Willamette, Lewis & Clark Meet This Weekend

Last year, Willamette went 2-1 against the Pioneers.

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SALEM - The Bearcats baseball team will return to action on Saturday, with a double-header against Lewis & Clark College at Tigard High School in Tigard.

The first game of the double-header is scheduled to start at 11:00 AM.

Willamette and L&C will play one more game on Sunday, also at Tigard High School, starting at noon.

All three games will count in the Northwest Conference standings.

Last year, Willamette went 2-1 against the Pioneers, dropping the first game of the series, 6-1, then winning the final two games, 10-6 and 13-2.

WU sophomore first baseman Kyle Stalker hit two homers and drove in a total of five runs, leading the Bearcats to a 9-7 victory over cross-town rival Corban College, in the season opener for both teams, Saturday, Feb. 3rd at John Lewis Field.

Willamette used a pre-determined pitching rotation in the season opener against Corban, which allowed starter Tye Sundlee to record the win despite throwing just three innings.

He held Corban scoreless, allowed just two hits — both singles — and registered one strikeout. Last year, Sundlee led the team with 51 strikeouts in 68 2/3 innings pitched, while making a team-high 10 starts in 11 appearances.

Kyle Stalker led the Bearcats with nine home runs as a freshman last season, so he now has 11 homers in just 29 games played. The Bearcats hit a total of 20 home runs in 36 games last spring.

With the season opener already completed, the Bearcats must wait a full month before they are scheduled to play at home again.

Willamette’s next home game is part of a Northwest Conference double-header against five-time defending champion George Fox University on Mar. 3rd.

The action is slated to get underway at 11:00 AM.

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