Southern California retook the lead in the seventh on a two-run homer by Takeuchi, but the runs were unearned after an error kept the inning alive, making it 7-5 Trojans.

The Ducks responded again. In the bottom of the seventh, Molony doubled but was stranded. The score remained 5-5 after the eighth and ninth innings, with both bullpens dominating. Southern California’s Andrew Johnson threw 3 1-3 shutout innings with four strikeouts. Chase Herrell added 2 2-3 hitless frames. Oregon’s Devin Bell entered in the eighth and tossed four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out seven, earning top-star honors. Bell had worked 1 2-3 scoreless innings in the series opener Friday.

The game moved to extra innings. Neither team threatened until the 14th. Southern California put a runner on with one out, but Urbon was caught stealing second to end the top half. In the bottom of the 14th, Oregon’s Jaksa singled, stole second and moved to third on a groundout. With one out, Mabeus laid down a bunt single, scoring Jaksa for the walk-off win.

Oregon’s bullpen combined for 8 2-3 innings of one-run ball after starter Miles Gosztola allowed six hits and three runs over 5 1-3 innings. Southern California’s Adam Troy worked two perfect innings with three strikeouts. Sax Matson gave up one run over 3 2-3 innings.

The series opened with Southern California winning 2-1 in 11 innings Thursday, and Oregon winning 4-3 Friday. The Ducks improved to 38-15 overall, 38-15 in Big 10 play. Southern California fell to 42-14.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Southern California 8, Oregon 7. Interstat’s ELO system gave Oregon a 56.20 percent probability to win. Southern California had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus 1.5.