PORTLAND PILOTS (9-34-1, 5-16 WCC)
WEEK 13 GAME NOTES
 
vs. OREGON DUCKS (26-17, 9-12 PAC-12)
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017
First Pitch: 6:00 PM
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field (1,300)
Video: TheW.tv
Stats: PortlandPilots.com
Series: ORE leads 92-27
Last: #22 ORE 6, POR 1 (April 11, 2017 at Oregon)

PROBABLE STARTERS (W-L, ERA)
Tuesday • May 9 • 6 PM
POR: LHP Corbin Powers (0-5, 5.84)
ORE: RHP Isaiah Carranza (2-2. 5.08)
 
THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots welcome the Oregon Ducks to The Bluff for a non-conference game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Joe Etzel Field.
• Tuesday's tilt with the Ducks is a make-up game from a previously rained out contest, which was originally scheduled for April 19.
• Portland then returns to the West Coast Conference with a road trip this weekend to Provo, Utah, for a three-game series with the first-place Brigham Young Cougars.
• The Pilots and Cougars open the set on Thursday at 5 p.m. (Pacific) at Larry Miller Field; first pitch on Friday is also scheduled for 5 p.m., and Saturday's finale will begin at 12 p.m.
 
LAST WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots took last week off to focus on final exams and graduation.
• Previously, the Pacific Tigers took two of three games from the Pilots in Stockton, Calif.; Portland won the opener 10-7 on Friday, April 28, before the Tigers recovered to take the next two by scores of 3-1 and 2-0.
• Beau Brundage was 3-for-6 with two RBI's during the series opening win, while Michael Forgione scored three times.
• Freshman starter Grady Miller fanned 10 during Saturday's loss, and sophomore starter Kevin Baker collected a career-high 13 K's in 8.0 innings on Sunday.
• Baker's 13 strikeouts are tied for the third most in a game ever for the Pilots, and it's the most strikeouts since Travis Radke fanned 14 in 2013.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Sophomore right-hander Kevin Baker has reached double digits in strikeouts three times this season, including fanning a career-high 13 his last time out, which was at Pacific on April 30; the 13 K's are tied for the third most in a game ever for the Pilots, and it's the most strikeouts since Travis Radke fanned 14 in 2013.
• Baker struck out 11 in 6.1 innings against Santa Clara (April 2), and he struck out 11 more in 10.0 scoreless innings vs. Pepperdine on April 9.
• He ranks 23rd nationally and is second in the WCC in K's per 9.0 innings (11.73); he also has the Pilots' lone complete game this season, and his 3.09 ERA ranks sixth in the conference.
• Freshman starter Grady Miller has a pair of games this season with 10 K's or more, with the lefty fanning 10 during his most recent outing at Pacific (April 29); he previously struck out a career-best 12 in 7.0 innings as the Pilots topped Northwestern 5-2 on March 10.
• The 16-inning game against Pepperdine at Joe Etzel Field on April 9 was the longest game for the Pilots since also playing a 16-inning contest in 2008 vs. Northern Illinois.
• Portland's 10-10 tie at Seattle U on April 5 was the first tie for the Pilots since 2003.
• The capacity crowd of 1,300 to watch the Pilots and No. 1 Oregon State on April 4 was the largest in Joe Etzel Field history; the previous high was 1,092, which also came against Oregon State last season.
• Sophomore Matt Kelly and redshirt-freshman Beau Brundage are leading the Pilots offensively, batting .289 and .287, respectively; Kelly is batting .308 during league contests.
• Sophomore Cody Hawken has team highs of five home runs and 23 RBI's; his brother Jake is a junior pitcher for the Pilots.
• Senior reliever Marty Luckenbach is fifth in the WCC in saves (5) and he's just one stop away from cracking Portland's single-season top 10 in that category.
• Portland's game against Seattle on March 22 was the 600th in the coaching career of skipper Geoff Loomis; the UP alum and Athletics Hall of Fame member is in his second season at the helm of the Pilots after 13 seasons as head coach at Pacific Lutheran, where he led the Lutes to 11 winning seasons and two NCAA Regional appearances.
• Loomis (1990-92) still holds the UP program career record for batting average (.376) and he earned Pacific-10 North Division Player of the Year honors in 1992.
• The Pilots opened the season with 11 straight road games before finally playing at Joe Etzel Field on March 10; 15 of Portland's first 20 games are on the road.
• The new-look Pilots entered the season with 14 returning letterwinners, only two position starters and three starting pitchers.
• Portland welcomed 20 new players to the program this year, which includes 12 freshmen, two redshirt-freshmen and six JC transfers.
 
ABOUT THE DUCKS
• The Ducks dropped two of three at Washington State last weekend.
• The pitching staff is No. 2 nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.70), they're sixth in fewest walks per 9.0 innings (2.35), and they've posted the seventh most shutouts (7) in the country.
• The team ERA is 3.63, the team batting average is .260, and opponents are hitting .256; Kyle Kasser is batting a team-best .321.
• George Horton is in his ninth year as head coach at Oregon and he's led the Ducks to five NCAA post-season appearances.