MORAGA, Calif. – The LMU baseball team fell to Saint Mary's 14-5 on Sunday afternoon in Moraga, Calif.
 
The Lions took the first two of the series and remain in first place in the West Coast Conference heading into a matchup with UCLA on Tuesday.
 
The Gaels put up seven runs in the first two innings to stake themselves to a commanding lead, but still the belief remained in the Lion dugout that they would be victorious.
 
LMU cut into the lead in the fifth inning after Dylan Dennis and Devan Ornelas walked in back-to-back at bats. Cole Roberts laced the second pitch he saw from the new pitcher inside the third base bag to score both runners. He came around on a Khadim Diaw infield single up the middle.
 
The Gaels answered with three more in the bottom of the sixth, but the belief remained as the Lions scored two more in the top of the seventh.
 
Benny Casillas led off the inning with a walk before Diaw blasted a 2-1 pitch over the right center field wall for his sixth homerun of the season.
 
That would end up being all the scoring for the Lions however, and the Gaels would add one in the bottom of the seventh and two in the bottom of the eighth.
 
LMU returns home in a four-game homestand with UCLA visiting Page Stadium on Tuesday before San Diego visits for the weekend series.