PORTLAND PILOTS (23-23, 5-16 WCC)
WEEK 13 GAME NOTES
 
vs. Pepperdine Waves (21-21, 11-10 WCC)
Dates: Fri-Sun, May 10-12, 2019
First Pitches: 6 PM/6 PM/1 PM
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field
Video: Game 1  Game 2  Game 3
Stats: Game 1  Game 2  Game 3
Series: PEPP 69-18
2018: POR 2-1 (10), PEPP 6-2, POR 4-0 (May 18-20 at Pepperdine)
 
PROBABLE STARTERS (W-L, ERA)
Friday • May 10 • 6 PM
POR: RHP Nate Packard (3-1, 5.47)
PEPP: RHP Jonathan Pendergast (5-3, 3.71)
 
Saturday • May 11 • 6 PM
POR: RHP Eli Morse (2-7, 3.39)
PEPP: LHP Easton Lucas (4-4. 3.90)
 
Sunday • May 12 • 1 PM
POR: TBA
PEPP: TBA
 
THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots play their final home games of the season when they host the Pepperdine Waves for a WCC series at Joe Etzel Field.
• The three-game set opens Friday night at 6 p.m., first pitch on Saturday is also scheduled for 6 p.m., and Sunday's finale will begin at 1 p.m.
• Sunday is Senior Day, and the Pilots will honor their eight seniors with a pre-game ceremony.
• Links for live streams and live stats for all three games can be found at PortlandPilots.com.
 
LAST WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots dropped a pair of road games this week as both the Oregon Ducks and Washington Huskies rallied late to prevail.
• On Tuesday at PK Park in Eugene, the Ducks scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 4-1 win.
• On Wednesday at Husky Ballpark in Seattle, both Daniel Lopez and Hunter Montgomery homered for the Pilots, but a four-run eighth allowed UW to escape with the 10-8 victory.
• Montgomery's homer was a two-run blast in the top of the seventh that broke a 6-6 tie.
• Previously, the Pilots won two of three against the Santa Clara Broncos in a WCC series at Joe Etzel Field (April 26-28).
• The Pilots won the opener 5-3, the Broncos recovered to win game two 8-3, and Portland claimed the series with a 13-9 win in the finale.
• The Pilots rallied from an early 3-0 deficit during the opener, with Jace McKinney providing a two-run, go-ahead double during a five-run seventh inning.
• In the finale, Chad Stevens and Cody Hawken both collected three RBI's, and Connor Knutson struck out six during 4.0 hitless and scoreless innings of relief to notch his 10th save of the year.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Portland closer Connor Knutson and sophomore shortstop Chad Stevens were both named to watch lists for awards that honor the top player in the nation at their respective positions.
• Knutson was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year midseason watch list; Knutson has 10 saves this season with a 2.12 ERA, and his 18 career saves are tied for second most in program history.
• Knutson ranks 22nd nationally and second in the WCC in saves.
• Stevens, who was placed on the initial Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, leads the team with a .291 batting average, 55 hits, 12 doubles, and 43 runs; he's also belted four home runs, collected 26 RBI's, has a triple, and he's stolen 11 bases.
• Cody Hawken was tabbed the WCC Player of the Week on March 22 after batting .417 with a home run, two doubles, and eight RBI's during a series at USD.
• During a 20-0 win over the Toreros on March 20, Hawken hit a grand slam, collected a pair of doubles, and drove in seven runs, which ties the third most RBI's in a game in program history.
• The 20-0 win is believed to be a program record for the largest margin of victory during a shutout over a DI opponent.
• The 20 runs are also the second largest margin of victory overall against a DI opponent in program history; in 1958 the Pilots won 28-4 at Portland State.
• The Pilots have scored 20 runs in a game twice this season, winning 20-0 at San Diego (April 20) and 20-2 at San Francisco (March 16); it's the first time in program history (at least since 1935) to score 20 runs twice in the same year.
• Redshirt-senior right-hander Chris Clements was the Rawlings WCC Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season on April 1 after collecting a pair of W's against No. 8 Oregon State and LMU.
• In 10.0 total innings against the Beavers and Lions, Clements surrendered just two earned runs, gave up only three hits, K'd eight, and walked one.
• Clements previously nabbed back-to-back league pitcher of the week awards after tossing consecutive complete games (March 2 & 10).
• Clements' complete-game shutout against Northern Colorado on March 10 was the first shutout by a Pilot pitcher since 2015.
• Clements, a transfer who's in his first and only year with the Pilots, is 7-1 with a 1.77 ERA, he has 67 K's in 76.1 innings, and he's holding the opposition to a .188 batting average; he ranks 14th nationally in WHIP (0.89) and is 15th in ERA (1.77).
• He's also second in the WCC in wins, WHIP, complete games, and ERA.
• Portland opened the year 15-5, which equaled the program's second best record ever after 20 games; Portland's 1958 squad holds the record with an 17-3 mark, and the Pilots also went 15-5 in 1969.
• Portland's seven-game winning streak earlier this season was the longest stretch without a loss for the Pilots since 2010.
• Cody Hawken is the second Pilot with seven RBI's in a game this season after Matt Kelly made history on March 16 when he drove in seven runs at USF; it was the most RBI's by a Pilot since Kory Casto also collected seven RBI's during a game in 2003.
• Earlier this year, freshman Tracye Tammaro homered in four straight games (March 13-17).
• Portland's home sweep vs. Northern Colorado (Mar. 8-10) was the first four-game series sweep for the Pilots since taking four from Eastern Oregon in 1982, and it's the first against a DI opponent since winning four against Seattle in 1980.
• Cody Hawken was plunked at San Diego (April 18) for the 44th time in his career, which matches Cory Lunde (1999-2002) for the program's all-time record; Hawken ranks ninth nationally in hit-by-pitches (16).
• The Pilots lead the WCC in home runs (46).
• Fourth-year head coach Geoff Loomis is a Portland baseball alum and UP Athletics Hall of Fame member who still holds the UP program career record for batting average (.376).
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• The Pepperdine Waves won at Cal Poly in extra innings on Tuesday, but the lost two of three at San Francisco last weekend.
• The Waves are batting .273, opponents are hitting .260, their staff ERA is 4.22, and they've registered a league-best six shutouts this spring.
• Pepperdine alum Rick Hirtensteiner is in his fourth year as head coach of the Waves; he's in his 21st season overall on the Pepperdine staff.
• The Waves are the reigning WCC regular season champions.