Butler, Grein power Oregon to 10-1 run-rule win over Stetson

Elon Butler’s two-run double and a solo home run, combined with Lyndsey Grein’s four perfect innings, powered Oregon to a 10-1 run-rule victory over Stetson at Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene on Feb. 27, 2026, ending after five innings. The Ducks closed the game via the run rule after a late home run by Notre Dame transfer Addison Amaral pushed the margin to nine runs.

Grein opened with a fly out and then “fell into a groove,” striking out the next eight Hatters batters she faced, a stretch described by 247Sports as coming after an infield pop-up began the game. Daily Emerald reported Grein “finished after four and was perfect on the day,” and GoDucks credited her with the win and an updated record of 5-3. “Emma makes me look good,” Grein said. “For me, it’s just throwing the ball through her mitt,” a comment Daily Emerald printed praising the defensive work behind her.

Butler supplied the offense early, ripping a double into the left-center gap in the first that scored Kaylynn Jones and Ayanna Shaw, then scoring on a fake steal that gave Oregon a 3-0 lead by the end of the inning, according to Daily Emerald. GoDucks’ box shows Butler finished with a double, a home run and six RBIs, and Daily Emerald noted the six-RBI night echoed a six-RBI game Butler had at Cal in March 2024.

Taryn Ho, making her sixth-straight start at shortstop, singled to set the table for Amaral later in the game, 247Sports reported. Amaral then “delivered a towering blast 228 feet into the left-field netting — her first as a Duck — to extend the lead to nine, pushing the game into run-rule territory,” per 247Sports. GoDucks added that Amaral had entered at third after beginning the game as the designated hitter and made a pair of plays that helped finish the game.

Sophomore Rowan Thompson entered for Grein to start the fifth and, after a flyout to center, conceded a solo home run to Amber Chumley that broke up the Ducks’ perfect game, 247Sports said. Chumley’s homer accounted for Stetson’s lone run; GoDucks lists Amber Chumley with one home run, one RBI and one run for the Hatters.

GoDucks’ official lines from the game list W: Grein, Lyndsey (5-3) and L: Hayley Arnold (0-1). Game batting lines from GoDucks show Butler with 1 double, 1 home run and 6 RBIs; Amaral with 1 home run and 2 RBIs; Braiesey Rosa with 1 RBI; and runs scored credited to Ayanna Shaw (3), Butler (2), Kaylynn Jones (1), Amari Harper (1), Taryn Ho (1), Addison Amaral (1) and Katie Flannery (1). GoDucks lists stolen bases as Shaw 2 and Butler 1; 247Sports described Shaw’s steal in the game as “her team-high fifth steal of the season,” a season figure that differs from the game line and that the outlet reported as a team-high.

Oregon followed the run-rule win with a 4-3 extra-innings victory over Idaho State later in the Oregon Classic, with Grein returning to the circle in the seventh to pick up additional strikeouts, 247Sports reported. “You can tell the outcome of a game's gonna be positive when you're tied in the eighth inning, and you're looking around, and everybody's having a good time,” Grein said after the Idaho State game. “Just enjoying and loving on each other. That's the sign of a really amazing team,” a comment 247Sports tied to the Ducks’ late-inning resilience.

Daily Emerald framed the Stetson game as Oregon’s first home game of the spring season and listed the Ducks at No. 18 with a 10-6 record; an original game header used No. 20 for Oregon. The Ducks remain at Jane Sanders Stadium for the rest of the Oregon Classic weekend, which also includes matchups with Samford and Idaho State.