WHITTIER, Calif. -- The Lewis & Clark Pioneers sent out three home runs and totaled six extra-base hits in Sunday's 14-1 win over the Whittier Poets at Mendez Stadium.

Dylan Moore hit a lead-off home run to begin the game, and Jack Thomson and Luke Bass went deep later as the Pios built a 6-0 lead through four innings.

Mason Lee and Jack Savant joined Bass with a double. Moore finished with three RBI, while Zack Kon, Lee, Thomson and Bass had two apiece.

Key Moments

Luke Ritter threw six innings as the Pios' starter and didn't yield a run until the fifth. He finished with six strikeouts and five hits allowed. Anthony Clerici threw the final three, allowed one hit and struck out seven.

Moore's lead-off homer and Blake Tellinghusen's RBI walk gave the Pios a 2-0 edge after one. Lee hit an RBI single in the third, and Thomson and Bass hit a two-run and solo home run, respectively, in the fourth. Lee doubled in a run in the fifth. 

Kon's single scored two runs in the sixth, and Bass scored on a wild pitch. Bass doubled in a run, Jakob Ghammachi added a sacrifice fly and Moore hit a two-RBI single in the seventh and eighth innings.

Deeper Look

• Moore and Ghammachi stole bases
• Moore finished 3 for 4 with two walks, three runs and three RBI
• Bass, Lee and Savant had two hits apiece
• Lewis & Clark scored 14 and left 11 on base, and neither team committed an error
• The Poets (0-4) had six hits and scored their only run when Nate Sherman grounded out in the fifth
• Teige Barrett started for Whittier and allowed four hits, four earned runs and struck out five
• The Pios' 14 runs are their most since scoring 14 against the Poets in Mar. 2019, the same month they scored 18 in a game against New Rochelle
• Tellinghusen reached base three times on walks

Looking Ahead

Lewis & Clark (1-3) heads back to southern California for four against Caltech next weekend.