Mortensen completes GU’s bid for title series

Gonzaga secured a spot in the West Coast Conference championship series with a 7-1 win over No. 17 Pepperdine (31-19, 10-7) Saturday at Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, Calif.

Clayton Mortensen (8-2) picked up the win for the Bulldogs after pitching his fifth complete game of the season.

Mortensen allowed one run on five hits and struck out 15.

Bryan Winston provided the offense for the Zags, going 2 for 3 and scoring three runs.

Gonzaga will play sixth-ranked San Diego in a best-of-3 series in San Diego on May 25-27. The winner of the conference championship will earn the WCC’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

GU (32-21, 15-5) will finish the season second in the conference standings, their highest finish in WCC history.

“Mike Lissman’s three-run homer sparked a five-run seventh inning as No. 15 Oregon State topped Washington State 11-5 in a Pac-10 Conference game at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Ore.

OSU’s Jordan Lennerton gave the Beavers (36-12, 8-9) a 4-1 lead after connecting on a three-run double in the fourth.

Paul Gran and Simi Reynolds had three hits apiece to lead the Cougars (24-22, 7-13).

“CC Spokane swept visiting Treasure Valley (28-27, 14-15) in a NWAACC doubleheader at Spokane Falls Community College.

CCS scored three times in the ninth and won the opener 5-3. Chris Bozo hit a home run for the Sasquatch.

In the second game, CCS scored six runs in the fourth and cruised to a 10-3 win.

Cody Brubaker, Tom Barlow, Brett Henry, Adam Smith and Kody Anderson all hit doubles for the Sasquatch (28-19, 18-11).

“Stanford (20-27, 5-15) scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth and beat visiting Washington 8-6 in a Pac-10 Conference game at Sunken Diamond in Stanford, Calif.

The Huskies (26-22, 9-8) lost despite two home runs apiece from Ty Rasmussen and Trevor Petersen.