PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland's Kevin Wade provided the game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning and reliever Marty Luckenbach sealed the win as the Pilots completed a two-game sweep of the Seattle Redhawks with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday at Joe Etzel Field. Wade finished with two RBI's and scored a run.
 
With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Wade stepped to the plate with one out and Beau Brundage on second base. Wade then drilled a 1-2 pitch into the left-center gap, easily scoring Brundage to hand the home team a 4-3 lead. A batter later, Wade scored an insurance run when he came around to make it 5-3, courtesy a Seattle error.
 
The Redhawks did start the top of the ninth with a lead-off double, but Luckenbach capped the win with three straight outs, including a game-ending strikeout.
 
Luckenbach (1-0), who notched the save during Portland's 6-3 win on Tuesday, worked a scoreless inning and a third. He allowed only the one hit and fanned three. He also came in with two outs in the top of the eighth inning to register a huge strikeout, when the Redhawks had the bases loaded and the score tied.
 
Seattle reliever Zach Wolf (0-5) is stuck with the loss, and he was the third Seattle (7-13) pitcher on the day.
 
The Pilots (4-16) fell behind early after the Redhawks scored one in the top of the first, but Portland answered with a run in the bottom of the frame. With Matt Kelly on third, who had previously begun the inning with a base hit, Wade drilled a single off the pitcher, which allowed Kelly to score and even the game 1-1.
 
Portland then surged ahead with two runs in the bottom of the second, which scored on a Seattle error. Dutton Elske hit a lead-off single, Cal Webb followed with a walk, and both crossed home plate when third baseman Jake Taylor's throw on a bunt from Ryan Kim ended up in right field.
 
The Redhawks got one back in the sixth inning when Taylor left the yard with a solo home run to left field. And then with the score 3-2 in the top of the eighth, the Redhawks scored a run without the benefit of a hit, tying the score 3-3. That's when Luckenbach entered the game and prevented any more damage.
 
Starter Tate Budnick worked an effective 6.0 innings before giving way to the bullpen. He scattered seven hits, allowed two runs and struck out four.
 
The Pilots next travel to Moraga, Calif., for a three-game West Coast Conference series with the Saint Mary's Gaels at Louis Guisto Field. The series begins with a game at 3 p.m. on Friday, first pitch on Saturday is set for 2 p.m., and Sunday's finale is scheduled for 1 p.m.