STOCKTON, Calif. --- The Portland Pilots brought the potential game-tying run to the plate with no outs in the top of the ninth inning, but the host Pacific Tigers held on for a 2-0 win to open a three-game West Coast Conference series on a windy Friday night at Klein Family Field. Game two is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
After both starting pitchers held the other team scoreless for most of the game, the Tigers (14-35, 10-15 WCC) managed to push across a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, After loading the bases, Louis Majia brought home the game's first run with a sacrifice fly to left field. Nate Verlin then added a little insurance with an RBI single through the left side of the infield.
 
The Pilots (10-42, 5-20 WCC) did get two runners on with no outs in the top of the ninth, but a double play and a strike out ended the game and the threat.
 
UP starting pitcher Brandon Snyder (0-5) had a solid outing on the mound, scattering eight hits in seven innings. He did allow both runs in the seventh, and he struck out four on the night. Reliever Carl Snaring pitched the bottom of the eighth inning, striking out two.
 
Pacific's Jake Jenkins (5-6) matched Snyder pitch-for-pitch and earns the win. He held the Pilots scoreless on four hits in 7.0 innings and he fanned nine and walked two. Mike Hager pitched the eighth inning and Vince Arobio took care of the Pilots in the ninth to register his eighth save of the year.
 
Both Turner Gill and Cody Lenahan had two hits for the Pilots, and Gill notched his 54th career double. That leaves him just three doubles shy of matching the program record for most career doubles.