TACOMA, Wash. - A complete game shutout by Pacific Lutheran ace Trey Watt gave the visiting Lutes a 6-0 win over the Puget Sound Loggers in the first game of a Northwest Conference baseball doubleheader but the Loggers bats pounded the sky for 11 runs in the first three innings of the nightcap before heavy rains forced the teams to halt the game on Saturday in Tacoma, Wash.

Watt shut down the Loggers in the opener but Logger starter Tim Fogarty (Pacifica, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep) threw a solid game himself, allowing just one run on nine hits in six and two-third innings.  The Lutes exploited the Logger bullpen for five more runs in the final two frames as 20th-ranked Lutes earned the 6-0 win.

Watt improved to 8-0 on the year as he scattered five hits over nine innings with seven strikeouts and no walks.  Puget Sound left fielder Casey Coberly (Boise, Idaho) had the best luck against Watt, going two-for-four on the game.

In the second game, it was the exact opposite as a three-run home run by senior Mark Rockey (Mountlake Terrace, Wash./Univ. of New Mexico) put the Loggers up early.  PLU added two runs in the top of the third to close the gap to one run but the Logger bats exploded in the bottom of the frame.  After three runs chased PLU starter Robert Bleecker after just two and two-third innings, Max Beatty came in to try to stop the Loggers.  

Unfortunately for Beatty and the Lutes, the Logger bats just got hotter, going for four runs on five hits without an out before the skies opened up and forced the teams into their dugouts with the Loggers up 11-8 with two outs in the bottom of the third.

The Loggers and Lutes will wrap up game number two beginning at Noon on Sunday with their regularly scheduled game to follow after the completed contest.