PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Pilots found offense early, taking down the Niagara Purple Eagles 8-5. The win puts Portland at 3-5 on the year.
 
The Pilots broke through offensively, scoring eight runs with 11 hits. Brady Bean hit a home run along with a 3-for-5 outing, driving home two runs total. Dakota Chun and Cole Katayama-Stall had two hits each, with both players driving in an RBI. Jonas Salk had his first home run of the season with a 1-for-3 showing along with three RBI's.
 
Ky Hoskinson earned the win, going two innings in relief with no runs or hits allowed along with two strikeouts. Kaden Segel started for Portland, with four innings pitched and four strikeouts. Segel gave up four runs and six hits as well. Trey Newmann earned his first save as a Pilot, striking out all three batters in the final inning.
 
How it Happened
 
It was an eventful game from the jump, with Niagara scoring the first two runs. Dakota Chun put the Pilots on the board with an RBI double down the left field line to make it just 2-1 Purple Eagles. Portland added two more in the second inning, scoring on a stolen base and throwing error as well as an RBI single from Bean. The Pilots led 3-2 through two innings.
 
Niagara tied things up with an RBI single in the third, but that didn't last long. Salk blasted his first home run of the year in the bottom of the third, scoring two runs for the Pilots to make it 5-3.
 
The fourth inning saw the Purple Eagles scored one run on a sacrifice fly, with the Pilots scoring two runs again in the bottom frame. Salk hit a sac fly to bring home Chun, then Katayama-Stall hit an RBI single to get a run across the plate before Trey Swygart could get thrown at home. The two runs made it 7-4 Pilots.
 
Niagara scored one more run in the fifth before Bean hit his first homer of the year in the sixth. A bomb straight to center put the Pilots back up three runs, putting the score at its final. A combination of Hoskinson and Newmann closed things out for Portland 8-5.
 
Game Notes

• Brady Bean and Jonas Salk each hit their first home runs of the season on Friday. They're the third and fourth Pilots to hit homers this year.
• Salk was 1-for-3 with a homer and three RBI's while Bean was 3-for-5 with two RBI's and a homer.
• This is the second time Salk's hit three RBI's in a game this year. He's the only Pilot to have done so twice.
• Bean is the first Pilot to reach three hits in a game this season.
• Dakota Chun had two doubles and an RBI while Cole Katayama-Stall had a triple to go with his 2-for-3 outing.
• Ky Hoskinson earned his first win as a Pilot with his effective relief appearance on the mound, going two innings with no runs allowed or hits.
• Trey Newmann earned his first save of the year, striking out three batters in the final inning.

Up Next
 
The Pilots and Purple Eagles will be back at it tomorrow at 3 p.m. Tomorrow's game will be streamed on YouTube. Check PortlandPilots.com for live stats and video options.

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