PORTLAND PILOTS (19-16, 9-6 WCC)
WEEK 10 GAME NOTES

vs. Oregon Ducks (24-10, 9-6 Pac-12)
Date: Tuesday, April 18
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field
Video: PortlandPilots.com 
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com 
Series: UO Leads 99-32-0
Last: POR 1, @UO 9 (4/4/23) 

THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Portland Pilots return home for a showdown against the Oregon Ducks.
• The two teams will play on Tuesday, April 18 at 5 p.m. on Portland's CW.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for a live stream and stats as well.

NEXT UP IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• Portland stays at Joe Etzel Field for their WCC series against the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
• The two teams will play on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Friday's game will be on Portland's CW.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for a live stream and stats as well.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots are 19-16 overall and 9-6 in WCC play after winning their series against the San Diego Toreros.
• The Pilots beat the Toreros in the first two games before narrowly dropping the third.
• The Pilots moved to second in the WCC after the weekend, tied with Gonzaga and Saint Mary's.
• Portland has now won the regular season series against San Diego in back-to-back seasons. The last time they did that was in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
• The long ball was ever-present for the Pilots this weekend, with the team hitting 10 home runs over three games. It's the most they've hit across a three-game series this season and tied for the most of any series this season.
• On top of this, the 10 homers in a three-game series is the most they've hit in a single series in at least the 2000s.
• Six different Pilots hit home runs over the weekend: Evan Scavotto, Nich Klemp, Tristan Gomes, Briley Knight, Zach Toglia and Jake Holcroft.
• Scavotto, Klemp, Gomes and Knight each hit multiple home runs over the weekend.
• Portland currently leads the WCC in batting average (.290), total hits (357), total runs (235) and runs per game (6.7).
• The top batter by average has been Nich Klemp, who's batting .359 on the season to rank sixth in the WCC.
• Klemp put up five extra-base hits this past weekend and batted .545. He is now first in the WCC in doubles (14) and doubles per game (0.44).
• Jake Holcroft has also shined this season, batting .355 to rank seventh in the WCC. Holcroft is also second in the WCC in total hits (54), hits per game (1.54) and total bases (13.8). He has also been the second-toughest batter to strike out this year in the conference, doing so just once every 13.8 at-bats.
• Holcroft also currently ranks fifth in program history batting average at .338 and also 10th in total runs scored (113) and total hits (209) and 11th in total bases (303). His batting average is third among Pilots with more than 600 at-bats.
• Among conference leaders, Peter Allegro is second in strikeouts per nine innings (10.44), and wins (4), third in strikeouts (58) and sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.62). Joey Gartrell is also second in wins at four, Jacob Dobmeier is tied for first and 25th nationally in saves (6) and Ben Patacsil leads the conference and is 15th nationally in hit by pitch (14).
• The Pilots have four qualified batters (at least 2 PA/G and 75% of games played) batting over .300: Klemp (.359), Holcroft (.355), Henry Muench (.322) and Patacsil (.307).
• On the mound last weekend, Peter Allegro once again was the standout starter after another solid appearance.
• Allegro went 7.1 innings, the longest outing of his career. He had five runs counted against him (four of them earned), but only gave up two when he was actually pitching.
• The Pilots were picked to finish fourth in the WCC this season, which is their highest slotting ever and their highest under head coach Geoff Loomis.
• D1 Baseball picked the Pilots to finish third in the conference with an outside shot to make the NCAA Regional.
• In their annual prospect rankings, DI Baseball had Christian Cooney, Brock Gillis and Jake Holcroft as the 20th, 21st and 30th ranked WCC prospects respectively for the 2023 MLB Draft. Pitcher Joey Gartrell was also second among prospects for the 2024 draft.
• The Pilots return 28 players in total while adding 10 newcomers.
• Three returning Pilots made the All-WCC Preseason team this season: Jake Holcroft, Brock Gillis and Peter Allegro.
• Of the Pilots' 10 All-WCC honorees from last year, six return, including Holcroft, Allegro and Brock Gillis.
