PORTLAND, Ore. – Christian Peters tossed eight scoreless innings and Ben Patacsil drove in two runs as Portland held off a ninth inning rally by Santa Clara baseball for a 3-2 win in the series opener on Friday night.
Trailing 3-0 in the ninth, Jake MacNichols blasted a two-run home run off Portland closer Eli Morse to cut the lead to one. Tony Boetto singled and pinch run by JonJon Berring who stole second to get the tying run in scoring position but he was left stranded after Morse fanned Matt Jew.