FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Junior James Lane (Silverdale, Wash./Avila College) went the distance in the final game as the Puget Sound Loggers earned a split with the Pacific Boxers in a Northwest Conference doubleheader on Monday afternoon in Forest Grove, Ore. The Boxers took the first game by a final of 3-2 while the Loggers wrapped up the series with an 8-2 victory.

In the first game, the Loggers struck first as Andrew Grady (Cave Creek, Ariz./Phoenix Country Day) singled through the right side to score Matt Cox (Salem, Ore./South Salem). Dakota Resnik (Bellevue, Wash./Newport) then singled to score Grady as the Loggers took the 2-0 lead. The Boxers evened it up in the bottom of the second. The winning run came in the bottom of the fifth as Pacific collected the 3-2 win in the seven-inning game. Cameron Duvall (Lakewood, Wash./Lakes) took the loss, allowing three runs on 11 hits in six innings pitched with four strikeouts and one walk.

In the final game of the series, the Loggers took the lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first and never gave it up. The Boxers struck for a single run in the bottom of the first but the Loggers got it back in the second when Resnik hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Jason Powell (Redwood City, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep). After each team scored once in the fourth, the Loggers scored three in the fifth as Resnik, Travis Hernandez (Burlington, Wash./Burlington-Edison) and Will Mentor (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep) all picked up RBIs. The Loggers final run came in the seventh as Mark Rockey (Mountlake Terrace, Wash./New Mexico) doubled in Resnik.

Lane picked up his first win of the year, allowing two unearned runs on five hits in seven innings pitched with four strikeouts.

The Loggers will be back in action on Saturday afternoon when they play host to Lewis & Clark. First pitch with the Pioneers is set for Noon on Logger Field in Tacoma, Wash.

Box Scores: Game One/Game Two