SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Gauge Lockhart delivered six strong innings and the San Francisco Dons scored four runs between the fourth and fifth frames to beat the Pacific Tigers 5-3 on Saturday evening at Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field.

Lockhart allowed three hits and one earned run with four strikeouts over six innings to earn the win, improving San Francisco’s record to 19-20 overall. The Tigers fell to 16-23.

The game remained scoreless through three innings. Lockhart retired the first 10 batters he faced before Jake Tandy singled with two outs in the fourth. Grant MacArthur followed with a single, but Braeden Schn struck out to end the threat.

San Francisco broke through in the bottom of the third. Ramppen singled, moved to second on a walk to Garrison and scored on a single by Jared Lewis. The Dons tied it in the fourth when Tyler Harries doubled to left field, driving in Nystrom and Esquivel to make it 3-3.

The pivotal moment came in the fifth. Kallinger tripled to lead off and scored on a single by Lewis, giving the Dons a 4-3 lead. After a wild pitch moved Lewis to second, Nystrom singled and Harmon singled to left center, scoring Lewis to push the advantage to 5-3. Pacific’s Adan Perez took the loss, allowing five earned runs on zero hits over 4 1/3 innings with two strikeouts.

Pacific mounted a comeback in the seventh. MacArthur homered to right field to cut the deficit to 5-4. After Braeden Schn doubled, Rylan Evans tripled to right field to drive in Schn and tie the game at 5. But Lockhart had already exited, and reliever Holzemer stranded Evans at third.

The Tigers took the lead in the eighth. Derek Bartram, pinch-hitting for Blaine French, homered to left field to put Pacific ahead 6-5. Kai Yovanovich then struck out two in relief for San Francisco, and Nick Bacura closed the ninth with a perfect inning and a strikeout.

In the bottom of the eighth, San Francisco loaded the bases with a walk to Garrison before Kallinger grounded into a double play to end the inning. The Dons turned three double plays in the game.

For Pacific, Nathen Nino pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing no hits. MacArthur finished 2 for 4 with a home run and an RBI, and Bartram went 1 for 1 with a homer. Rylan Evans was 1 for 4 with an RBI.

For San Francisco, Lewis went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and Harries was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Lockhart’s outing marked his second consecutive strong start after a win at Portland on April 18.

The teams meet again Sunday in the series finale. Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Pacific 4, San Francisco 3, while Interstat’s ELO system gave San Francisco a 65.20 percent probability to win.