LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Santa Clara baseball snapped Loyola Marymount's eight-game winning streak on Friday night with a 10-3 win at Page Stadium. Sophomore third baseman John Cresto went 2-for-5 at the plate with a double, a home run and four runs driven in while right-handed pitchers Brandon Buckley and Eric Lex combined to allow zero earned runs.
Santa Clara (7-22, 3-4 WCC) jumped out to a 4-0 lead over Loyola Marymount (19-11, 7-3 WCC) after one inning and never looked back. Buckley made his first-career start on the mound and threw 3.