PORTLAND, Ore. – Senior Nate Aguiar had his best pitching performance of the year to lead the Puget Sound baseball team to an 8-1 win in the series finale at Lewis & Clark. Aguiar needed just over 90 pitches to toss the complete game and a series win for the Loggers (13-19, 8-10 NWC).

The Pioneers (9-24, 6-12 NWC) touched up Aguiar for a run in the second but had just five baserunners over the final seven innings. The Loggers' senior hurler struck out three and allowed six hits although three came in the first two frames. He allowed just one run when Matt Cathcart singled in Andrew Travin in the second.

The run put the Pios up 1-0 for the moment but the Logger bats went to work in support of Aguiar. Connor Savage's double put two Loggers in scoring position with one out in the third. Nick Alarcio came to the plate and promptly knocked a single into in to left to bring home the Loggers first run. Savage also came around to score on the play to give the Loggers a 2-1 lead.

Stone's sacrifice fly scored Alarcio and the Loggers were up 3-1 after three.

That proved to be more than enough as Aguiar breezed through the Pio lineup but the Loggers weren't done. Stone doubled in another run in the fifth and Kaulana Smith singled in two more. Savage brought home two more runs in the sixth with a two-out single to give the Loggers their final tally.

Aguiar continued to cruise over the final three frames. The Pios biggest threat came in the seventh when they had the bases loaded with one out, However, a sharp liner was snagged by Smith at third and he double up the runner at second to end the inning and the threat.

Smith, Stone and Savage all had a pair of RBIs for the Loggers. Logger relievers were called upon to pitch just one inning this weekend as all three Loggers starters tossed at least eight innings.

The Loggers return home next weekend for a three-gamer series with Pacific. First pitch is scheduled for noon on Saturday.