TACOMA, Washington – The Puget Sound baseball team has just one day off before hosting Linfield for a Northwest Conference make-up game on Tuesday, April 11, at 3 p.m. The initial game was rained out during a three-game series on the March 12-13 weekend.

Strength in starters

Puget Sound's starting pitching was solid during the three-game home series against Willamette this past weekend. Joshua Zavisubin allowed just one earned run through six innings, and Joe Brennan yielded two earned runs through six innings. Merle Rowan-Kennedy allowed just one earned run through five innings, but a rain delay in the bottom of the fifth inning interrupted his rhythm and he allowed four runs to cross the plate in the sixth inning.

Hughes coming up huge

Ian Hughes hit a walk-off, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Loggers a 3-2 win over the Bearcats on Saturday. Hughes has five hits in his last nine at-bats, including three doubles and three RBI.

Scouting Linfield (20-10, 15-5 NWC)

The Wildcats won three out of four games at Whitworth this past weekend, and have won eight of their last 10 games. Linfield is in first place in the NWC, just one-half game ahead of Willamette. Scott Hilpert leads the league with a .407 batting average. He also ranks first in runs (39) and home runs (12). The Wildcats lead the NWC in batting average (.303) home runs (32), and ERA (3.62).

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