PASCO, Wash. – Seniors Dylan Moore, Jack Thomson, and sophomore Will Heron provided the bulk of the offense as Lewis & Clark College baseball took the early lead in the rubber match with Whitworth University before succumbing 15-9 in a Sunday afternoon Northwest Conference game.
 
THE BASICS
Whitworth 15, Lewis & Clark 9 
(Lewis & Clark 11-4, 3-3 NWC)
(Whitworth 5-9, 2-1 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Thomson hit his third home run of the series to start a four-run first inning for the Pioneers. Sophomore Brennen Davis singled on the next at-bat, advanced to second when junior Luke Bass was walked, got to third on a passed ball, and finally scored on a wild pitch. Heron was also walked to bring up Moore in the lineup. He doubled down the left-field line to score Bass. Heron scored when junior Jakob Ghammachi grounded out to shortstop.
 
Whitworth answered with a five-run first inning of their own, then added two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to grow their lead to 8-4.
 
In the sixth, the Pirates intentionally walked Thomson with the bases loaded to score Moore, but that was the lone run for the Pioneers until the ninth inning.
 
Down 15-5 in their final at-bat, Heron stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a two-run single to score Thomson and grad student Jacob Serafini. Freshman Brandon Gonzaga and senior Jack Savant hit back-to-back RBI singles before Serafini flew out to center field to end the game.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Thomson has 36 career home runs and needs four more to break the program record.
• Davis leads the team with 27 hits, 22 RBI, and seven doubles this season.
• The Pioneers have not lost back-to-back games this season.
• Seven of Thomson's ten home runs this season have come in NWC play. 

WHO'S NEXT

The Pioneers will play their first home games of the season when they host Whitman for a three-game series. The first pitch will be at 11 a.m. Saturday for a doubleheader.