Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photo
Nate Favero hits the ball. He scored two of BYU's runs in the series finale Saturday at Portland, the second of which came after his two-out double in the three-run fourth inning.
Portland’s Pilots defeated BYU, 8-6, to claim the series on Saturday and improve their record to 13-20 overall and 6-9 in the West Coast Conference.
The Cougars had leads of 2-0 and 4-2 escape, surrendering walks and committing uncharacteristic overthrows and errors that led to Pilot runs in the three-run third and four-run fourth innings.
BYU got on the scoreboard first when Nate Favero got the advance sign from coach Mike Littlewood on Mitch McIntyre’s single, the third-consecutive one-out hit of the second inning.