SAN DIEGO – The Lions fell to San Diego 5-3 on Friday afternoon in a West Coast Conference matchup at Fowler Park in San Diego. 

 

The Toreros took the lead in the third inning on a pair of homers. They added another in the fourth on a third solo homerun. 

 

The Lions got on the board in the sixth inning to cut into the deficit.  

 

Sam Biller and Brendan bobo used a pair of walks to reach before Christian Dicochea notched the first hit of the day with a single into left field. After a pitching change, Devan Ornelas lined an RBI single into center field to get the Lions onto the scoreboard. Grant Weiss was hit by a pitch a batter later to force in Bobo from third. Connor Blough brought LMU one run closer with a groundout to second base.  

 

After a leadoff double and a sacrifice bunt, the Toreros were in line to score again. Benny Casillas fielded a grounder just to his right on the fringe of the infield grass and fired home to save a run and keep the Lions within two heading into the ninth.  

 

Lions went down in order in the ninth for the final tally. 

 

Two games remain against USD, Saturday, April 6 at 5:05 p.m. (PT) and Sunday, April 7 at 1:05 p.m. (PT).