• 2023 marks the eighth year at the helm for head coach Geoff Loomis.
• With 160 career wins as Portland's skipper, Loomis already ranks fourth all-time for total 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 PILOT BASEBALL
• The Portland Pilots enter the 2023 season after a highly successful 2022 campaign.
• The Pilots finished last year second in the WCC with a 32-23 record overall and a 17-10 record in WCC play. It was their best overall record since the 2010 season and their best WCC record ever.
• Portland's second-place finish, also their best ever, helped them qualify for the WCC Tournament for the first time in program history. They finished third in the tournament.
• The Pilots had 10 players earn All-WCC honors last season, a program record. The honorees for Portland were Brett Gillis, Jake Holcroft, Peter Allegro, Sam Brown, Brock Gillis, Eli Morse, Ben Patacsil, Trace Tammaro, Jake Tsukada and Joey Gartrell.
• Brett Gillis and Holcroft were the Pilots' two first team selections, with Gillis being the first Pilot to ever win WCC Pitcher of the year after an incredible year on the mound.
• Gillis, an All-American for both Collegiate Baseball News and the ABCA/Rawlings, posted a 2.24 ERA with a 9-2 record overall. He led the WCC in ERA and ranked second nationally among pitchers with 70 or more innings pitched.
• The Washington native was also first in the WCC in hits allowed per nine innings (6.51), second in wins, third in strikeouts (115), fourth in strikeouts per nine innings (12.27) and fifth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.59). Nationally, he was 21st in strikeouts, 23rd in wins, 27th in strikeouts per nine and 29th in hits allowed per nine.
• Gillis was one of two Pilots taken in the 2022 MLB Draft, being taken in the ninth round by the Houston Astros. Southpaw pitcher Caleb Franzen was also taken in the 12th round by the Colorado Rockies.
• Holcroft was the top batter for the Pilots last season, batting .343 with four home runs, 26 RBI's and a combined .893 on-base and slugging percentage (OPS). 
• Holcroft was third in the conference in batting average, fifth in total hits (71), tied for eighth in doubles (15) and ninth in on-base percentage (.420).
• Allegro was one of the best relief pitchers in the nation last year. He was an All-WCC Second Team selection and an ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region Second Team selection -- the first All-Region selection for the Pilots along with Brett Gillis since 1992 -- after posting a 2.76 ERA in 24 appearances.
• Allegro was first in the WCC and ninth nationally in saves at 13 last year. He is a preseason All-American as well, having made the first team for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and the second team for Collegiate Baseball News.
• Brett's brother, Brock, posted a 4-4 record with a 4.61 ERA in 18 appearances (13 starts) in his first year at Portland.
• In WCC play, the Washington transfer posted a 2-1 record with a 2.93 ERA. He is the only returning pitcher for Portland who posted 10 or more starts last season.  
• Among other All-WCC returners for Portland, Trace Tammaro provides a strong bat after hitting .323 at the plate with seven home runs, 27 RBI's and an OPS of 1.019. 
• Ben Patacsil, who earned All-WCC Honorable Mention last year, was a solid third baseman for the Pilots, batting a career-best .290 with a home run and 21 RBI's.
• Patacsil earned five hits in the season opener against the Creighton Bluejays. He was just one shy of matching the single-game record for the Pilots in that category.
• A player who did hit that coveted six-hit mark was Jake Tsukada, the Pilots' returning second baseman who did so back in 2021 against the Pacific Tigers.
• Tsukada batted .274 with 20 RBI's and seven stolen bases.
• Gartrell rounds out the returning All-WCC players for the Pilots, having made the freshman team last season.
• The Oregon native had the most appearances of any Pilot pitcher with 26 (three starts). He posted a 4-1 record as well as a 4.46 ERA.
• Morse, now a volunteer assistant cooach for Portland, is the all-time leader in strikeouts for the Pilots at 297. He went 8-2 in 16 appearances for Portland last year, posting a 3.91 ERA with 96 strikeouts.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• The Oregon Ducks are 24-10 on the season and 9-6 in Pac-12 play.
• They hit .285 as a team and have a 4.10 staff ERA.
• The Ducks took the first meeting between the Pilots and the Ducks this season. The Ducks have won the last four contests between the two teams.
• Mark Wasikowski is in his fourth season as head coach of the Ducks.

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