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Jonas Salk welcomes a Pilot runner at home plate.
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Winner Portland POR 14-7, 3-0 WCC
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LMU (CA) LMU 7-19, 0-3 WCC
Winner
Portland POR
14-7, 3-0 WCC
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Final
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LMU (CA) LMU
7-19, 0-3 WCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Portland POR 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 7 1
LMU (CA) LMU 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1

W: Codron, Morgan (1-0) L: Alec Johnson (0-3) S: Via, Alex (4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pilots Score two Runs in the Ninth for 4-3 win, Complete Sweep of LMU

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Portland Pilots scored two runs in the ninth to eke out the 4-3 win over the LMU Lions. The win completes the sweep for the Pilots, putting them at 14-7 overall and 3-0 in WCC play. Portland has now won 12 of their last 14 games and six in a row, their longest streak of the season.
 
Will Labonte started for Portland, going 5.1 innings with three runs allowed, five hits and six strikeouts. His strikeout total was just one shy of his career high. Morgan Codron officially earned the win – his first of the year – going 2.2 innings with no runs, hits or walks conceded and three strikeouts. Alex Via earned his fourth save of the season as well.
 
Gage Bruce hit his first home run of the year in a 1-for-3 effort. It was the fourth home run of the weekend for the Pilots. Portland had four runs on seven hits, with Cole Katayama-Stall's 2-for-3 effort leading the Pilots. Katayama-Stall scored a run as well. Jonas Salk drove in an RBI on a sacrifice fly and Cody Nitowitz had an RBI single as well.
 
How it Happened
 
Portland opened the scoring in this one, with Salk bringing home Swygart with his fifth sacrifice fly of the season in the top of the fourth. But the Lions responded with a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the fourth, making it 3-1 LMU.
 
Bruce hit his first home run of the season two innings later, a solo shot to left field, putting the game within one run at 3-2. The Pilots trailed the rest of the way until the top of the ninth. With two runners on, Troy Osborne hit a sacrifice fly to bring home one runner, then Nitowitz hit an RBI single that made it 4-3 Portland. Codron and Via closed it out for the win.
 
Game Notes
  • Katayama-Stall had a team-high two hits in a 2-for-3 outing for Portland.
  • Bruce hit his first home run of the season against the Lions.
  • Labonte went 5.1 innings with three runs and five hits allowed along with six strikeouts.
  • Codron earned his first win of the year, going 2.2 innings with no runs or hits allowed and three strikeouts.
  • Via earned his fourth save of the season, the most on the Pilots.
  • Portland is 3-0 in conference play with their first road sweep of the year.
  • This is the 12th win in the last 14 games for Portland.
  • This is Portland's sixth win in a row.
  • The Pilots have swept two series now this season.
 
Up Next
 
The Pilots host the Northwestern Wildcats at Joe Etzel Field tomorrow, March 23 at 6 p.m. Check PortlandPilots.com for tickets, live stats and video options. 
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