PORTLAND – The Pacific Lutheran baseball team split a pair of nonconference games Saturday at the Concordia Tournament, defeating Oregon Tech 3-2 in the early game and closing out the day with a 3-0 loss to tournament host Concordia.

Pacific Lutheran goes to 4-2 overall this season and wraps up the tournament Sunday with an 11 a.m. first pitch against Corban at Concordia's Porter Park.

Chris Bishop started the first game, allowing two earned runs on six hits with seven strikeouts against Oregon Tech before leaving after 83 pitches with the Lutes and Owls tied 2-2. Jake Otness came in to throw the final three innings, striking out four while allowing only one hit to earn the win.

PLU scored its first run in the top of the second inning, as Lee Larson hit a one-out triple to left and came in to score on a groundout by Bo Pearson. Oregon Tech tied it up with a run in the bottom of the frame before PLU took advantage of an OIT error to reclaim the lead in the fifth. Matt Vick walked to open the inning, and after Tanner Bogart pinch ran for Vick a wild pitch advanced Bogart to second. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Casey Dawes and came in to score on a throwing error on the play.

OIT responded with another run in the second, as a pair of PLU wild pitches aided the Owls in moving the tying run around the bases before he came in to score on an infield groundout. The Lutes picked up the eventual game-winner in the top of the eighth. Ben Welch opened the inning with a single, and Drew Oord reached on a fielder's choice. Jacob Clements singled to right to put runners on the corners, and Landon Packard drove Oord in from third on a single to right center.

PLU totaled eight hits in the game, although no Lute picked up more than one in the contest. Welch and Packard each added a hit in the Lutes' second game to give the duo two hits apiece for the day.

The nightcap saw Kyle Rossman throw seven innings without allowing an earned run, but he took the loss as Concordia drove in three unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth. Rossman struck out six while allowing only two hits and a walk on 99 pitches. Ty Donahou threw the final frame for the Lutes, striking out two. Quinn Eldridge earned the win for Concordia, allowing only two hits in seven shutout innings. Austin Hadley threw the final two innings to pick up the save.

Concordia scored all three of its runs in the fourth inning. Konner Reddick reached on a throwing error to open the inning and stole second. After a strikeout, a double to right brought Reddick home with the eventual game-winning run. Following another strikeout, the Lutes' second error of the inning allowed a second unearned run to score. A third error for PLU and a passed ball allowed the Cavaliers' third run of the inning to score.

PLU will take on Corban twice over the next two days, as the Lutes will face the Warriors in Portland Sunday before heading to Salem for a 12 p.m. Monday matchup.