SPOKANE, Wash.—Lewis & Clark College scored three runs in four different innings in game two, to earn a 12-6 victory and a doubleheader split with host Whitworth University on Saturday afternoon at Diana Marks Field. 
 
THE BASICS
Whitworth 5, Lewis & Clark 4
Lewis & Clark 12, Whitworth 6
(Lewis & Clark 14-8, Northwest Conference 8-2)
(Whitworth 7-15, NWC 3-7) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Playing their first games in two weekends, Lewis & Clark needed to wait a little longer as they sat through a near two-hour rain delay before game one. The Pioneers needed a few innings to get the offense started in game one and their comeback fell just short. Lewis & Clark would carry over the momentum from the contest into game two as they scored six early runs and six runs late - to tie their season-high with 12 runs scored. 
 
Senior Sam Gildersleeve and sophomore Madison Scroggins each finished with two hits in both games. Gildersleeve added five runs scored and two walks and Scroggins tacked on three runs scored, two RBI and a free pass. Mari Alvarez, Harper Campanella and Emily Patton all finished with three or more RBI in the nightcap. 
 
GAME ONE RECAP 
 
Whitworth scored five runs in the first two innings and senior Corinne Vasiloff held off Lewis & Clark's late rally to help the Pirates earn their first home conference win of the year. 
 
Scroggins and Gildersleeve combined for four of the Pioneers six hits. Scroggins finished 2-2 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk. Gildersleeve added two hits (2-3) and a run scored. Campanella went 1-4 with a run scored and freshman Sofia Garcia added a pinch-hit RBI single. 
 
In the circle, freshman Ryan Jurischk threw a season-high 4.2 innings and allowed just one hit and one walk. Jurischk struck out one and did not allow an earned run in her third-straight outing to begin her collegiate career.  
 
Whitworth scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning on two hits, a walk and two hit by pitches. 
 
Lewis & Clark cut the deficit to 2-1 in the top of the second. Gildersleeve led off the frame with a double to right field. Alvarez was hit by a pitch and Scroggins worked a walk to load the bases. With one out, McKenna Zehnder drove in Gildersleeve with an RBI groundout. 
 
Whitworth made it 5-1 in the bottom of the inning. Three of the first four batters reached on base hits to push the lead to four. Jurischk came on and retired the first two batters she faced to strand a runner at second. 
 
The Pioneers cut the deficit to 5-3 in the top of the third. Campanella started the rally with a one-out double and Gildersleeve followed with a walk to put two runners on. After a fielder's choice put runners on the corners, Campanella raced home on a wild pitch. Scroggins made it 5-3 with an RBI single to shortstop that plated Alvarez. 
 
Lewis & Clark scratched across another run in the sixth. Scroggins led off the inning with a single and moved to second on an Abby Yamashita sac bunt. With two down, Garcia recorded her first career RBI base hit with a single to right to score Scroggins. Vasiloff posted a strikeout to end the frame and retired the Pioneers in order in the seventh to seal the win.  
 
GAME TWO RECAP
 
Lewis & Clark scored three runs in four different innings and Alvarez, Campanella and Patton combined for 10 RBI to help Lewis & Clark improve to 8-2 in NWC play. 
 
Alvarez went 3-4 with a run scored, four RBI and a home run. Campanella tacked on a pair of doubles, a run scored, three RBI and a walk. Patton added a base hit and three RBI. 
 
Gildersleeve finished the game 2-3 with four runs scored and a walk. Scroggins notched two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Katie Ingersoll added two hits in four at-bats and Gina Ozuna registered a double, two runs scored and two walks. 
 
Sophomore Charlize Pope earned her sixth win of the year. The sophomore worked her way in and out of trouble over the first four innings and scattered 11 hits and four runs (three earned). Sophomore Tallulah Sickels worked a scoreless inning of relief and sophomore Maggie O'Leary went the final 1.1 innings and struck out three to earn her second save of the year. 
 
Lewis & Clark jumped all over the Pirates in the top of the first. Ozuna opened the contest with a double and Scroggins made it 1-0 when she singled to right to score Ozuna. After a pair of hit by pitches loaded the bases, two Pioneers scored on a Patton grounder that was misplayed by a Pirates infielder. 
 
After Whitworth scored a single run in the bottom of the first, Lewis & Clark added three more runs in the top of the second. With one down, Ozuna walked and Scroggins and Gildersleeve added back-to-back base hits to load the bases. Campanella ended Whitworth starter Momi Lyman's day when she blasted a double to left field to score Ozuna and Scroggins. Alvarez greeted the Pirates reliever with an RBI single to left. 
 
Whitworth cut the deficit to 6-4 with two runs in the fourth inning and a single run in the fifth. 
 
With all the momentum against them, Lewis & Clark bounced back in a big way in the final two innings. 
 
Gildersleeve reached on an error to start the sixth inning and she raced all the way home on a Campanella double to right-center field. Alvarez followed with a single and pinch runners Pippi Jepsen and Lacey Marglin came in to score on a Patton fielder's choice and a double-play ball. 
 
Whitworth managed to get two runs back in the bottom of the sixth to make it 9-6. 
 
Lewis & Clark would have one final answer. With two down, Gildersleeve singled to right field and Campanella walked. Alvarez crushed a three-run homer to dead-center field to make it 12-6. 
 
O'Leary struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh to help Lewis & Clark earn at least a split in their fifth-straight NWC doubleheader.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Gildersleeve went over 200 total bases on Saturday. She recorded a single and a double in game one to reach 200 and is now sitting on 203 total bases for her career. 
• O'Leary moved into a tie for second-place in program history in career saves with her game two save. She also became the 13^th player in program history to record 100 career strikeouts in game one (103). 
• Alvarez moved into the top-10 in program history in career hits (124) with her three hits in game two. She also moved into seventh all-time in career RBI (69) and ninth in career home runs (14). 
• Campanella extended her hitting streak to 11-straight with three hits on the day. The freshman has hit safely in seven-straight conference games dating back to Game Four of their series against Willamette. 
• Gildersleeve has scored a run in five-straight games and has posted 10 runs during the five-game span. She leads the team with 18 runs scored this spring. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will aim to earn at least a series split with Whitworth University on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.