LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount University took game one of the three-game set between the WCC foes 5-2. The teams will play at 6:00 p.m. again on Saturday with (2-0, 3.72) going against Matt McClure (2-2, 7.58) in game two.
The Gaels struck first – as they often have this season – on a solo home run by to centerfield, his third of the year. But that would be the Gaels last hit until the seventh when drove in for SMC's second run of the night.
The Gaels would threaten again in the eighth with two on with two outs, but a diving play by the LMU second baseman to his right took a base hit away from .