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EUGENE, Ore. - The George Mason baseball team (0-1) dropped its season opener at Oregon, 6-2, on Friday afternoon at PK Park in Eugene, Ore.

Oregon (1-0) plated a run in the first on a bases loaded walk and added four more in the second inning against Patriots (0-1) redshirt-junior starter Owen Stewart to take a 5-0 lead.  Ducks senior designated hitter Dominic Hellman provided the big hit in the second inning with a three-run home run. 

In the home half of the fifth, Oregon added a run with a leadoff double and took advantage of an error to make the score 6-0.

The Patriots got on the board in the top of the seventh.  Junior first baseman Jake Butler walked and graduate student center fielder Luciano Terilli singled in his first George Mason at-bat.  A balk by Oregon sophomore starting pitcher Will Sanford moved the runners into scoring position.

Patriots' senior Laken Tignor then stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter and put the Patriots on the board with a two-run single to left field.

Stewart (0-1) allowed five runs on eight hits in 3.0 innings and took the loss.  Redshirt-sophomore Brant Ertel gave up one run on one hit over 3.2 innings of work.  Junior Shaun Okeeffe threw 1.1 innings of one-hit ball.

Terilli went 2-for-4 and scored a run in his George Mason debut.  Graduate student catcher Logan Vaughan and junior designated hitter Matthew Westley also made their Patriots' debut, while freshman second baseman Julius Bagnerise made his NCAA debut.

The Patriots and Ducks are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 14 at PK Park in Eugene, Ore.  The first pitch for game one is slated for 2:05 p.m. Eastern Time.