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Bluff Boys Open Conference Play on the Road Against LMU

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Bluff Boys are due south, with the Portland Pilots taking on the LMU Lions down in Los Angeles. The two teams play a three-game series at Page Stadium starting Friday, March 20 at 6 p.m. Check PortlandPilots.com for live stats and video options.
 
Opponent: Loyola Marymount Lions (7-16, 0-0 WCC)
Dates:  Fri-Sun, March 20-22
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Ballpark: Page Stadium
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
Against LMU: 41-66
Last vs. LMU:. POR 8, LMU 12 ('25)
 
PROBABLE STARTERS (2026 W-L, ERA)
Friday • March 20 • 6:00 PM
POR: RHP Trey Newmann (2-1, 4.79 ERA)
LMU: RHP Jonah Johnson (2-2, 4.45 ERA)
 
Saturday • March 21 • 3:00 PM
POR: LHP Logan Anderson (1-1, 4.22 ERA)
LMU: RHP Adam Behrens (2-2, 4.78 ERA)
 
Sunday • March 22 • 1:00 PM
POR: RHP Will Labonte (1-0, 1.44 ERA)
LMU: RHP Avery Laine (1-3, 9.61 ERA)
 
LAST WEEK FOR THE PILOTS
• The Portland Pilots earned the series win over the UConn Huskies last weekend, taking two of three, along with earning the ranked win over the No. 17 Oregon State Beavers.
• The Pilots split the doubleheader on Saturday and took the Sunday game 5-3 to close out the series win. They are now 8-2 in their last 10 games and have won the last three series they've played.
• Dakota Chun was stellar at the plate for Portland, hitting .333 over three games with a home run and four RBI's. Chun's home run on Saturday was the first of his career.
• Chun pushed his hitting streak to four games, the longest currently on the Pilots.
• Chun was one of four Pilots to homer this weekend, with Brady Bean, Leo Cote and Jonas Salk all homering. Bean and Salk have three homers on the year while Cote has two.
• Salk's home run total reached 20 for his career, making him the 15th batter in program history to have at least 20 home runs for their career.
• Logan Anderson posted the strongest start of the weekend, going five innings with two unearned runs allowed and six strikeouts on Saturday. His six strikeouts were the most of his career.
• Against Oregon State, the Pilots were stellar defensively, holding them to just one run for the first time in a game between the two teams since 2019. It's tied for the fewest runs they've allowed in a game this year.
• Portland's win was their first over the Beavers since 2024 and first over the Beavers at Joe Etzel Field since 2021.
• Carter Gaston earned the win to become the first Pilot to three wins this season. He went five innings with just one run allowed and five strikeouts.
• Morgan Codron and Kaden Segel closed it out for the Pilots, with Segel earning the save. It's Segel's second save this season.
• Cote went 2-for-2 on the day with an RBI against his former team. He was the only Pilot to record multiple hits.
• The Pilots recorded five stolen bases on the day, matching a season high.
 
PEEK INTO THE PORT
• The Pilots lead the conference currently in ERA (3.32), WHIP (1.33), walks allowed per nine innings (3.90) and win-loss percentage (.611) and rank second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.07), runs per game (6.1) and slugging percentage (.396). Nationally, they rank 17th in ERA and 45th in WHIP.
• Will Labonte ranks second in the conference in ERA and 32nd nationally at 1.44 this season. Amongst freshmen, Labonte ranks fourth in the nation and second in the WCC.
• Kaden Segel has also been consistent on the mound, ranking fifth in the WCC in walks allowed per nine (2.08). His two saves rank third as well.
• Trey Newmann is right there with Segel, ranking third in both walks allowed per nine (1.74) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.25).
• Gaston's three victories is good for second in the conference. He has just a 0.59 ERA in 15.1 innings thrown.
• Dakota Chun ranks fifth in the WCC in doubles (7) and fourth in doubles per game (0.39). His doubles total is the second highest in the conference, behind four other WCC players with eight.
• Jonas Salk's four sacrifice flies ranks first in the conference and is also tied for the ninth most in the nation.
• Salk has 20 home runs for his career, good for 14th all-time in program history.
• Brady Bean's close behind at .324 average leads the Pilots. He currently leads all qualified batters in slugging (.507), RBI's (17), hits (23) and home runs (3). He's one of three Pilots with at least three home runs on the year.
• Salk and Cole Katayama-Stall are the other two Pilots currently at three home runs this season.
• Bean and Nolan Miller are the only two Pilots hitting above .300 on the season.
 
