PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland's Cody Hawken belted a three-run homer and the Pilots held the No. 11 Beavers to just four hits on the night, but Oregon State prevailed 4-3 in a non-conference baseball game played on Tuesday night at Goss Stadium.
 
The home run is Hawken's sixth of the season, and it came in the top of the third inning with the Pilots (24-26) trailing 1-0. With one out, Matt Kelly reached on a walk, and Daniel Lopez followed with a single to right-center field. Hawken then stepped to the plate and left the yard with a shot to left field to hand the visitors their first lead of the night.
 
For a while it looked like the lead would stand as Portland starter Christian Peters retired 12 straight during one stretch and didn't allow a hit for four straight innings. OSU did score one in the top of the first inning on a double and a single, but those were the only blemishes on the night for Peters.
 
Reliever Cameron Richman continued what Peters started with a scoreless sixth inning, but the Beavs did load the bases in the bottom of the seventh. George Mendazona then greeted new Portland pitcher Connor Knutson with a bases clearing double, handing the Beavers the one-run lead.
 
And that's the way the game would end as the Beavers (34-15-1) didn't allow a Portland batter to reach base during the final 2.0 innings.
 
Richman (1-2) is saddled with the loss, while Nathan Burns (2-0) takes the win for the Beavers. Jake Mulholland registered the final two outs to collect his seventh save of the year.
 
The Pilots next travel to Stockton, Calif., to conclude the season with a three-game West Coast Conference series against the Pacific Tigers. Weather may affect the schedule at Klein Family Field, but as of right now Friday's opener is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.