Swygart’s pitching, grand slam lift Pilots past Toreros
PORTLAND (Interstat) — Trey Swygart pitched six innings and hit a go-ahead grand slam as the Portland Pilots beat the San Diego Toreros 9-6 on Thursday at Joe Etzel Field. Swygart allowed three earned runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and finished 2 for 4 with four RBIs. Leo Cote added a solo homer and an RBI single for Portland, which improved to 24-18. San Diego fell to 16-25. Andrew Gauna went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Toreros, and CJ Moran also had three hits and an RBI. Portland took a 6-6 tie in the second on Swygart’s homer, then Cote put the Pilots ahead in the sixth. Morgan Codron earned the win in relief, tossing two innings. Chaz McRoberts struck out five in two scoreless innings for San Diego. The Toreros scored twice in the seventh but Portland answered in the bottom half. San Diego added a run in the ninth but couldn’t close the gap.