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Danny Hayes hit his second and third home runs of the season
2011 Summer Played for the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League ... Played in 28 games, batting .301 with four doubles and 18 RBI.
2011 (Junior) Played in four games, starting once ... Had five at bats ... Pitched in eight games, all out of the bullpen, and went 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA ... Struck out nine and walked five and opponents batted .400 against him.
2010 Summer Appeared in 23 games in the field for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League ... Batted .258 with a double and four RBI ... Pitched in 13 games, starting one, and went 4-0 with a 4.40 ERA in 28 2/3 innings ... Struck out 20.
2010 - Batting (Sophomore) Appeared in 11 games, starting three ... Hit 231 with a double and six RBI ... Drove in two with a single against Long Beach State (3/26) ... Started his first game of the season and drove in two runs with a double to right against Portland (3/14).
2010 - Pitching (Sophomore) Made 17 appearances, starting five ... Posted a 3-2 record and a 5.30 ERA in 37 1/3 innings ... Inherited 16 runners, allowing six to score (.428) ... Worked 13 1/3 innings in Pac-10 play, starting one in seven appearances, and went 0-1 with an 8.78 ERA ... Started and threw 4 1/3 innings against Seattle, striking out four (5/18) ... Started and took the loss after allowing seven hits and five runs over 3 2/3 innings at Oregon (4/27) ... Worked five innings in relief against UCLA, and took the loss after allowing two runs in the 16th (4/10) ... Threw seven innings against Portland and picked up the win after allowing just five hits and an unearned run (4/6) ... Started against Southern Utah, and allowed four hits over five innings (3/24) ... Got his first win of the season after throwing a scoreless ninth against Utah (3/13).
2009 Summer Played in 23 games for Wenatchee of the West Coast League, starting in 21 ... Batted .289 with 10 RBI and 10 walks ... Made 10 pitching appearances, all in relief, and went 1-1 with a 0.00 ERA ... Saved three games ... Allowed 10 hits and two unearned in 13 1/3 innings of work ... Struck out 13 and walked four.
2009 (Freshman) Appeared in 12 games, starting one ... Went 2-0 with a 1.97 ERA, striking out 20 in 32 innings ... Made his ninth appearance of the year and scattered four hits and a run over 4 2/3 innings in relief against Washington State (5/15) ... Pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief against Arizona State, striking out three (5/2) ... Allowed just a home run in three innings in a relief appearance at UCLA (4/24) ... Earned his second win of the season after holding BYU to four hits and two earned runs in three innings (4/14) ... Kept Arizona off the scoreboard over five full innings, striking out three (4/10) ... Started his first career game and picked up his first career win after going five full innings against Utah Valley, striking out four (3/20) ... Worked 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his career debut against Oklahoma State (3/6).
Tigard High School Lettered four years for head coach Tom Campbell ... Batted .375 his senior season and was named to the All-League First-Team ... As a pitcher, was 11-1 with a 0.91 ERA as a senior ... Also earned All-State honors his junior and senior years ... Earned All-League honors his junior year after hitting .545 with a home run and 17 runs batted in ... Hit .406 as a sophomore to earn All-League honors ... Batted .330 his freshman season ... Also lettered three years in football and two years in basketball.
Personal Majoring in sociology ... Born February 27, 1990 in Portland, Ore. ... Son of Cindy and Ty Gorton ... Has one sister, Sarah ... Enjoys video games, basketball, football, guitar and playing cards in his spare time ... Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan ... Biggest athletic thrill to date is winning the 2008 Babe Ruth World Series ... Favorite TV show is Family Guy and favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber ... Chose Oregon State because of the program.
Gorton's Single-Game Highs Hits: 1-3x, last: Portland, Mar 14, 2010 Doubles: 1, Portland, Mar 14, 2010 Total bases: 2, Portland, Mar 14, 2010 RBI: 2-2x, last: Long Beach State, Mar 26, 2010 Runs scored: 1, vs Missouri State, Mar 14, 2009 Walks: 1-3x, last: at USC, Apr 02, 2010 Struck out: 2, UCLA, Apr 10, 2010 At bats: 3-2x, last: UCLA, Apr 10, 2010
