PORTLAND PILOTS (16-14) VS. WASHINGTON HUSKIES (11-16) AND NO. 15 OREGON DUCKS (19-7) 
Dates: Tue, Apr. 13 and Wed, Apr. 14
Times: 5 PM on Tues. and 2:30 PM on Wed.
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field
Live Video: vs. UW | vs. UO
Live Stats: vs. UW | vs. UO
Series vs. UW: UW leads 97-50-1
Series vs. UO: UO leads 95-32-0 
Last vs. UW: UW 2, POR 1 (Mar. 9, 2021 @UW)
Last vs. UO: POR 6, UO 4 (Apr. 6, 2021 @UO) 

PROBABLE STARTERS (2021 W-L, ERA) 

Tuesday • Apr. 13 • 5 PM 
POR: RHP Jacob Dobmeier (0-1, 3.57)
WSH: RHP Gabe Smith (1-1, 4.98)
 
Wednesday • Apr. 14 • 2 PM
POR: LHP Nick Nygard (3-0, 5.65)
ORE: RHP RJ Gordon (2-0, 0.00)

THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Portland Pilots are back at Joe Etzel Field for a pair of midweek games against the Washington Huskies and the No. 15 Oregon Ducks. 
• Portland will play the Huskies on Tuesday, Apr. 13 at 5 p.m. and the Ducks on Wednesday, Apr. 14 at 2:30 p.m.
• There are currently no tickets available to the public for fans as the capacity restrictions have limited attendees to essential working personnel as well as player and visiting team pass lists. All home games will have live video and scoring available at PortlandPilots.com.

LATER THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• Portland will stay home for their WCC series against the Loyola Marymount Lions, with the first game set for Friday, Apr. 16 at 6 p.m.
• The two teams will then play on Saturday, Apr. 17 at 3 p.m. and on Sunday, Apr. 18 at 12 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at PortlandPilots.com.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Last week, the Pilots went 3-1 with a win over the No. 15 Oregon Ducks and a series victory over the BYU Cougars. Their win against the Ducks was the first victory for the Pilots over a ranked opponent this season.
• Junior shortstop Chad Stevens earned WCC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season on Monday. The Fox Island, Wash. native batted 11-for-18 last week with a pair of four-hit games. The first came in a 6-4 win over the No. 15 Oregon Ducks last Tuesday and the second against the BYU Cougars on Sunday in a 7-6 win. He was 4-for-5 in both of those games.
•Stevens leads the Pilots in almost all stats at the plate, including batting average (.353), home runs (four), doubles (12), RBI's (19), total bases (68), slugging percentage (.555), on-base percentage (.408) and OPS (.963). He is also first in the WCC in doubles with 12, third in extra-base hits with 19 and fifth in batting average at .353.
• Portland is first in the WCC in fewest total earned runs allowed (102) and ERA (3.45). Their four shutouts are also tied for the most in the conference with the San Diego Toreros and 11th nationally.
• Last week, senior RHP Christian Peters won WCC Pitcher of the Week for his stellar performance against the Santa Clara Broncos. On Mar. 26, the senior matched his career-high for strikeouts with 11 in eight shutout innings.
• Peters has four wins on the year with a 2.65 ERA and 46 strikeouts. He is fourth in wins and ERA respectively in the WCC.
• Junior RHP Eli Morse has shined in relief after making the move to the bullpen earlier this year, with 26 strikeouts to six walks in 23.1 innings of work. He is also tied for fourth nationally and tops the WCC in saves with eight. His eight saves are twice as much as any WCC pitcher.
• The three top batters behind Stevens on the Pilots are freshmen: Sam Brown (.320), Jake Tsukada (.303) and Ben Patacsil (.283).
• Tsukada tied the single game record for most hits by a Pilot on Friday, Mar. 19 against Pacific with six hits and reached a base on 10 straight plate appearances, also thought to be the most in program history. 
• Peters, Stevens, sophomore first baseman Tracye Tammaro, and redshirt-freshman outfielder Jake Holcroft were all voted to the 2021 All-West Coast Conference Preseason Baseball Team. 
• The Pilots tied Pepperdine for the most players on the all-league preseason team, and it's the second straight year to earn the honor for Stevens.  
• The Pilots as a team were selected to finish seventh in the annual poll of the league's 10 head coaches. 
• Senior closer Connor Knutson entered the year second all-time in program history with 22 career saves; the right-hander is just two stops shy of matching career leader Chris Dennis, who compiled 24 saves from 2010-11. 
• Elsewhere on the program's career charts, Peters and Morse rank eighth and ninth respectively for most strikeouts per nine innings. Peters sits at 8.57 and Morse at 8.26.
• The Pilots lost only five players from last year's roster and return 28 letterwinners, including all nine position starters and almost the entire pitching staff. 
• 2021 marks the sixth year at the helm for head coach Geoff Loomis whose 97 career wins ranks third all-time at Portland. 
• The 25 wins the Pilots recorded in 2019 are the most in a season since 2012. 
• 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). 
• Joe Etzel Field, UP's home site since 1966 has undergone some upgrades as the University concluded a three-phase, long-term renovation project. 
• The final and most recent phase of the project features the addition of new seating, concourse, press box, ticketing office, dugouts, and a refreshed plaza surrounding the stadium. 
• In 2014, updates included the installation of AstroTurf, new fencing, bullpens, a scoreboard, and a grass berm down the right field line, while new lights were added in 2016. 

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• The Washington Huskies are 11-16 this season with a 3-9 record in Pac-12 play.
• Washington has a team batting average of .225, a staff ERA of 4.11 and are holding opponents to a .250 average at the plate.
• Braiden Ward leads the Pac-12 in stolen bases with 19 on 21 attempts. He is also second on the Huskies in batting average at .287 and first in on-base percentage at .392.
• Lindsay Meggs is in his 12th season as Washington's head coach.
• The Oregon Ducks are 19-7 this season and 6-3 in conference play. They are ranked 15th in the nation.
• They are hitting .259, have a staff ERA of 3.31 and are holding opponents to a .227 batting average. 
• Aaron Zavala is the top batter for the Ducks, leading the club in batting average at .432, good for 12th in the nation and second in the Pac-12. Kenyon Yovan is also having a solid year at the plate, batting .321 while leading the team in home runs (8), RBI's (24) and slugging percentage (.654)
• Mark Wasikowski is in his second season as Oregon's head coach.
 
LAST SEASON IN PILOTS BASEBALL 
• The Pilots were off to a great start last year with a 12-4 record before the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
• At the end of the abbreviated season, the Pilots were among the nation's leaders in hitting, pitching, and fielding. 
• They were seventh in the country in home runs (23) and 25th in slugging percentage (.471). 
• On the hill their hits allowed per nine innings (6.7) was 23rd, and the staff ERA (2.62) ranked 27th. 
• Individually, Jake Holcroft was one of the best hitters in the country en route to nabbing Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American recognition; he hit a torrid .484 at the plate, which ranked third in the country, and his 30 hits were third nationally. Holcroft was Portland's first freshman All-American since 2012. 
• Christian Peters was nearly flawless on the mound, going 3-1 in four starts with a minuscule 0.63 ERA; he struck out 35 in 28.2 total innings, walked only three, and allowed just three earned runs to rank 24th nationally in ERA. 
• Tracye Tammaro was among the nation's leaders in home runs, belting seven dingers in 16 games to rank eighth in the country; his 22 RBI's were good for 16th nationally.