MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – Whitworth's Hunter Dryden tossed over six innings of one-run baseball to lead the visiting Pirates to a 2-1 win over Linfield in the finale of a Northwest Conference series at Roy Helser Field on Sunday.

Whitworth improved to 6-11 overall and 3-3 in the NWC while Linfield fell to 7-9 overall and 4-5 NWC.

The Pirates were first to jump on the board with one run in the second inning. Tim Gee led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a pass ball. Cameron Ley's fly ball to right field was enough to advance Gee to third before Ty Komoda singled home Gee for a 1-0 lead.

Linfield responded by tying the game 1-1 in the third inning when Branden Pasion hit a sacrifice fly to right field allowing Braden Woods to score from third base. The Pirates doubled up Danny Kahn trying to advance to second on the play to end the inning.

Ley regained the lead for the Bucs' in the fourth inning when he singled to left field scoring Aidan Morrison from third base. Neither team scored again.

Dryden (4-1), Whitworth's most consistent pitcher this season, earned his eleventh win of his career. Dryden scattered eight hits and fanned six Wildcats through 6.1 innings. Aidan Smith earned his first career save by throwing the final 2.2 innings, allowing only two hits.

Linfield worked through seven different pitchers in the final game of the series. Wyatt Hurley started for the Wildcats going just two innings allowing one run and one hit. The loss went to reliever Grant Knox (1-1), who gave up one run on three hits in 1.2 innings.

The Bucs' recorded just four hits in the game from four separate Pirates.

Whitworth will return home to host defending NWC champion Pacific University next weekend at Paul Merkel Field.