PORTLAND, Ore. — Gonzaga baseball continued its hot streak against Portland with its 10^th straight win over the Pilots, 4-2, on Friday night in Portland, Ore.

The Zags (15-14, 8-5) got a solid start from freshman lefty Mason Wells with 7.0 innings, allowing just two runs on four hits with four strikeouts, and Austin Pinorini came through with a two-RBI triple in the seventh to beat the Pilots (20-15, 2-11).

Wells gave way to closer Alek Jacob in the eighth and the GU right-hander was dominant, going 2.0 innings for his eighth save of the season. He allowed just two hits and struck out four.

On offense, GU put runners on base all night with 12 hits, but left 10 men aboard. It wasn't until Pinorini's clutch hit in the seventh that GU got a hit with a runner in scoring position. Ernie

Yake had homered three batters before Pinorini came up to tie the score at 2-2.

Nick Nyquist had three hits, and Johnston and Daniel Fredrickson each had two to pace the offense.

The squads traded first inning runs and then went scoreless through the next four innings with both starting pitchers settling in.

Portland got one in the bottom of the sixth, but the Zags came right back with three of their own in the seventh. After the first two got out, Yake came through with his solo homer over the left field fence to tie it at 2-2. Guthrie Morrison and Troy Johnston then both reached to bring Pinorini to the plate, and the senior came through with a triple and a two-run GU lead.

Gonzaga and Portland will play the second of a three-game series Saturday evening at 6 p.m. Links to live coverage will be available at GoZags.com.