Pacific Tigers hold off Portland Pilots 7‑5

PORTLAND (Interstat) — Zach Todd pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball, allowing two earned runs while striking out five, as the Pacific Tigers defeated the Portland Pilots 7-5 on Thursday at Joe Etzel Field.

Pacific scored five runs in the third inning, capitalizing on a fielding error and a throwing error, and added two more in the fourth on Robert Orr’s two-run homer. Orr finished 1-for-5 with three RBIs. Braeden Schnabel drove in two runs with a single. Regan Carter tossed two scoreless relief innings with three strikeouts.

Portland managed only one hit, a sixth-inning single by Cole Katayama-Stall, but scored five runs using walks, sacrifice flies and a wild pitch. Aaron Louis had two sacrifice flies. Ky Hoskinson threw four scoreless relief innings for Portland.

Pacific improved to 23-25-1; Portland fell to 25-25. The teams continue their series Friday.