The Loyola Marymount University Lions baseball team (3-7, 0-0 WCC) was in a tight battle all day against the UC Davis Aggies and found their Friday game suspended due to darkness after 13 innings knotted at two apiece.
 
The Lions and Aggies resumed their game in the top of the 14^thinning and that's when the marathon began. LMU got a two-out double from Alex Lambeau in the 14^thbut couldn't bring him home. The Lions kept the game alive after Kenny Oyama threw out an Aggie runner trying to score from second with a beautiful throw to Cooper Uhl to preserve the 2-2 tie. 
 
Both teams settled into a groove all the way through the 19^thinning, then the Lions broke through in the visiting half of the 22^nd. Cole Roberts scored the go-ahead run on an error by the Aggies center fielder for a one run edge. With the Lions up a run UCD tied the game in the bottom of the 22^ndon a sacrifice fly knotting the game at 3-3. 
 
The Lions didn't threaten in the 23^rdor 24^thwhich allowed UCD an opportunity to win the game in the home half of the 24^th. The Aggies loaded the bases on the Lions and with one out hit a shot to center field, brining in the run and ending the game 4-3. 
 
Beginning the series for LMU with his third start of the season was righty Josh Agnew (1-1) and the senior was solid on the bump. He gave head coach Nathan Choate his best outing of the young season. He produced seven innings of six hit baseball to go along with five strikeouts and no walks against 27 UCD batters. 
 
Agnew didn't factor in the decision but picking up right where he left off was Kyle Mora and the redshirt senior was strong against the Aggies. Mora was in command in his three innings, giving up a hit and striking out two of the 11 batters he faced. 
 
The Lions got on the board right from the onset by bringing in a pair of runs in the visiting half of the first. LMU put runners on the corners after Cole Roberts was moved over to third off the Trevin Esquerra single. Dylan Dennis sent a shot to the Aggies shortstop but his errant throw allowed both Lions runners to come home, giving LMUa two run lead.
 
LMU had their lead cut in half as the Aggies brought in a run in the home half of the first on a sacrifice fly. With the Lions up by one they loaded the bases in the top of the fourth but a strikeout and groundout ended the threat. 
 
The Aggies tied the game at two in the bottom of the fifth off a solo homerun. Both teams went quietly in the sixth but LMU put a pair of runners in scoring position in the seventh but couldn't bring them home after a pair of groundouts ended the inning. 
 
Both the Lions and Aggies went quietly from the eighth through the tenth but in the bottom of the 11^thLMU was able to get out of a jam after UCD loaded the bases. With the bases loaded the Lions got a pair of punchouts to end the threat and move the game to the 12^th. 
 
In the top of the 13^thLMU had runners on first and second but a pop up and a groundout ended the rally. The Lions retired the Aggies in the bottom of the 13^thand then the game was suspended due to darkness.
 
The Lions and Aggies resume their series tomorrow morning with the first game of the doubleheader starting at 11:00 a.m.
 
Game Notes:
The Lions set a school record for at bats in a game with 79.
Trevin Esquerra set the school record with 11 at bats.
The 6 hrs., 30 min. game time between LMU and UCD was the longest game time in school history and second longest NCAA Division I baseball game. The record is 7 hrs., 3 min set when Texas played Boston College on May 30, 2009.
Lions set the school record for longest extra inning game at 24. The NCAA record for extra innings is 25 set on May 30, 2009 when Texas played Boston College.