MORAGA, Calif. — After their first two matchups saw the baseball flying all over Brother Ronald Gallagher Stadium, game three, and today game four between the Saint Mary's Gaels (18-11) and Grand Canyon Lopes (16-15) featured low scoring pitching duels, with the Gaels taking the finale 4-3 with a walk-off winner to clinch a series victory 3-1 over the Lopes.
Shawn McBroom earned his first collegiate start, after tossing a combined five shutout innings between his first two career bullpen outings. The true freshman was lights out again on the hill, retiring the first eight batters he faced, in order, and taking a no-hit bid into the fifth.