WALLA WALLA, Wash.—Lewis & Clark College baseball scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game two on Sunday, to secure a walk-off win and a doubleheader sweep of Whitman College at Borleske Stadium. 
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 12, Whitman 7
Lewis & Clark 10, Whitman 9
(Lewis & Clark 13-5, Northwest Conference 5-4) 
(Whitman College 10-6, Northwest Conference 3-3) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Sophomore Will Heron capped the Pioneers comeback in game two with a bases-clearing double that helped the Pios rally back from an 8-2 deficit. On the day, the first baseman went 4-8 with two runs, seven RBI, a double, a homer and a walk. 
 
GAME ONE RECAP 
 
Lewis & Clark scored four runs in three separate innings and senior Kris Wuelfing shut the Blues down for 3.2 innings to help Lewis & Clark earn a 12-7 victory. 
 
Brennen Davis, Jakob Ghammachi and Jack Thomson each recorded two hits to lead the Pioneers offense. Davis went 2-3 with two runs, two walks and a double. Ghammachi tacked on two hits in three at-bats, two runs, two RBI, two walks and a homer. Thomson finished 2-5 with a run and an RBI. 
 
On the mound, sophomore Luke Ritter got the start and went 3.2 innings and allowed nine hits, six runs (four earned), three walks and struck out five. Wuelfing came on in the fourth and allowed just two hits, three walks and one run, while striking out five over the next 3.2 innings. Ryan Harvey and Anthony Clerici went the final 1.2 innings with the duo striking out two and allowing zero baserunners. 
 
Lewis & Clark took the lead for the first time in the second. Mason Lee singled with one down and Ghammachi crushed a home run to give the Pios a 2-0 advantage. Brandon Gonzaga walked with two down and and moved to third after a Whitman error. Thomson drove in Gonzaga with an RBI single and Jack Savant raced home on a wild pitch. 
 
Whitman answered with two runs in the third and four more in the fourth to grab a 6-4 lead. The Pios responded with four runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. 
 
Lewis & Clark loaded the bases to start the inning with a Savant walk, Thomson single and Davis walk. Luke Bass cleared the bases on a single to third that scored two, with Davis coming in to score from first on an error. After a pitching change, Heron added a sacrifice fly to give Lewis & Clark an 8-6 lead. 

Whitman cut the deficit to 8-7 in the top of the eighth, but Harvey came on and induced a fly out and struck out the next batter to keep the Pios in the lead. 
 
In the bottom of the inning, Davis and Bass reached on a single and a hit by pitch with one out. Heron made Whitman pay with a three-run homer over the left-field fence. The Pioneers added a fourth run when Ghammachi doubled with two down and Joaquin Sandoval followed with an RBI single. 
 
GAME TWO RECAP 
 
The Pioneers used a strong start and an electric finish in the nightcap, to avoid what could have been a disappointing loss. 
 
The Pios led 2-0 after five, only for Whitman to score nine of the next 11 runs to make it 9-4 heading into the final frame. Each of the first five batters reached in the ninth. Ghammachi walked and John Delaney singled and both runners moved up 90 feet on a wild pitch. Jacob Serafini plated the first run of the inning with an RBI single. After a walk to Savant loaded the bases, Thomson worked a bases-loaded walk to cut the deficit to 9-6.
 
Whitman went to the pen at the point and brought on closer Rylan Burigsay. He struck out the first batter he faced, before Bass singled in front of the right-fielder to make it 9-7. Heron followed with a three-run double into right-center field, with Bass running across home plate as the relay throw came home. 
 
Heron finished the contest 3-4, with a run scored, four RBI, a double and a walk. Serafini added two hits, one run and three RBI and Thomson tacked on three hits (3-4), three runs, one RBI and a walk. 
 
Sophomore Kyle Wilsie looked like he was going to be the game three hero. He went 5.1 innings and allowed four hits, three walks and two runs, while striking out five. The game-three starter opened the game by throwing five scoreless frames, before Whitman scored four runs in the sixth. Senior Tyler Shimabukuro earned the win, after allowing one run over the final 2.2 innings.
 
Lewis & Clark opened the scoring in the third. Thomson led off with a single, took second on a passed ball and scored on a Heron sac fly. 
 
The Pios added a single run in the fifth. Thomson opened the inning with another single and raced home on a Dylan Mooregroundout. 
 
Whitman used a pair of home runs (solo and 3-run shot) to grab a 4-2 lead in the sixth and then scored four more in the seventh to grab an 8-2 lead. 
 
Lewis & Clark came back with two of their own in the bottom of the inning. Heron and Moore led off the inning with singles and were both in scoring position with two down. Serafini ripped a single to left to score both runners. 
 
The Blues added a single insurance run in the ninth to put a little more pressure on the Pioneers, but it wouldn't be enough to hold off the Lewis & Clark rally. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Sunday's walk-off win was the Pioneers first since April 11, 2021, when Moore was hit by a pitch to cap off a five-run bottom of the seventh inning in a 6-5 NWC win over George Fox University. 
• For the second-straight season, Lewis & Clark lost the opening game in Walla Walla, before coming back to win the NWC series over Whitman (2-1). 
• Thomson went 5-9 with four runs, two RBI, one walk, one hit by pitch and two stolen bases on Sunday. He is now hitting .567 (17-30) with 18 runs and 12 RBI in NWC play. 
• Wuelfing improved to a team-best 3-0 on the season. The senior has three wins in five appearances and now has three career wins. 
• With the two wins, the Pioneers are all alone in fourth place in the Northwest Conference (5-4). 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
The Pioneers are scheduled to host the University of Puget Sound on Wednesday at Noon and 3 p.m. in a rescheduled doubleheader. The contests would be the Pioneers first home games this spring.