JT Phelan sent a solo home run over the left field fence in the top of the 11th for the game deciding run over Linfield on day one of the 2017 Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament.
Whitworth is headed to the NWC tournament at Linfield College with a chance to earn the conference's bid to the NCAA Division III tournament on the line.
Whitworth will play an important Northwest Conference baseball series this weekend at Linfield College. The Pirates are back in the hunt for a spot in the NWC tournament.
Whitworth rallied to win the opener in the 11th inning, but was limited to just one run in the nightcap of a Northwest Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday at Puget Sound.
Whitworth split a baseball doubleheader at Whitman on Wednesday after Jordan McGowan and Garrett Hughes each hit a grand slam in a 12-7 victory in the second game.
Bella Hoyos for the third consecutive week, Matthew Nelson, Jacob Hubbard, and Sarah Cool were all recognized as Northwest Conference Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 13-19.
Visiting Whitworth swept a baseball doubleheader at George Fox on Saturday, ending a five-game losing streak thanks to a pair of home runs by Jordan McGowan.
Locati Takes Bible, Bat Abroad
June 23, 2017Spencer Locati is spending the summer of 2017 playing baseball with Athletes in Action in Central America.
