Box Score Game1

Box Score Game 2

DBU's Baseball Team took on the University of Portland Pilots in the final two games of their series on Friday afternoon in Portland, Oregon .  The Patriots and Pilots split the final two games of the series, after DBU defeated Portland 13-2 in game one of the series on Thursday.

Portland defeated DBU in game one on Friday, 4-3 and then was returned the favor when they were beaten 6-0 in the second game by the Patriots.  With the two victories over the weekend, DBU improved to 15-12 on the season, while Portland dropped to 11-12.  

During the first game of the day DBU started out with an early 1-0 lead after Senior Garrett Baker hit his seventh homerun of the season in the top of the first inning.  The game remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fifth, when Portland finally broke through and took a 2-1 lead on a two run homerun.  

The Pilots extended their lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the eighth after they drew three walks to load the bases and scored one run on the fourth walk of the inning.  The second run of the inning came off an RBI single to left field.  

DBU made the game interesting in the top of the ninth inning when Sophomore Evan Bigley led the inning off with a double and scored on an RBI double by Senior Matt Tucker.  Freshman Ryan Enos then slapped a single up the middle to score Tucker and bring the winning run to the plate.  The Pilots managed to close the game out by striking out the next three batters DBU brought to the plate.  

The Patriots used three pitchers in the final game of the series to throw a combine two hit shutout.  Freshman Ryan Goins started the game and improved to 3-0 by pitching 5.0 innings, allowing one hit, and striking out three.  Seniors Jereme Wilson and Randall Taylor combined to pitch the final four innings, allowing one hit, and striking out two Pilots.  

DBU scored six runs on eleven hits and three Portland errors in game two.  The Patriots started their scoring in the top of second after Tucker and Junior Nick Santos reached base on errors.  Tucker scored the only run of the inning on an RBI single by Sophomore Trevor Head.

The Patriots scored their second run of game in the top of the fifth when Freshman Austin Knight led off the inning with a walk, then advanced to second off a sacrifice bunt by Baker.  The bunt worked to perfection when Bigley singled to left field to score Knight.

DBU finished off their scoring and put the game away in the top of the ninth by scoring four runs off of five hits.  Junior Austin Krum started the rally with a single and stole second, with Knight at the plate, who hit an RBI single.  Baker then walked to advance Knight and bring up Bigley, who reached base on a single.  Tucker, who has came through with clutch hits all year, hit a two RBI single and stole second to get into scoring position for Santos , who slapped a single to the outfield, which allowed Tucker to score DBU's final run.  

Leading the Patriots at the plate in both games was Knight, who went three for seven, with one RBI, and one run score.  Bigley also had a strong day with three hits in nine at bats, one RBI, and two runs scored.

The Patriots will be in action again on Tuesday, March 27 when they welcome Sam Houston State to Patriot Field, for a 6:00 start.