TACOMA, Washington – The Puget Sound baseball team takes a break from its Northwest Conference schedule – and a break from the northwest – when it travels to California for games against Claremont-M-S and Carleton, March 25-27. CMS is hosting all three games.
 
Touch 'em all
Puget Sound clobbered five home runs at Pacific Lutheran last week (March 19-20), marking the most home runs by the Loggers in a three-game series this season. Shane Himeda, Jacob Ota, Jonas Kim, Clayton Waltz, and Jackson Bolitho each launched a long ball against the Lutes.
 
Have some Shane, will ya
Shane Himeda is the second-leading hitter in the Northwest Conference. He holds a .418 batting average. Himeda has multiple hits in four consecutive games, including a 4-for-4 performance in the series finale at PLU.
 
No way out
Batting at the top of the order, Kyle Strash and Shane Himeda continue to reach base at a remarkable rate. Himeda's .529 on-base ranks second in the NWC, and Strash's .520 mark ranks third.
 
Pick up Jacks
Jackson Bolitho hit his first-career home run against George Fox (March 13), and the following week he hit a bomb at Pacific Lutheran (March 19). Through his last four games, Bolitho is hitting 5-for-12 with two home runs, four RBI, and six runs scored.
 
Makana gonna go
Makana Murashige leads the Loggers in stolen bases with eight. The last Logger to post double-digit steals in a season was Cal Muramaru, when he had 14 swipes during the 2018 season.
 
Scouting Claremont-M-S (10-8, 1-5 SCIAC)
The Stags enter this weekend with three consecutive losses, all of which were against La Verne. The Stags are hitting .311 as a team, and they have stolen 32bases. Jack Potter has a team-high six steals, and Marco Castillo has five. The pitching staff holds a 4.80 ERA. Jarrett Korson is 3-0 on the mount with a 2.97 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 36.1 innings.
 
Scouting Carleton (3-5)
Competing in the NCAA D-III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), the Knights make home in Northfield, Minnesota. Through eight games, the Knights are hitting .319, and the pitching staff has a 2.92 ERA. Jacob Small has a .484 batting average through 31 at-bats, and Paul Hinton is hitting .417 in 34 at-bats. The Knights are 13-for-18 in stolen base attempts. On the mound, Kiefer Lord has yet to surrender an earned run through three starts. He has 27 strikeouts through 15.0 innings.