PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland pitchers allowed just two hits and Pilot freshman Trey Swygart drilled a walk-off home run to left center field to lead off the 10th inning in a thrilling 1-0 over the Loyola Marymount Lions Friday at Joe Etzel Field.
The home run put an end to a pitcher's duel as the team's combined for just seven total hits and rarely had runners in scoring position. Swygart collected three of those hits with two singles earlier in the contest.
Portland starter Curtis Hebert was sensational in his eight innings of work. He allowed just one hit and a walk while striking out a career-high 11 batters.
Senior Kaden Segel (2-2) got the win out of the bullpen for the Pilots (10-16, 4-0 WCC). The right-hander went two shutout innings, giving up one hit, no walks and striking out two.
LMU starter Kenji Pallares went 5.1 innings allowing a hit and two walks with six strikeouts. Zack Mack went 2.1 innings out of the bullpen without surrendering a run and Cole Stucky (0-1) took the loss in relief.
The Lions threatened in the top of the 10th inning after a two-out triple by Devan Ornelas, but Segel bounced back to get a groundout to third base by pinch hitter Joe Reid to end the inning.
Swygart then worked a 3-1 count before drilling his second homer of the season deep over the left center field to ignite the celebration.
GAME NOTES
» Hebert and Segel combined to throw a two-hit shutout.
» Swygart picked up three base knocks in the game for Portland, his first multi-hit game of the season.
» Hebert struck out a career-high 11 Lions hitters.
» The Portland pitching staff combined to strike out 13 Loyola Marymount hitters.
» Portland pitchers limited Loyola Marymount to just 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
» Portland pitchers faced 35 Loyola Marymount hitters in the game, allowing 10 ground balls and six fly balls while striking out 13.
» Portland catcher Tyler Howard extended his on-base streak to 19 games with a pair of walks, but saw his 14-game hit streak ended.
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