PORTLAND PILOTS (20-15)
WEEK 10 GAME NOTES

vs. Pacific Tigers (11-24)
Dates: Fri-Sun, April 22-24
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field
Video: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3    
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 
Series: UOP leads 25-21
Last: POR 18, UOP 5 (March 21, 2021 @UOP)

Friday • April 22 • 6 PM
POR: RHP Brett Gillis (6-1, 1.77)
UOP: RHP Zach Patterson (1-4, 6.57)

Saturday • April 23 • 1 PM
POR: RHP Brock Gillis (2-3, 5.35)
UOP: RHP Elijah Birdsong (1-5, 6.97)

Sunday • April 24 • 1 PM
POR: RHP Eli Morse (5-1, 3.98)
UOP: RHP Hunter Hayes (0-1, 5.28)

THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots will host the Pacific Tigers for a three-game WCC series at Joe Etzel Field.
• They'll play on Friday at 6 p.m. and then on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. 
• Check PortlandPilots.com for live streams and stats as well.

NEXT UP IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots will travel north for two games against the Seattle U Redhawks.
• They'll play on Friday, April 29 at 4 p.m. and on Saturday, April 30 at 12 p.m.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for live streams and stats as well.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots are 20-15 on the season after dropping their weekend series to the No. 14 Gonzaga Bulldogs and narrowly losing to the No. 20 Oregon Ducks on Tuesday 5-4.
• Their series opener on Thursday was postponed in the bottom of the eighth due to inclement weather, with Gonzaga hitting a two-run homer in the resumption to take the win. Portland's ninth-inning win in Game 2 was their first win over a ranked opponent this year.
• This is the fourth time in six full seasons the Pilots have earned 20 wins with Geoff Loomis as their head coach.
• Portland scored four runs in the seventh and eighth innings, but couldn't find the elusive fifth run to tie the game. The loss gave Oregon the series for the year.
• Pitcher Brock Gillis put together his best start as a Pilot last Saturday, pitching a season-high six innings with only one run and three hits allowed. He gave up no hits through the first five innings.
• Brock's brother, Brett Gillis, was also solid in his start, going five innings with three hits and two runs allowed and seven strikeouts. He's had seven strikeouts in more in all nine appearances this season.
• Brett's 1.77 ERA is third in the WCC and 17th nationally. He is also 19th in the nation and fifth in the WCC in strikeouts (74), third conference-wise in WHIP (1.07) and seventh in the conference in strikeouts per nine innings (11.89).
• Trace Tammaro doesn't qualify due to not playing 75% of the Pilots' games yet (he's at 74%), but he is leads the Pilots at the plate, batting .321 with an OPS of .983. He leads the Pilots in batting average, slugging percentage (.536) and on-base percentage (.447).
• In notable performances from the weekend, Christian Cooney went 2-for-4 last Sunday with a home run in his first appearance since last April. He injured his shoulder late into the 2021 season.
• The Pilots are currently second in fielding percentage (.976) and walks (149), third in WHIP (1.36), ERA (4.09) and WHIP (1.36) and fourth in on-base percentage (.359).
• Among other notable individual rankings, Peter Allegro is tied for first in the WCC and 20th in the nation in saves (7). He's at 10 saves for his career, which is fifth all-time for the Pilots.
• Sophomore Sam Brown and senior Eli Morse were both named to the All-WCC Preseason Team this season. The Pilots as a team were picked to finish sixth in the conference in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll.
• The sixth-place ranking marks the first time since 2003 that the Pilots were slated to finish in the top six. It's the first time since the conference also expanded to 10 teams in 2013.
• The Pilots return 28 players while adding 10 newcomers from last year's squad, including seven players who earned All-WCC honors last year. Seven position starters return along with 11 total pitchers.
• Morse returns after leading the WCC in saves last season with eight. He was among the nation's leaders in the category as well for most of the year.
• Morse is second all-time for the Pilots in career strikeouts at 264. He is tied for third this season in the WCC in wins at five and is also sixth in strikeouts at 64. He is eighth all-time in UP history in strikeouts per nine innings (8.79) and tied for fifth in career starts (40).
• Brown is batting .254 with a team-high five home runs and 24 RBI's. He went 3-for-4 on April 15 in Portland's win over Gonzaga, including the game-winning RBI in the ninth.
• Jake Tsukada, Ben Patacsil and Jake Holcroft were among the top batters for the Pilots, batting .282, .263 and .262 as freshmen.
• Tsukada also tied the school record for hits in a games last season against the Pacific Tigers with six. He is the first Pilot who played Division I baseball to do so.
• Holcroft batted an astounding .484 in a shortened 2020 season and was named a Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American.
• 2022 marks the seventh year at the helm for head coach Geoff Loomis.
• With 131 career wins as Portland's skipper, Loomis already ranks fourth all-time for coaching wins at Portland.
• 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).

LAST SEASON IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots went 24-26 overall last season with a 14-13 record in WCC play.
• Their fifth-place finish in the WCC was their best full-season finish since head coach Geoff Loomis took over the Pilots and their best since 2011. Their 14 wins in WCC player were also the most for the team since 2010.
• The Pilots had nine players earn All-WCC recognition, with shortstop Chad Stevens most notably earning first team recognition. First baseman Sam Brown and starting pitcher Christian Peters both named to the All-WCC Second Team.
• Stevens batted a team-high .333 with with 67 hits, eight home runs, 19 doubles and 29 RBI's. His total hits and doubles both were tops in the WCC and he was also second in extra-base hits (27) and total bases (110).
• Stevens was subsequently drafted in the 11th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros. The last Pilot to get drafted was Beau Brundage in 2018.
• Brown put together one of the best seasons by a freshman in the conference, batting .315 with five home runs, 16 doubles and a triple. Among freshman, he was first in doubles (fifth overall), second in extra-base hits (22), third in slugging percentage (.495) and fifth in batting average.
• Brown made the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American baseball team as well, becoming the third Pilot to do so since 2012.
• Peters was among the top hurlers, with the second best ERA in the WCC at 2.63. He was also fourth in WHIP (1.12) and strikeouts (78). He was one of only three pitchers to earn WCC Pitcher of the Week honors multiple times last year.
• The other six players to earn All-WCC recognition were pitcher Peter Allegro, two-way player Brett Gillis, left fielder Jake Holcroft, center fielder Briley Knight, pitcher Eli Morse and second baseman Jake Tsukada. Brown, Holcroft and Tsukada all made the All-WCC Freshman Team.
• As a whole, the team ranked second in the WCC in strikeouts per nine innings (9.6), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.93), WHIP (1.31) and walks allowed per nine innings (3.28). Their four shutouts also ranked third in the WCC.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• The Pacific Tigers are 11-24 on the year and 2-10 in WCC play, last in the conference.
• They hit .269 as a team with a staff ERA of 7.21.
• The Tigers hit 2.09 doubles per game, which is good for first in the WCC
• Nick Swanson is tied with Lance Santerre of San Francisco for most appearanes by a pitcher this year with 19.
• Chris Rodriguez is in his second season as coach of the Tigers.