MORAGA, Calif. --- Portland freshman Geoffrey Lee belted his first collegiate home run, but the Saint Mary's Gaels jumped ahead of the Pilots early en route to a 7-1 win at Louis Guisto Field on Sunday. The win allows the Gaels to claim the three-game West Coast Conference series.
 
The Pilot (5-21, 1-5 WCC) fell into an early hole as the first three SMC (15-8, 4-2 WCC) batters in the bottom of the first inning reached base via a walk. After new Portland pitcher Ryan Barr entered the game and fanned the first batter he faced, Logan Steinberg brought home the game's first run with an infield single.
 
Zach Kirtley followed with his own run-scoring infield single before Collin Ferguson trotted home on a wild pitch to make it a 3-0 game.
 
After the Gaels added a run in the bottom of the fourth, Lee led off the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run to left field. His blast briefly pulled the Pilots within three runs.
 
But Saint Mary's had an answer with a run in the bottom of the fifth and two more in the seventh before cruising to the win. The run in the fifth came on consecutive one-out doubles by Steinberg and Kirtley and one of the two runs in the seventh scored on a Portland throwing error. Jackson Thoreson was responsible for the game's final run with an RBI single.
 
Kevin Wade continued his recent surge at the plate with a pair of hits for the Pilots, while Cody Lenahan also had two hits. Wade is riding a five-game hitting streak and he went 6-for-10 during the weekend with three RBI's. Lenahan is five for his last eight with two doubles.
 
Portland starter Jordan Horak (0-2) takes the loss, while Gaels' starter Johnny York (4-1) notches his fourth win of the year. York allowed just one run on six hits in 6.0 innings and Billy Oxford registered the save after tossing 3.0 scoreless innings.
 
Barr worked 6.0 innings of relief, yielding just two runs, one earned, on six hits. He struck out four and Jake Hawken threw the final 2.0 innings.
 
Next up for the Pilots is a three-game league series with the Pepperdine Waves next weekend. The opener is set for 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon at Joe Etzel Field, while first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.