SAN DIEGO – Saint Mary's got a game-tying base hit in the top of the ninth on Friday night, but the USD got a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th to take game one of the three-game set 4-2.
SMC was down to their lasts strike in the top of the 9th when pinch hitter Nick Mistone drove in Trey Winget, who pinch ran for Christian Almanza, with a base hit to right. Mistone would be picked off at first base to end the top of the ninth, but the Gaels had tied the game at 2-2 on a night when runs were hard to come by for both teams.