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Bret Potter hits the ball in a recent game.
Siena Flock '28
7
Willamette WILLAMET 8-24, 4-15 NWC
13
Winner Lewis & Clark LEWIS & 18-16, 11-8 NWC
Willamette WILLAMET
8-24, 4-15 NWC
7
Final
13
Lewis & Clark LEWIS &
18-16, 11-8 NWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Willamette WILLAMET 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10 3
Lewis & Clark LEWIS & 1 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0

W: Eisen, Owen (6-2) L: Nate Schikore (2-6) S: Broschard, Connor (1)

9
Willamette WILLAMET 8-25, 4-16 NWC
10
Winner Lewis & Clark LEWIS & 19-16, 12-8 NWC
Willamette WILLAMET
8-25, 4-16 NWC
9
Final
10
Lewis & Clark LEWIS &
19-16, 12-8 NWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Willamette WILLAMET 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 10 2
Lewis & Clark LEWIS & 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 16 3

W: Stanislavsky, Matt (3-0) L: Roman Mahler (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Brian Hauge

Baseball Claims Doubleheader Sweep Behind Late-Inning Heroics

Bret Potter hit a home run and scored four runs over two games.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College baseball swept a Northwest Conference doubleheader from Willamette University on Saturday at Jerry Gatto Field. The River Otters won the opener 13-7 and rallied for a 10-9 walk-off victory in the nightcap on junior Michael Aikawa's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth.
 
THE BASICS
 
Lewis & Clark 13, Willamette 7
Lewis & Clark 10, Willamette 9
(Lewis & Clark 19-16, 12-8 NWC)
(Willamette 8-25, 4-16 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Junior Eli Steinhaus went 5-for-11 across both games with a double, a triple and three RBIs. Junior Bret Potter went 5-for-9 with a home run and four runs scored.
 
Senior Joaquin Sandoval finished 4-for-8 with four doubles and three RBIs. Aikawa drove in four runs across the two games, including the walk-off single in Game 2.
 
Junior Owen Eisen earned the Game 1 victory, and sophomore Matt Stanislavsky picked up the Game 2 win in relief.
 
GAME ONE RECAP
 
Potter put Lewis & Clark on the board in the bottom of the first with a solo home run to center field. Willamette answered in the top of the second when Michon Cole singled up the middle to score two runs.
 
Lewis & Clark responded with eight runs in the bottom of the second. Junior Evyn Lewis singled to left field to drive in Sandoval and tie the game at 2-2. Steinhaus followed with a two-run double. Aikawa singled down the left-field line for two more runs, and sophomore Will Michelman added an RBI single. First-year Garrett Lewis reached on an error in center field that brought home two unearned runs to make it 9-2.
 
Willamette scored four times in the third on an RBI single by Carter Stoltz, a steal of home by Nate Hamburger and a two-run home run by Jason Smith. Lewis & Clark answered with four runs in the fourth. Sandoval doubled down the left-field line to score Potter, sophomore Jacob Shannon-Wilkerson followed with an RBI double, senior Brandon Gonzaga singled in another run, and Evyn Lewis added a sacrifice fly for a 13-6 lead.
 
Eisen pitched six innings for the win, allowing seven hits and six runs with two strikeouts. Junior Connor Broschard followed with three innings of one-run relief to earn his first career save.
 
GAME TWO RECAP
 
Smith opened the scoring with a two-run home run off sophomore Sam Burchi in the top of the first. Lewis & Clark answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning. Michelman singled in Steinhaus to cut the deficit to 2-1. Sandoval doubled to score Michelman and Potter. Sophomore Evan Carrubba-Rice singled in Sandoval, and Gonzaga lifted a sacrifice fly to give Lewis & Clark a 5-2 lead.
 
Willamette regained the lead with four runs in the second. Luca Penteriani drove in Matthew Rienhardt with an RBI single before scoring on an error, and Stoltz doubled to right field to plate two more for a 6-5 advantage. Lewis & Clark moved back ahead 8-6 in the third. Steinhaus and Aikawa hit RBI singles, and Steinhaus later scored on a catcher's error. Gonzaga added his second sacrifice fly in the fourth to extend the lead to 9-6.
 
Penteriani's two-run single in the fifth cut the deficit to one. Cole singled home Hamburger in the eighth to tie the game at 9-9.
 
Carrubba-Rice opened the bottom of the ninth with a walk, and Evyn Lewis entered as a pinch runner. Gonzaga was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. Steinhaus reached on a fielder's choice that retired Lewis at third. Aikawa then singled to right-center to score Gonzaga and end the game.
 
Senior Nate Kerr pitched three innings of two-run, no-earned-run relief with four strikeouts. Stanislavsky followed with two innings and three strikeouts to earn the win.
 
BY THE NUMBER 
  • Potter has reached base safely in 23 consecutive games, the longest streak on the team this season.
  • Sandoval's four doubles are the most by a Lewis & Clark player in one day this season.
  • Steinhaus recorded the team's second triple of the season in game one.
  • With four conference games remaining, the River Otters sit in third place in the Northwest Conference, one game behind Linfield and one game ahead of Puget Sound. 
WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark will close out its four-game series with Willamette on Sunday at noon at Jerry Gatto Field. The River Otters will honor seniors Brandon Gonzaga, Nate Kerr, Ryan Sanderson and Joaquin Sandoval in a Senior Day ceremony before first pitch.
 
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