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Pilots Host Holy Cross for Four-Game Series

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Pilots Baseball continues their homestand with a home series against the Holy Cross Crusaders. The Pilots play the Crusaders in a four-game series over four days, starting Thursday, March 5 and ending Sunday, March 8.
 
All games will be broadcast on ESPN+. Check PortlandPilots.com for live stats and video options.
 
Holy Cross Crusaders
(4-7, 0-0 Patriot)
Dates: Thur-Sun, March 5-8
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
Against HCU: 0-0
Last vs. HCU: NA
 
PROBABLE STARTERS (2026 W-L, ERA)
Thursday • March 5 • 3:00 PM
POR: RHP Carter Gaston (1-0, 0.00)
HC: RHP Jaden Wywoda (1-0, 2.08)
 
Friday • March 6 • 3:00 PM
POR: RHP Trey Newmann (1-1, 4.66)
HC: RHP Pedro Leon (0-1, 8.68)
 
Saturday • March 7 • 3:00 PM
POR: LHP Logan Anderson (0-1, 6.35)
HC: RHP Thomas Skrobe (0-0, 11.25) 
 
Sunday • Mar. 8 • 12:00 PM
POR: Will Labonte (0-0, 0.00)
HC: LHP Derek Volz (0-1, 19.96)
 
LAST WEEKEND FOR THE PILOTS
• The Portland Pilots are 4-6 overall after earning their first series win of the year, taking down the Niagara Purple Eagles in two of three games.
• The Pilots earned wins on Friday and Saturday before dropping the series finale on Sunday.
• On Friday, Brady Bean and Jonas Salk each hit their first home runs of the year as the Pilots exploded for eight runs and 11 hits total. Bean was the first Pilot to reach three hits in a game this season while Salk reached three RBI's for the second time this season.
• Ky Hoskinson and Trey Newmann were both effective in relief, with Hoskinson allowing no runs in two innings of relief and Newmann earning his first save of the year with three strikeouts in the final inning.
• Newmann earned a save the following game, a low-scoring 3-1 win for Portland. It continued a trend of stellar pitching over the weekend for Portland.
• Logan Anderson shined on the bump for Portland, going a career-high six innings with just one run and two hits allowed along with three strikeouts. His six innings were the most by a Pilot pitcher this season.
• Trey Swygart earned his first win as a Pilot pitcher, going two shutout innings.
• Bean went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Nolan Miller notched the first three-hit game of his career, adding an RBI as well.
• In the finale, the Pilots fell 3-1 after struggling offensively, but Will Labonte once again put together a shutout outing, going four innings with just four hits conceded and two strikeouts.
• Labonte is the only Pilot true freshman to allow no runs in his first three outings since 2023 and the only Pilot true freshman in the 2000s to do so through their first 14 innings pitched.
 
PEEK INTO THE PORT
• The Pilots lead the conference in earned run average (3.78), hits allowed per nine innings (7.46) and WHIP (1.28) and also rank second (4.10). Nationally, they're 45th in hits allowed per nine, 46th in ERA and 56th in WHIP.
• Labonte leads the way as one of just 21 players to post a 0.00 ERA through the first three weekends and one of just two WCC players.
• Labonte is now one of three freshmen nationally to have not allowed an earned run this season.
• Dakota Chun's five doubles currently leads the conference, and 0.5 doubles per game also leads the conference and ranks 53rd nationally.
• Chun opened the season with a hit in his first five games, the first Pilot true freshman to do that since Sam Brown in 2021.
• Newmann is second in the WCC now in saves with his two saves this weekend and 27th nationally.
• Kaden Segel has been efficient on the mound, ranking fourth in the conference in both walks allowed per nine innings (0.68) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.00). He is 35th and 44th nationally in the two categories.
• Salk ranks fifth in the WCC in hit by pitch, having been beaned by four pitches this year.
• Trey Swygart was named to the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List for the second year in a row, becoming the only Pilot in program history to do so.
 
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 237 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 CRUSADERS
• The Holy Cross Crusaders are 4-7 on the year after taking three of four games against the Seattle U Redhawks.
• Last season, they went 31-27 overall and 17-8 in the Patriot League, finishing first in the conference. They cruised to a Patriot League Tournament Championship as well, defeating the Army Black Knights to qualify for the 2025 NCAA Tournament and win their first title since 2017.
• The Crusaders dropped all their games in the opening round of the tournament.
• Holy Cross was picked to repeat as champions of the Patriot League, with CJ Egrie being named the Preseason Player of the Year and Jaden Wywoda earning Preseason Pitcher of the Year honors. Outfielder Gianni Royer was also named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
• Egrie and Wywoda were the 2025 Patriot League Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year respectively. Egrie hit .308 with five home runs and 28 RBI's, ranking 45th nationally in runs per game (1.22) and 22nd in stolen bases (35) while Wywoda had a league-high nine wins with a 3.63 ERA and 79 strikeouts.
• Rayer hit .307 with three home runs and 40 RBI's, the most of any returning player for Holy Cross.
• Ed Kahovec has twice earned Patriot League Coach of the Year honors,
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