PORTLAND PILOTS (23-15)
WEEK 11 GAME NOTES

at Seattle U Redhawks (10-25)
Dates: Fri-Sat, April 29-30
Location: Bellevue, Wash.
Ballpark: Bannerwood Park
Video: Game 1 | Game 2  
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2
Series: POR leads 85-75
Last: POR 8, SU 2 (March 22, 2022 @POR)

PROBABLE STARTERS (2022 W-L, ERA) 
Friday • April 29 • 4 PM
POR: TBA
SU: TBA

Saturday • April 30 • 11 AM
POR: TBA
SU: TBA

THIS WEEK 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 11 a.m.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for live streams and stats as well.

NEXT UP IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots will be back on the road, resuming WCC play with a weekend series against the Santa Clara Broncos
• They'll play on Friday, May 6 at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m. and Sunday, May 8 at 12 p.m.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for live streams and stats as well.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots are 23-15 after sweeping the Pacific Tigers this weekend, giving them their third sweep of the year and their first in WCC play.
• This is the second year in a row the Pilots have swept the Tigers. Portland's 15-3 win in the opener was their biggest of the season by margin of victory and also the most runs they've scored since their 18-5 drubbing of the Tigers last season.
• This is Portland's best record through 38 games since the 2010 season.
• Trace Tammaro belted two home runs in the series finale, including a two-run shot that proved to be the game-winning runs. He batted .364 for the series with two homers and four RBI's
• Tammaro is the top batter for the Pilots this year with a slash line of .326/.579/.448 (BA/SLG/OBP). All of those averages are tops on the team. His six home runs is also tied for first on the team with Sam Brown and tied for ninth in the WCC. 
• Brett Gillis was solid on the mound once again for Portland, going 6.2 innings with only two runs and five hits allowed (zero earned) and 10 strikeouts on Friday. It was his third game this year with 10 strikeouts or more.
• Brett's 1.58 ERA is second in the WCC and 13th nationally, and his seven wins are tied for first in the WCC and ninth nationally. He is also 14th in the nation and fourth in the WCC in strikeouts (84), fourth conference-wise in WHIP (1.07) and sixth in the conference in strikeouts per nine innings (12.06).
• Jake Tsukada was the best batter by average this weekend for the Pilots, batting .529 with four RBI's and a stolen base. He's the second Pilot batter besides Ben Patacsil to bat over .500 for a series.
• The Pilots are currently second in the WCC in walks (165) and ERA (3.86), third in WHIP (1.34) and fielding percentage (.975) and fourth in on-base percentage (.364).
• Among other notable individual rankings, Peter Allegro is tied for first in the WCC and 10th in the nation in saves (9). He had two this weekend, putting him at 12 for his career, good for fourth in program history.
• 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 272. He is tied for third this season in the WCC in wins at five and is also sixth in strikeouts at 74. He is eighth all-time in UP history in strikeouts per nine innings (8.81) and fifth in career starts (41).
• Brown is batting .265 with a team-high six home runs and 27 RBI's. He hit a homer in Game 2 against the Tigers this past weekend.
• Tsukada, 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 Pacific 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 134 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 10-25 overall and 8-13 in WAC play.
• They hit .282 as a team with a staff ERA of 7.85.
• They most recently dropped their series against New Mexico State two games to one.
• Gavin Rork is currently second in the WAC in stolen bases at 16. He is also first in walks at 35.
• Donny Harrel is in his 13th year as coach of the Redhawks.