FOREST GROVE, Oregon – Joe Brennan struck out a career-high 10 batters and Dylan Joyce left his mark on both the mound and in the batters' box as the Puget Sound baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader at Pacific Sunday afternoon.

Puget Sound 5, Pacific 3

Joe Brennan needed just five innings on the mound to strikeout a career-high 10 batters in the Loggers' 5-3 win over the Boxers. Brennan's previous career-best mark was nine strikeouts in a game against Lewis & Clark during the 2018 season.

Brennan allowed just two earned runs and four hits Sunday.

The Boxers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Puget Sound answered right back with two runs in the second stanza. AJ Morioka hit a one-out double and came around to score when Jack McCullar reached base on an error by the shortstop.

Two batters later, Hunter Riley came through with an RBI double to tie the game.

The Loggers claimed a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning when Corey Roberts delivered a two-run double. Kyle Strash and Mason Quinlan, both of whom reached base with walks, scored on Roberts' extra-base hit.

Jonas Kim provided an insurance run with an RBI single in the ninth.

Dylan Joyce locked down his second save of the season by retiring the only two batters he faced in the ninth.

Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base, and Jacob Ota also finished 2-for-4 at the dish. Quinlan and Kim both had three hits in four at-bats.  

Puget Sound 4, Pacific 12

The Boxers raced out to a 5-0 lead through two innings as Pacific won the second game Sunday, 12-4.

The Loggers put their first run on the board in the fifth inning. Ryota Nishino led off by getting hit by a pitch. He moved into scoring position on a groundout, and then scored on a throwing error by the first baseman.

The Loggers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning, all which were accounted for on one swing by Dylan Joyce.

An error an a couple of free passes allowed the Loggers to load the bases, and Joyce cleared the bases with a double down the right-field line.

The Loggers begin Northwest Conference action at Willamette Saturday, Feb. 22.