LAST SEASON FOR THE BLUFF BOYS
• The Portland Pilots finished last season 22-30 overall and 13-11 in WCC play to take fifth in the WCC.
• Portland earned 20-plus wins for the fifth season in a row and for the seventh time in the last eight season. It's the first time they've earned at least 20 wins five seasons in a row since a stretch between 2008-12.
• Last year, the Pilots made qualified for the WCC Tournament for the fourth year in a row after previously having never made the tournament. They fell to the LMU Lions in their lone game in the tournament.
• Six players earned All-WCC honors last season, with four of those six player returning this season.
• The Pilots saw six earn All-WCC honors, headlined by Jonas Salk's All-WCC First Team selection. Tyler Howard earned second team honors, Brady Bean, Cody Nitowitz and Ryan Rembisz earned honorable mention and Nitowitz and Trey Swygart made the freshman team.
• Salk makes it seven straight seasons the Pilots have had someone make the All-WCC First Team. This was his first All-WCC selection.
• Jonas Salk's 13 home runs were the most by a Pilot since 2008. Salk is the first Pilot since Matt Scales 1992 to have at least three multi-home run games in a season.
• Salk's .807 slugging percentage ranked first against conference opponents. He was also third in home runs (ninth) and OPS (1.287), fourth in doubles (nine) and runs scored (26) and eighth in batting average (.373).
•Brady Bean was the only Pilot to have played every game. He ranked ninth in the WCC in hits (64) and tied for third in at bats (206).
• Bean's 48 RBI's ranks seventh in the WCC. They are tied for the 11th most in program history, and he's just the fifth Pilot in the 2000s to reach that total.
• Tyler Howard was second in the WCC in batting average (.379) and on-base percentage (.481) and ranked sixth in total walks (29). Howard put together a 32-game on-base streak that was the longest by a Pilot since 1993.
• Cody Nitowitz was tied for eighth in the WCC in batting average against conference opponents at .373, sixth in on-base percentage (.490) and tied for first in walks (18).
• Trey Swygart was a two-way player for the Pilots last season, displaying power at the plate and prowess on the mound.
• Swygart, a 2025 Perfect Game Freshman All-American, posted a slash line of .342/.500/.644 in 73 at bats last year, along with six home runs and four doubles. He was 0-3 on the mound last season with a 6.97 ERA and two saves, one of just two Pilots with multiple.
• As a team, the Pilots led the conference in walks (257), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.05), WHIP (1.52), shutouts (3) and walks allowed per nine innings (3.75). Nationally, they were 38th in double plays per game (0.83) and 46th in walks allowed per nine innings.
 
THE COACHING STAFF
• 2026 marks the 11th year at the helm for head coach Geoff Loomis.
• With 244 career wins as Portland's skipper, Loomis already ranks fourth all-time for total wins at Portland. He is also just the fourth Pilot coach to reach 200 wins.
• 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).
• Trey Watt was promoted to associate head coach following the 2024 season and takes over as pitching coach.
• Watt was a pitcher under Loomis at Pacific Lutheran, becoming the second Lute to ever sign a free agent contract.
• Jarvis Gomes returns as the Director for Player Development for his fifth year and Ben Patacsil joining as an assistant coach after spending last season as a graduate assistant.
• Holcroft is Portland's all-time leader in games played (227), hits (319), at bats (941), runs scored (193), doubles (57), walks (112) and total bases (448). He's also third all-time in RBI's (161), tied for fifth in stolen bases (53), sixth in batting average (.339), tied for sixth in triples (eight), tied for eighth in home runs (eight).
• Holcroft earned All-WCC First Team honors last season for the third year in a row and was also named the 2024 WCC Tournament MVP.
• Patacsil thrice earned All-WCC honors, making the first team in his final season in 2024. He led the WCC in batting average (.387) and on-base percentage (.464) and hit .524 against WCC opponents specifically, over 100 points higher than the next closest player.
 
ABOUT THE LIONS
• The LMU Lions are 7-16 on the season heading into the first week of conference play. They most recently took one of three games against Abilene Christian and lost to Long Beach State.
• Last season, they went an even 29-29 and 14-10 in WCC play, taking fourth in the conference. They took three of four games against the Pilots last year, including their matchup in the WCC Tournament.
• This year, the Lions were picked to finish fifth in the conference, with Zion Williams and Avery Laine making the preseason team.
• Laine has posted a 9.61 ERA in five starts while Williams is hitting .225 in 19 games with three home runs.
• Jaxon Wall is the top batter for the Lions, hitting .403 in 20 games. Jonah Johnson has posted the best ERA of any player with six appearances or more at 4.45.
• Donegal Fergus is in his third year in charge of the Lions. He is 60-75 in three seasons.
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