PORTLAND, Ore. - In a pair of career firsts, Holden Bernhardt picked up his first Bronco win and Connor Henriques smacked his first career home run to lead Santa Clara baseball to an 8-3 win over Portland to even the West Coast Conference series on Saturday.
Santa Clara (10-30, 3-14 West Coast Conference) homered three times – solo shots by Jake MacNichols and Andre Nnebe and a two-run blast by Henriques – to help the Broncos power past the Portland (22-21, 4-16 WCC). The Bronco trio collected two hits each along with Jason Dicochea as part of an 11-hit attack by the Bronco bats.