PORTLAND – The Holy Cross baseball team suffered a 10-4 loss to non-conference foe Portland Friday evening at Joe Etzel Field.

The loss sends the Crusaders to 4-9 on the year while the Pilots improve to 6-6.

STARTING ON THE MOUND:

• Trey Newmann (W, 2-1), 5.0 innings pitched, seven hits allowed, three runs, zero walks, five strikeouts
• Sophomore Pedro Leon (L, 0-2), 3.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, five runs, five walks, two strikeouts

OUT OF THE BULLPEN:

• Kaden Segel: (S, 1), 4.0 innings pitched, three hits allowed, one run, zero walks, three strikeouts
• Junior Nick Harnisch: 4.2 innings pitched, three hits allowed, one run, one walk, four strikeouts

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

• Junior Braden Connors: 2-for-5, double, run scored
• Junior Alex Sandell: 2-for-4, run scored
• Sophomore Simon Landry: 2-for-5, run scored
• Junior Colin Brown: 1-for-4, RBI
• Brady Bean: 4-for-5, home run, three RBI, three runs scored, stolen base

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• In the top of the second, Brown ripped the first pitch he saw to left field scoring Sandell for the 1-0 Crusader lead.
• Portland leveled the game with a solo homer in the third.
• Four straight walks in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double sliced into the left field corner put the Pilots in the lead at 4-1 with one down. A two-RBI single expanded the lead to 6-1. Three more runs in the inning made it 9-1.
• Junior Gianni Royer singled up the middle to bring home a run for Holy Cross to trail 9-2 in the fifth. Royer scored on a dropped third strike to trail 9-3.
• Another insurance run from Portland added onto their lead at 10-3.
• In the eighth, freshman Owen Stelzer singled through the left side for an RBI pulling the Crusaders deficit to 10-4.

DUE UP:

• Holy Cross continues its spring break trip on Saturday, March 7 at Portland.
• Junior right-handed pitcher Thomas Skrobe (0-0, 11.25 ERA) takes the hill. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. EST.

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