HILLSBORO, Ore. — Eight different Boxers had hits as host Pacific held on to defeat Lewis & Clark 8-6 in baseball action at Ron Tonkin Field late on Monday night.

Pacific finished play at the Oregon Northwest Conference Invitational tournament at 3-1 (also their overall record). Lewis & Clark is now 1-3.

Walker Olis went 2-for-4 with an insurance RBI in the eighth inning to pace a balanced offensive attack. Joey Galeno added two RBI and Dylan Wright had two hits, two stolen bases and an RBI for Pacific.

Pacific led 6-3 after four innings of play and 7-4 after five, but the Pioneers came back with a pair of runs in the eighth to pull within one plate crossing. Boxer pitchers gave up four walks in the inning, two of them pushing runs across the plate.

Closer Cody Ahlgrimm came in to put out that fire, surviving a bases loaded set-up and a 3-2 count. He then coaxed Sean Shepherd into a pop out to end the inning. He followed that with a scoreless ninth to get the save. Nate Montgomery came out of the bullpen in the fifth inning and pitched 1.2 stanzas of scoreless ball to pick up the win in relief of starter Jon Inman, who came up two outs short of the five innings needed to record the win.

The Pioneers had 11 hits of their own, with four players notching two base knocks each: Matt Donovan, Cooper Larson, Shepherd and Connor Eggleston. Shepherd also drove in two runs and had a triple.

The Boxers next travel to Georgetown, Texas for the Central Texas Tournament, Feb. 12-14. On Thursday, they will take on No. 3 nationally ranked (NCAA Div. III) Emory (Ga.).