Game two of three-game series goes to Portland

PORTLAND, Oregon – BYU baseball fell to Portland 11-1 in game two of the West Coast Conference series on Friday at Joe Etzel Field. 

"Portland is a good baseball team and they did a real nice job of hitting our pitching mistakes today," BYU head coach Mike Littlewood said. " I was really impressed with their starting pitcher Brett Gilles. He had command of all four of his pitches and just carved us up. We just need to put this one behind us and come ready to try and win the series tomorrow.”

Portland (13-5, 1-1) took an early one-run lead in the first inning off a double and a passed ball. The Pilots then blew the game wide open in the second with eight runs on seven hits for a 9-1 lead. Single runs in both the fourth and the seventh innings gave Portland the eventual 11-1 win.  

BYU (10-6, 1-1) scored its lone run of the game in the sixth inning on a Andrew Pintar double in the right-center gap that scored Mitch McIntyre from first base.

Portland starter Gillis went seven innings, surrendering just three hits and one run while collection 12 strikeouts for his fourth win of the season. 

Player Highlights
  •  Austin Deming: 2-4
  •  Andrew Pintar: 1-3, 1 RBi, 2B
  •  Boston Mabeus: 2.0 IP, 1K, 0 runs

The Cougars and Pilots are back in action on Saturday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m. PDT. The rubber match of the series will be streamed live on the WCC Network and broadcast on the BYU Radio Network —107.9 FM, BYUCougars.com and the BYU Cougars app.