PORTLAND, Ore. — The Pomona-Pitzer baseball team defeated Lewis & Clark 14-4 in seven innings Friday night in game one of the two teams' three-game series. 
 
Season Impact: The win puts the Sagehens at 18-7 on the season, including 9-3 in SCIAC play. 
 
Tanner DeGrazia led the team with four RBI on a go-ahead grand slam in the third inning. Jack Gold posted three RBI while Greg Pierantoni and James Quintero each had two. Max Brunngraber (6-0) earned his conference-leading sixth win from the mound after going 5.0 innings with five punch outs. 
 
The River Otters scored the game's first two runs in the bottom of the first before DeGrazia put the Sagehens ahead 4-2 with his grand slam in the third. Will Parker added a solo shot later in the frame before Peter Savas drilled an RBI single to give Pomona-Pitzer a 6-2 lead. Lewis & Clark then got two runs back in the fourth. 
 
Kai Gonzaga gave Pomona-Pitzer some insurance in the fifth with an RBI single before Pierantoni belted a two-run single to left field. Gold then notched a two-run double down the right field line as the Sagehens took an 11-4 lead through the top of the fifth. 
 
Quintero belted a two-run homer to right center in the sixth and Gold added an RBI sac fly in the frame, putting Pomona-Pitzer up 14-4. Eli Della Bitta and the Sagehen defense held strong in the bottom of the sixth and seventh innings to preserve the 14-4 run-rule victory. 
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will face the River Otters in a doubleheader tomorrow, Saturday, Apr. 4 with first pitch scheduled for 12:00 p.m. PT.