SAN DIEGO — San Diego baseball (31-11, 17-7 WCC) dropped a tough 6-2 decision on Saturday night, concluding its 2021 home schedule with a loss to West Coast Conference foe Portland (24-26, 14-13 WCC) at Fowler Park.

The Toreros again fell behind early, allowing five unearned runs in the game's first two frames as the Pilots staked out an 6-0 lead. USD answered back with two runs of its own in the bottom of the fourth when sophomore Cody Jefferis scored on a wild pitch and sophomore Caleb Ricketts reached on an error to plate junior Shane McGuire, but it would get no further.

Ivran Romero turned in the Toreros' longest outing of the evening on the mound, throwing 4.2 innings of one-run ball while allowing just one earned run on four hits with nine strikeouts. True freshman Cole Colleran followed him with an impressive 1-2-3 frame in the seventh before graduate student Kieran Shaw tossed a pair of scoreless, one-hit innings to end the game.

San Diego's final home record stands at 22-5, the most home wins in a single season since Fowler Park opened in 2013. USD won six series at home (Fullerton, UC Riverside, Pacific, San Francisco, Pepperdine, and Portland) in 2021, and executed three sweeps (UC Riverside, Pacific, and Pepperdine).

The Toreros return to action next Thursday, May 27 with the first game of a crucial WCC series against Gonzaga that will conclude their regular-season schedule. First pitch in Spokane is set for 6 p.m.