PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Gonzaga Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead before claiming a 19-3 win over the Portland Pilots in a West Coast Conference baseball game played on a wet Saturday night at Joe Etzel Field. Hunter Montgomery homered for the Pilots.
 
Montgomery's home run, his sixth of the year, came with the bases empty in the bottom of the second inning. He launched a 1-0 pitch over the left field fence, and he matches Matt Kelly and Daniel Lopez for the team-high in homers.
 
But it was all Gonzaga (16-14, 9-5 WCC) otherwise as they scored at least one run during seven of the nine innings. They led 6-1 after Montgomery left the yard, and they took control of the game with a five-run fourth inning.
 
The Pilots (20-16, 2-12 WCC) got two runs back in the bottom of the ninth, with the first coming on a double that Chad Stevens sent into the left-center gap. Travis Turney scored all the way from first base on the hit. A few batters later, Stevens came home on a ground-out by Lopez.
 
Both Ernie Yake and Ryan Sullivan finished with four RBI's to lead the Bulldogs, and Sullivan and Nick Nyquist also homered for the visitors.
 
The loss goes to Portland starter Kevin Baker (0-4), while Michael Spellacy (2-1) takes the win for the Zags. Spellacy yielded just three hits in 6.0 innings, he allowed only one run, and he K'd four.
 
The game featured a 35-minute rain delay during the fourth inning.
 
The Pilots and Bulldogs next play the finale of the three-game series tomorrow at 1 p.m.