RENO, Nev. --- It took two days to finish, but the Portland Pilots finally beat the Nevada Wolf Pack 7-4 in a non-conference baseball game that started on Saturday and concluded on Sunday because of snow at Peccole Park in Reno, Nev. The Pilots (3-11) and Pack (5-12) then got in three innings of the final game of the three-game series before the game was cancelled due to snow. Portland was leading 2-0 and the game will not be made up.

Portland was leading Nevada 6-3 in the fourth inning on Saturday before the game was suspended. The game was stopped with Nevada batting in the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs and nobody on base.

The game resumed on Sunday with Portland starter Sean Sargent (1-4) still on the mound. Sargent finished the fourth and the fifth innings to pick up the win. Sargent did yield a Wolf Pack run in the fifth inning on an RBI ground out by Baker Krukow. UP relievers Brian Yoakum and Austin Dirkx then held Nevada to only two hits the rest of the way. Dirkx struck out four in 2.1 innings for his second save this season.

Leading 6-4 in the sixth inning, Portland’s Danny Meier (pictured) hit a two-out triple to right field. Sean Nicol then knocked him in with an RBI single to center.

The Wolf Pack took an early lead on Saturday with three runs in the bottom of the first inning off of Sargent. The Pack led off the bottom of the inning with four straight singles to score the first two runs. Matt Bowman and Shawn Scobee, who hit three home runs on Friday, picked up the RBI’s. Krukow knocked in the third run on a ground out.

Portland responded with a run in the top of the second. Adam Kerr led off the inning with a double down the left field line. After advancing to third on ground out by Cory Wiltshire, Kerr scored on sacrifice fly to left-center field by Andrew Wrisley.

Still down 3-1 in the fourth, the Pilots put five runs on the board to take the lead. James Allan led off the inning by reaching base on an error. Kerr followed with a two-run home run to left-center field tying the game on his first dinger of the season. With one out, Wrisley and Justin Ehlers singled putting runners on the corners. Meier then singled up the middle to score Wrisley and give Portland its first lead of the series at 4-3. Nicol followed with a single to left field that brought home Ehlers. Nik Kosach capped the scoring with an RBI ground out to second base making it 6-3.

Meier went 3 for 4 at the plate with an RBI and two runs scored for the game. Kerr and Nicol both had two hits and two RBI’s. Ehlers also had two hits as Portland totaled 10 hits. Seven of those hits came against Nevada starter Ryan Rodriguez (2-4) on Saturday. Wolf Pack reliever Kody Keroher pitched the final five innings on Sunday.

Nevada took the first game of the series 9-2 on Friday.

The Pilots are in the middle of an eight-game, 10-day road trip that takes them to San Jose, Calif., for two games against San Jose State on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Pilots conclude the trip with three games against Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, next weekend.