LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Southern California erupted for four first-inning home runs and never looked back, blanking Nevada 8-0 on Thursday at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.

Adrian Lopez opened the scoring with a solo homer to left field, followed by Jack Basseer’s two-run blast that scored K. Takeuchi. Andrew Lamb added a solo shot to right center, giving the Trojans a 4-0 lead after one inning.

Isaac Cadena singled through the right side in the second inning to drive in another run. Walter Urbon crushed a two-run homer in the third inning, capping the scoring at 8-0. Southern California finished with nine hits.

Mason Edwards, Ben Cushnie, Rohan Kasanagottu and Henry Chabot combined on the shutout for the Trojans, who improved to 39-12. Nevada fell to 21-22 despite recording hits in the game.

The two teams meet again Friday in the second game of the series.