SPOKANE (Interstat) — Maddox Haley homered and drove in three runs as Gonzaga defeated Loyola Marymount 14-8 on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex.

The Bulldogs, who improved to 27-14 overall, used a balanced attack that produced 15 hits. The Lions fell to 12-33.

Gonzaga struck first in the bottom of the first inning. After an error allowed Bell to reach, Ryder Young singled and Maddox Haley doubled to drive in Bell. Hudson Shupe followed with a two-run single, giving Gonzaga a 3-0 lead.

Loyola Marymount answered in the top of the second. Moreno singled, stole second and scored on a double by Ortiz that also scored Wadas. Ortiz later scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 3.

The Bulldogs regained the lead in the third when Young scored on a sacrifice fly by Shupe. In the fourth, Young delivered the game’s biggest blow, a three-run homer to deep left field that scored Wrubleski and Sanchez, pushing Gonzaga ahead 7-3.

Loyola Marymount cut the deficit to 7-4 in the fifth on a solo home run by Jaxson Wall.

Gonzaga broke the game open in the sixth. Meffert doubled, Shupe was hit by a pitch and both scored on an error by Wall. Wrubleski added an RBI single, making it 10-4.

Haley powered the Bulldogs further ahead in the seventh with a two-run homer to left, scoring Young and stretching the lead to 12-4.

The Lions mounted a rally in the eighth. Wall singled, Williams singled and Malone loaded the bases. Wadas singled home Wall, and Richie Klosek cleared the bases with a three-run double, trimming Gonzaga’s lead to 12-8.

But Gonzaga answered in the bottom half. Schuerman doubled in a run, and Cabrera grounded out to drive in another, restoring the six-run margin at 14-8.

Haley finished 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Young was 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. Shupe drove in three runs on two hits, and Meffert added three hits. Klosek led Loyola Marymount with three hits and three RBIs, while Wall homered and had two hits.

Finbar O’Brien started for Gonzaga, allowing five hits and four earned runs over 5 2/3 innings while striking out five. Garrett Gores pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts.

Loyola Marymount’s Alec Johnson worked 1 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs on no hits.

The two teams had split the previous two meetings of the series, with Gonzaga winning 7-1 on Saturday and 4-3 on Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Gonzaga 7, Loyola Marymount 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Gonzaga with a 68.60 percent probability to win.