HILLSBORO, Ore. – The University of Portland used solid pitching from senior Christian Peters and a two-home run game from Hunter Montgomery to top Utah Valley University in the second game of a Friday doubleheader, 8-2, at Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Oregon.
 
After earning a 6-5 come-from-behind victory earlier in the day, the Pilots (5-1) scored two runs in the third inning on a two-run single from Chad Stevens to take an early 2-0 lead. UP would add three more runs in the third, as Montgomery would hit out his first of two home runs, this one a three-run shot to increase the lead for the Pilots to 5-0. 
 
Portland would load the bases in the fifth inning and would add two more runs, as Brett Gillas would be hit by a pitch and a wild pitch would aid Chad Stevens to score from third to make it 7-0 Pilots. 
 
Matt Dalke then came in relief for the Wolverines and did a nice job by allowing just three hits and one run over two and two thirds innings of work.  
 
The Wolverines would get on the board in the sixth, as Mitch Moralez would reach on a base hit to left field and later score on an RBI single from Alexander Marco to make it 7-1. The Pilots though would extend their lead in the bottom of inning to 8-1, as Montgomery would hit out his second home run of the game. 
 
In the eighth inning, UVU would pressure the Pilot pitching staff as Moralez would double to center to start the frame. He would score a couple of batters later as Marco would bring him home for his second RBI knock of the ballgame. 
 
Spenser Triplett then came in and pitched a scoreless bottom of the eighth for the Wolverines, but UVU couldn't add any more runs in the ninth as it ended up falling in the nightcap by a score of 8-2. 
 
UVU was led offensively by Moralez who went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored, while the senior Marco had his first multi-hit and multi-RBI game of the year after going 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
 
In his first start of the season, junior transfer Jackson Otis (0-1) suffered the defeat on the mound for UVU, while UP's Peters improved to 2-0 after giving up just one run on four hits while striking out seven over 7.0 innings of work. 
 
The Wolverines will look to split the four-game weekend series on Saturday, as the finale is set for a 2:00 p.m. MT/1:00 p.m. PT first pitch from Ron Tonkin Field. To view a recap of Friday's first game of the doubleheader, click HERE.