Dons Fall Short in Doubleheader Sweep at Portland

Friday, May 3

Portland, Ore.

10:00 a.m.

University of San Francisco

19-27, 3-14

Portland

26-17, 12-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
San Francisco	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
Portland	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	X	7	9	0

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PORTLAND, Ore. – The University of San Francisco baseball team (19-28, 3-15 WCC) dropped a West Coast Conference doubleheader to close the series at Portland (27-17, 13-5 WCC) falling 7-1, and 10-4, on Friday at Joe Etzel Field.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
GAME ONE:

Portland got off to an early lead in the bottom half of the opening frame when Spencer Scott scored on an error in the infield on a Ben Patacsil groundball, giving the Pilots a 1-0 advantage.
Matty Fung evened the score at a run apiece in the top of the third on a base hit through the right side of the infield, scoring Logan Leax to tie the game at one.
The Pilots responded with five unanswered runs in the bottom half of the third inning to regain the lead and take a commanding 6-1 edge.
Portland, holding San Francisco scoreless through the final six frames, tacked on a final run in the seventh on a Jake Holcroft RBI single to solidify the scoring at 7-1.

GAME TWO:

In a scoreless affair through the first five innings of play, the Dons gained an advantage in the top of the sixth inning to take a 1-0 lead. Tyvon Moore kickstarted the frame with a leadoff double that split the outfielders in the right-center field gap. Moore, making his way to third on a Fung groundout, later scored on a Leax sacrifice fly to right field.
Portland again answered the call and scored two runs in the following half inning to take a 2-1 lead.
Trailing until the eighth inning, the green and gold posted three runs to regain the lead, 4-2. With two outs and two runners aboard, Michael Campagna came through with a single to left field, scoring Moore to tie the game at two. Zack Ramppen and Patrick Keighran followed with back-to-back singles as Fung and Campagna came around to score.
Portland regained the lead in the bottom of the eighth, scoring eight runs to take a 10-4 edge heading into the final inning of play. The Pilots shut down the Dons in the ninth to solidify the doubleheader and series sweep.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Leax finished the doubleheader going two-for-four at the plate with an RBI, two walks, and a run scored.
Earning the start in the nightcap, Moore recorded his fourth multi-hit game this season with two doubles in three at-bats while scoring two of the Dons' four runs.
Joe Soberon had a stellar performance on the mound in the second game of the doubleheader, allowing just two runs on two hits while fanning seven batters in 5.2 innings of work.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco returns to the Hilltop for its final homestand of the season, starting with San Jose State at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May, at Benedetti Diamond.

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