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PORTLAND PILOTS (13-19, 1-8 WCC)
vs. PACIFIC TIGERS (12-18, 4-8 WCC)
Dates: Fri-Sun, April 15-17, 2016
Location: Portland, Ore.
Ballpark: Joe Etzel Field (1,300)
TV: CSN-NW (Friday)
Online Video: TheW.tv
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
Series: PAC leads 17-15
2015: PAC 2-0, POR 9-5, POR 2-0 (May 15-17 @Pacific)
 
PROBABLE STARTERS (W-L, ERA)
Friday • April 15 • 6 PM
POR: LHP Jordan Horak (1-3, 4.70)
PAC: RHP Will Lydon (0-7, 4.94)
 
Saturday • April 16 • 6 PM
POR: RHP Davis Tominaga (2-6, 4.02)
PAC: LHP Ricky Reynoso (2-2, 4.94)
 
Sunday • April 17 • 11 AM
POR: RHP Jordan Wilcox (4-2, 4.93)
PAC: RHP Jake Jenkins (2-2, 3.88)
 
THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots welcome the Pacific Tigers to Joe Etzel Field this weekend for a three-game West Coast Conference series.
• First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday night, while Sunday's finale is scheduled for 11 a.m.
• Friday night's game will be shown live on Comcast SportsNet Northwest, which is Channel 737 in the Portland area.
 
LAST WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• Wednesday's game with the Oregon Ducks at Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro was suspended after 8.0 innings because of rain, with the Ducks leading 3-1.
• The game will be complete in Eugene on May 17 before the two teams play a previously scheduled game at PK Park.
• Last weekend the Pilots dropped a three-game series against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in Spokane, Wash.
• The Bulldogs easily won the first game and held on to win game two 3-0; the Pilots then took the lead twice during Sunday's finale, but twice the Bulldogs came back en route to a 14-5 win.
• Cooper Hummel belted his third homer of the year during the opener, and Geoffrey Lee went 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored on Sunday.
• Ryan Barr also extended his team season-best hitting streak to 10 games.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• On Thursday, March 31 the Pilots played the 600th game ever at Joe Etzel Field, which opened in 1989.
• The crowd of 1,092 for Portland's game with No. 3 Oregon State on Tuesday, March 22 was the largest in Joe Etzel Field history; the attendance surpassed the previous best of 1,002, which was also against Oregon State back in 2007.
• The Pilots, who only stole 21 bases all of last season, currently have 54 stolen bases, which leads the conference and ranks 23rd in the nation.
• On March 5 the Pilots stole 10 bases against UC Riverside, which is a single-game high in the WCC this season.
• Michael Forgione is second in the league and 23rd in the nation with 17 stolen bases; Cody Hawken is a perfect 10-for-10 in steals.
• Portland has also already surpassed last year's win total of 12.
• Senior outfielder Ryan Barr is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak, which is a season best for the Pilots.
• Caleb Whalen, who is currently unavailable due to an injury, is fifth in the nation in doubles per game (0.52) and is 17th in total doubles (14), despite missing the past five games.
• Whalen is also tied for the most career triples in program history with 14 after claiming a three-bagger at UC Davis on Feb. 20; Whalen is tied with Larry Farrell (1958-61) and needs just one more triple to become the program leader.
• Whalen was named the WCC Position Player of the Week (Mar. 7) after hitting .462 to help lead the Pilots to a series win over UC Riverside; he also had three doubles, a home run, four runs scored and five RBI's.
• Cooper Hummel had a day on March 26 when the junior catcher went 4-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI's and three runs scored during a 7-3 win over CSUN at Joe Etzel Field; the three doubles match the program's single-game record, and he becomes the first Pilot since Rocky Gale in 2010 to accomplish the feat.
• Hummel has reached base safely during 30 of UP's 32 games; he also walked four times during a game earlier this season (at Utah Valley, March 12).
• Hummel, a career .168 hitter entering the season, got off to a stellar start to his junior campaign, hitting .500 during the month of February; he's currently batting a team-best .333.
• Freshman Cody Hawken joined the list of Portland baseball players to hit two home runs in a game when he left the yard during his first two at-bats at Joe Etzel Field vs. Oakland on Feb. 26; Hawken became the first Pilot to accomplish the feat since Cody Lenahan last May, and no Portland player has ever hit three home runs in a game.
• Freshman Grant Sutton, who had missed the entire season recovering from an injury, homered in his first collegiate at-bat at Oregon on Wednesday, April 6.
• UP Athletics Hall of Famer Geoff Loomis is in his first season as head coach of the Pilots.
• Loomis spent the past 13 seasons at the helm of the Pacific Lutheran Lutes, where he compiled an impressive 327-197-2 (.624) record; he led the Lutes to 11 winning seasons during his tenure, including NCAA Regional appearances in 2007 and 2015 and Northwest Conference Championships in 2007, 2009 and 2015.
• Loomis (1990-92) still holds the program career record for batting average (.376) and he earned Pacific-10 North Division Player of the Year honors in 1992.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• The Tigers have won two straight and sit just above the Pilots in the WCC standings.
• Pacific is batting .279 as a team, has a staff ERA of 5.59 and is allowing opponents to bat .301.
• Senior J.J. Wagner is hitting a team-best .311, while Danny Mayer has team highs of eight home runs and 24 RBI's.
• Head coach Mike Neu, who previously coached at Cal, is in his first year with the Tigers.