PORTLAND, Ore.—Luke Bass and Brennen Davis combined for eight hits and seven runs scored in game one, to help Lewis & Clark College baseball earn a doubleheader split with Pacific Lutheran University on Saturday afternoon at Jerry Gatto Field. 
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 10, Pacific Lutheran 4
Pacific Lutheran 9, Lewis & Clark 6
(Lewis & Clark 13-12-1, Northwest Conference 4-7) 
(Pacific Lutheran 9-17, NWC 4-8) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Justin Cavagnaro recorded a two-out, two-run, go-ahead single in the seventh inning of game one and Lewis & Clark added four insurance runs in the eighth to move two games above .500 for the first time this season. 
 
Bass, Davis, Brandon Gonzaga and Will Heron all recorded four hits on the afternoon to lead Lewis & Clark offensively. 
 
GAME ONE RECAP 
 
Lewis & Clark racked up season-highs for a conference game in hits (16) and runs scored (10) to earn a 10-4 win in the opener. 
 
Bass and Davis each finished with four hits and the duo combined to go 8-9 with seven runs scored, five RBI, four doubles and a home run. Bass ended the game 4-4 with three runs scored, four RBI, a walk, two doubles and a homer. Davis added four hits, four runs scored, one RBI and two doubles in five at-bats. 
 
Cavagnaro (2 RBI), Gonzaga (2 runs) and Jakob Ghammachi all added two hits. Heron tacked on three RBI. 
 
Senior Brett Pierson went 6.2 innings and allowed seven hits, four runs and one walk. He struck out five batters to reach 198 for his career. Freshman Caden Hodina earned his second win of the season by allowing one hit and one walk in 2.1 scoreless innings. Hodina struck out one in his second collegiate appearance out of the pen. 
 
Lewis & Clark started and finished strong in Saturday's game one. 
 
In the bottom of the first, Gonzaga led off with a single up the middle and raced to third on a Davis bloop double down the left-field line. Bass followed by crushing the first pitch he saw well over the right-field fence to make it 3-0. 
 
Pierson was cruising through the first three innings but ran into trouble in the fourth and fifth. Brody Phinney made it 3-2 with a two-run homer in the top of the fourth and Ashton Barton added a go-ahead homer in the fifth to make it 4-3 in favor of the visitors. 
 
The Pioneers evened the score in the bottom of the fifth. Davis led off with his second double of the game and Bass singled off the wall in right to put runners at the corners. Heron followed with an RBI groundout to tie the score at 4-4. 
 
With Pierson and then Hodina matching Lutes reliever Chris Moreno pitch for pitch, the next run in the contest felt crucial. Lewis & Clark came through with the big hit in the bottom of the seventh. Davis started the inning with a single and Bass walked to put two runners on. Ghammachi loaded the bases with a single with one out. With two down and the bases still full, Cavagnaro lifted a single to left-center field that scored Davis and Bass to make it 6-4. 
 
The Pioneers blew the game open in the eighth. Gonzaga started the rally with a one-out single. Gavin Mangano followed with a walk and Davis singled through the left side to score Gonzaga. Bass added an RBI double and Heron ripped a two-run single through the left-side to make it 10-4. 
 
Pacific Lutheran put the leadoff runner on in the ninth, but Lewis & Clark turned their second double play of the game and Hodina sealed the win with a strikeout. 
 
GAME TWO RECAP
 
Pacific Lutheran reliever Matthew Sherwood shut down the Pioneers for the final seven innings, to help the Lutes earn a 9-6 game two victory.
 
Heron paced the offense with three hits, one run scored, a double and a walk. Joaquin Sandoval added two hits, two RBI and a double. Ghammachi recorded a two-run homer and Michael Aikawa finished with two hits, three runs scored, a walk and two hit by pitches. Gonzaga posted his second two-hit game of the day and tacked on an RBI and a walk. 
 
Freshman Owen Eisen went six innings and scattered five hits, seven runs (five earned) and three walks. Eisen registered three strikeouts. Sophomore Luke Ritter made his first appearance in three weeks and allowed three hits, two runs and two walks in 2.1 innings. Ritter added four strikeouts. 
 
After giving up an unearned run in the first inning, Lewis & Clark grabbed a 2-1 lead in the second. Aikawa opened the frame with a hit by pitch and Bret Potter and Gonzaga followed with walks to load the bases with one out. Sandoval made it 2-1 when he ripped a double just inside the left-field line to score Aikawa and Potter. 
 
Pacific Lutheran responded with four runs in the top of the third. Hayden Kaiser delivered the big blow with a two-run double to right-center.
 
Lewis & Clark answered with three runs of their own to tie the game at 5-5. Heron opened the frame with a double to right-center and Ghammachi blasted a home run over the left-center field to cut the deficit to 5-4. After a pitching change, Aikawa greeted Sherwood with a double to right field. Gonzaga made it 5-5 when he singled to left center with two down to plate Aikawa. 
 
The visitors took the lead for good in the top of the fourth. Pacific Lutheran loaded the bases with one out on a single and back-to-back hit by pitches. Aaron Barber made it 6-5 Lutes with an RBI single and Barton followed with an RBI groundout. 
 
After recording seven hits in the first three innings, Lewis & Clark managed just four hits the rest of the way. Lewis & Clark had several chances to tie the game or take the lead. 
 
In the seventh inning, Heron led off with a single but was erased on a double play. Aikawa followed with a double and Potter was hit by a pitch to put two on with two outs. Jack Savant singled to right-center to make it 7-6 but Sherwood induced a fly out to right to end the inning. 
 
Pacific Lutheran added two key insurance runs in the ninth. Phinney and Carson Burke posted back-to-back, one-out RBI doubles and Jaden Pieper added another RBI double to make it 9-6. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Bass recorded his first collegiate four-hit game in Game One. He moved into sixth in program history in career home runs (23) and RBI (106) in the opener. He added two walks on the day to move into a tie for ninth all-time (71) in program history. 
• Ghammachi cracked the top-10 in program history in career home runs (18) with his two-run blast in game two. He is 6-14 with four runs, seven RBI and three home runs this week. 
• Bass and Davis became the first Pioneer teammates to both record four hits in a single game in just over a year. Last season, Davis and Gonzaga each posted four hits on April 1 against Pacific University. 
• Lewis & Clark has recorded double-digit hits in four-straight games. After recording double-digit hits in each of their first three games, the Pioneers had posted double-digit hits in just three of their next 19 games - prior to their current four-game streak. 
• Gonzaga has now recorded two hits in all three games this week. He is 6-11 with four runs scored out of the leadoff spot this week. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will aim to win their second NWC series of the season on Sunday, when they host the Lutes at Noon in the rubber match of the series.