PORTLAND PILOTS (24-18, 13-8 WCC)
WEEK 13 GAME NOTES
 
vs. #15 Oregon State Beavers
(33-14, 16-11 Pac-12)
 
Date: Tuesday, May 9
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Hillsboro, Ore.
Ballpark: Ron Tonkin Stadium
Video: PortlandPilots.com
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
Series: OSU Leads 161-59-1
Last: POR 6, @OSU 8 (3/21/23)
 
THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• After a bye week, the Pilots take on the No. 15 Oregon State Beavers at Ron Tonkin Stadium in Hillsboro.
• The two teams will play on Tuesday, May 9 at 5:30 p.m. on Portland's CW.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for a live stream and stats as well.
 
NEXT UP IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots host the Santa Clara Broncos for their final home WCC series of the season.
• The two teams will play on Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 13 at 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 14 at 1 p.m.
• Check PortlandPilots.com for live streams and stats as well.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots are 24-18 overall and 13-8 in WCC play after a stellar weekend two weeks ago against the BYU Cougars.
• The series win was Portland's fifth WCC series win this season and their third in three seasons over BYU. It's the first time they've ever won the BYU series three years in a row.
• The Pilots scored 42 runs over three games, the most they have scored in a three-game series this season. Their 22 runs on April 29 are the most they have scored in a game this season.
• Six Pilots with at least 12 at-bats hit over .300 over the weekend, with Evan Scavotto and Christian Cooney batting a team-high .500 for the Pilots. Scavotto also added two home runs and six RBI's.
• Scavotto now sits at 37 RBI's on the year, which is the most of any Pilot since Cody Hawken in 2019.
• Briley Knight (.462), Nich Klemp (.400), Jake Holcroft (.389) and Zach Toglia (.385) round out the batters who dominated over the weekend.
• As a team, the Pilots have crept into the season record books in several categories.
• They currently have the fourth highest record team batting average in program history (.302), the third-highest slugging percentage (.457) and the sixth highest on-base percentage (.384). If they stay above .300 for batting average, it would be the first time they've hit the threshold since 1992.
• They've also already recorded the ninth most runs scored in a season in program history (303), the 10th most doubles (95), tied for the eighth-most home runs (42), tied for the seventh-most RBI's (281) and the seventh most times hit by a pitch (52).
• Nick Brink went a went a career-high seven innings on April 29, allowing only one run off seven hits against one of the best offensive teams in the conference in BYU.
• Portland currently leads the WCC in batting average (.302), total hits (453) and runs per game (7.2) and are second in doubles (95), doubles per game (2.26) and strikeouts per nine innings (8.9). They are 34th and 39th nationally in doubles per game and batting average respectively.
• The top batter by average has been Nich Klemp, who's batting .369 on the season to rank third in the WCC.
• Klemp ranks second in the WCC currently in doubles at 18 and doubles per game at 0.46. He is also fourth in hits per game at 1.51.
• Jake Holcroft has also shined this season, batting .356 to rank sixth in the WCC. Holcroft is also second in the WCC in total hits (67) and triples (3). He is also third in hits per game (1.60) and has been the second toughest batter in the WCC to strike out, doing so just once every 12.5 trips.
• Holcroft also currently ranks fifth in program history batting average at .339 and also ninth in total runs scored (119), seventh in total hits (222) and ninth in total bases (319). His batting average is third among Pilots with more than 600 at-bats.
• Among other conference leaders, Brock Gillis leads the WCC in strikeouts per nine innings (10.29), Ben Patacsil leads the conference in hit by pitch (17) and ranks 21st nationally and Jacob Dobmeier leads the conference in saves (7).
• The Pilots have five qualified batters (at least 2 PA/G and 75% of games played) batting over .300: Klemp (.369), Holcroft (.356), Zach Toglia (.330), Briley Knight (.329) and Henry Muench (.318).
• 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 167 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 coach 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 No. 15 Oregon State Beavers are 33-14 on the season and 16-11 in Pac-12 play.
• They hit .283 as a team and have a 3.98 staff ERA.
• The Beavers took the first meeting between the two teams 8-6 in Corvallis.
• Mitch Canham is in his fourth year as head coach of the Beavers.

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