NEWBERG, Oregon – The Puget Sound baseball team had little program hitting the ball in the first game of a doubleheader at George Fox Friday aftenroon, but the Bruins won both Northwest Conference games.

Puget Sound 12, George Fox 13 (11 inn.)

Puget Sound lost a slugfest, 13-12, in extra innings at George Fox. The Loggers finished the game with their second-most runs and second-most hits (18) this season, but the Bruins won it with a walk-of sac fly in the 11^th inning.

Puget Sound set the tone in the first inning when Dylan Joyce belted a three-run homer – his fourth of the season. Kyle Strash and Jake Briscoe were on base after they both hit singles.

The Bruins rallied for six runs in the fifth inning and two more in the seventh, taking a 12-6 lead. But Puget Sound answered with five runs in the eighth inning.

Jesse Away led off with a single and AJ Morioka drew a walk. Jackson Bolitho and Strash followed with back-to-back RBI singles. Later in the inning, Joyce drove in a run with a sac fly, and Jack McCullar hit a two-run double.

The Loggers still trailed by a run entering the ninth inning, but Strash forced extra innings when he hit a single to left field that allowed Shane Himeda to score.

Joyce finished the game with four hits and four RBI. Strash, Briscoe, Awa, and Bolitho each collected three hits in the loss.

Puget Sound 1, George Fox 9 (7 inn.)

Dylan Joyce hit his second home run of the day - and fifth of the season - but his solo shot was the only run to cross the plate for Puget Sound. The Bruins scored three runs in each of the first two innings, and never looked back. 

Joyce's home run led off the top of the sixth inning. 

The Loggers and Bruins have two more games Saturday, April 3.