San Diego walks off Loyola Marymount 9‑8 in 10
SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Jayden Lobliner’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the San Diego Toreros to a 9-8 victory over the Loyola Marymount Lions on Saturday evening at USD Sports Center.
The Lions jumped ahead on Zion Williams’ solo home run in the first and added a solo shot by Jake Lyall in the fifth. Zach Wadas tripled in a run in the eighth, and Loyola Marymount scored on a wild pitch in the ninth and again in the 10th. But San Diego rallied. Andrew Gauna doubled in two runs in the third. Gage Mestas tripled in a run in the fifth and later scored on Gauna’s groundout. Mestas singled in the tying run in the 10th before Lobliner’s game-winner.
Loyola Marymount had 13 hits to San Diego’s 11. Jake Geis, Avery Laine and Zachary DenDekker pitched for the Lions; Caleb Sebek took the mound for the Toreros. Loyola Marymount fell to 12-44, while San Diego improved to 20-29.