Dons Even Series, Defeat Lions on Friday Night

Friday, April 3

Los Angeles, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

16-12, 7-1

LMU

9-24, 1-7

San Francisco

LMU (CA)

Kai Yovanovich walking to the dugout vs. CBU

Photo by: Christina Leung

4/3/2026 10:28:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Highlighted by a career-high eight strikeouts from Gauge Lockhart, the University of San Francisco baseball team (16-12, 7-1) evened the series with a narrow 6-4 victory at LMU (9-24, 1-7) Friday evening at Page Stadium.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

LMU took advantage early and jumped ahead in the bottom of the first inning, scoring twice to take a 2-0 lead.
Trevor Harmon responded for San Francisco in the top half of the second inning, with a lead-off solo home run over the left-field wall to trim the deficit to 2-1.
Adding a pair of tallies in the fourth frame, the green and gold gained its first lead of the game at 3-2. Myle Kallinger scored the tying run on a fielding error by the second baseman, and TJ Rogers later drove in Eddison Esquivel with a two-out RBI single for the go-ahead score.
The Dons totaled two more runs in the following inning, when Jared Lewis launched a two-run home run to right field, plating Jackson Nystrom, to give the team a 5-2 advantage.
The Lions climbed back into the contest with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, trimming the Dons' lead to one, 5-4.
An insurance run came across for the green and gold as Kallinger scored from third on a Jayden Garrison fielder's choice to push the lead to 6-4.
San Francisco held LMU scoreless in the final four frames to secure the series-tying victory.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

In addition to his career-best eight strikeouts, the most the right-handed graduate student has recorded at the Division I and II levels, Lockhart threw 4.1 innings, giving up four runs, three earned, on three hits, and walking two.
Hunter Holzemer earned his fourth victory of the season on the mound, pitching 1.2 frames and allowing one hit and one walk.
Lewis recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season, as he went two-for-three at the plate, with a home run, two RBI, a walk, and a run scored.
Harmon also found success with the long ball, recording his sixth-career home run, his first of the season, while going two-for-five at the plate.
Quentin Pohorski recorded his fourth save as he finished the final two frames and totaled four strikeouts.
San Francisco pitchers limited LMU to just one-for-eight (.125) with runners in scoring position and combined for 12 strikeouts, tied for the second most by the program in a game this season.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco concludes its first conference road series at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Apr. 4, when it takes on LMU in the series finale at Page Stadium.

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