Portland Outlasts WSU

College baseball

The visiting Washington State Cougars (10-15) failed to turn a oneout double play in the bottom of the 11th inning and lost to the Portland Pilots 7-6 in Pacific-10 North Division play Wednesday.

The Pilots (11-11) loaded the bases with no outs in the 11th after Ken Wicher reached on a fielding error and Brad Reitzenstein and John Doran were hit by Cougars pitcher Todd Belitz.

Belitz was then relieved by Jared Clifford, who struck out Chandler Martin of the Pilots before Mike Westmore’s throwing error ended the game.

Jesse Travis (1-0) picked up the win for Portland, while Belitz (1-2) suffered the loss.

Portland 7, WSU 6 (11)

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Poffenroth, Belitz (7), Clifford (11) and Hamik; Mickel, Hazlett (9), Travis (10) and Chastain. W - Travis (3-1). L - Belitz (1-2).

HITS: Washington State - Ryan, Kinkade, Naumu, Horner 2, Solomon 2. Portland - Martin 3, Simpson, Dennis, Chastain, Smith, Barnard, Wicher, Flicker. 2B - Solomon, Chastain, Martin. 3B - Kinkade.

Oregon State 6, Gonzaga 5 (10)

Kevin Hooker hit a solo home run off of Gonzaga reliever Lloyd Hounsell in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Beavers (12-9-1) a 6-5 win over the visiting Bulldogs (13-11) in a Pac-10 North matchup.

Gonzaga took a 5-0 lead after three innings before Oregon State tied the game in the ninth on a double by Scott Hardin.

Reliever Brian Masewicz (2-1) earned the win for the Beavers.

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C.Wong, Cleland (6), Housell (10) and Norton; Hooker, Masewicz (3) and Meiwes. HR-OSU, Ballie (1), Hooker (3). W-Masewicz (2-1). L-Hounsell (0-2).

Washington 4, Portland State 0

Freshman pitcher Jake Kringen threw a three-hit shutout as the Huskies (8-17) beat the Vikings (7-21) in Seattle.

Krinder struck out seven of the first 12 batters he faced to finish with nine strikeouts while giving up two walks.

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Talavs, Hendrickson (9) and King; Kringen and Mahle. W-Kringen (1-3). L-Talavs (0-4).