It was Thomas who made Walker a cut-up of all his strikeouts from last season, when the 6-foot-3 righty went 2-2 with a 5.60 ERA primarily out of the bullpen. And, Walker said, he got an assist over the winter from the Ducks' new director of player development, former UO outfielder Brett Thomas. He's taken cues from veteran members of the staff including Cole Stringer and Nico Tellache. The UO coaching staff, both last spring and this season under Wasikowski, has helped him mature, he said. " Brett Walker will move into the rotation for our Sunday job this weekend, and credit to him. "When you get into conference play, not only do you scale back the roster size that you travel with, but you scale back the number of starters, going from four games on a weekend to three," said UO coach Mark Wasikowski, whose team is scheduled to open a three-game series with the Bruins on Friday at 6 p.m. Walker started the fourth game of that series, but he's in the three-man rotation as Oregon enters the start of Pac-12 play this weekend at UCLA. In his most recent appearance, this past Sunday at Hawaii, Walker salvaged the series finale for the Ducks by throwing eight two-hit innings. In all that work he's allowed just two earned runs, both coming home on a two-run homer allowed at Grand Canyon on Feb. Walker, a junior right-hander for the Oregon baseball team, has throw 21 1/3 innings across five outings so far this spring, three of them starts. Oregon Baseball Game Notes - UCLA Seriesīrett Walker is one pitch short of a nearly flawless start to the 2020 season.
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