The Pacific University baseball team split a doubleheader with Willamette in Salem on Saturday. The Boxers took game one by a 3-2 margin in 10 innings before the Bearcats came back with an 8-1 win in the nightcap.
Game one saw the Boxers plate the winning run when
Ryan Krout singled through the left side, scoring
Dylan Morgan. Earlier in the inning, with two out,
Drew Fagerness reached on a walk. The Boxers' called on Morgan to run for Fagerness; then,
Ian Blair singled to put runners on the corners for Krout.
Liam Cammall came on in relief of Pacific starter Casery Brown to begin the 10
th inning. The Bearcats managed to get the tying run to third before Cammall got a pop out to secure the Boxer victory.
Willamette took an early lead in the bottom of the first on a RBI ground out before the Boxers came back with a run each in the fourth and fifth to take a 2-1 lead. In the fifth, with two out,
Chase Anderson reached base after being hit by a pitch. Then, the speedy sophomore moved all the way to third on a failed pickoff attempt. He also used his speed to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. A solo home run to start the sixth by the Bearcats tied the game at 2.
Pacific had seven hits in the win including two from Krout, who also had two RBIs to lead the Boxers. Six-different Bearcats had a win. Boxers' starter
Casey Brown raised his record to 5-1, pitching nine innings, scattering six hits and striking out seven. The Bearcats' Matt Steindorf pitched 9.2 innings, allowing seven hits and striking out seven in the loss to fall to 5-2.
In the nightcap, Pacific had an early 1-0 lead before the Bearcats managed to score two in the third and five in fourth en route to the 8-1 win. The Boxers'
Ian Blair had two of the seven hits for Pacific in the loss. Seven-different Bearcats accounted for 13 hits in the win. For Pacific, starting pitcher
Tyler Oscarson was the losing pitcher, falling to 4-2. Willamette starter Brandon Nelson went the distance, allowing seven hits in the win.
The series will be on the line on Sunday as the two teams will matchup at noon at Spec Keene Stadium.
