LOS ANGELES — DJ Ghiorso drove in four runs and Noah Malone homered and scored twice as Loyola Marymount handed San Francisco a 10-7 defeat Saturday afternoon at Page Stadium, giving the Lions a series split in West Coast Conference play.

LMU (10-24, 2-7 WCC) wasted no time getting on the board. Ghiorso singled to lead off the bottom of the first, and after a throwing error on a failed pickoff attempt moved runners up, Zion Williams grounded out to score Ghiorso. Richie Klosek then added a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 after one.

The Lions kept rolling in the second. Jordan Ortiz doubled and scored on a Ghiorso sacrifice fly, pushing the lead to 3-0.

San Francisco (16-13, 7-2 WCC) pulled within one in the fourth on a TJ Rogers solo home run and a Jayden Garrison sacrifice fly, but LMU answered immediately. Andrew Mhoon doubled to set the table, and Ghiorso singled to left-center and reached second on a throwing error by the center fielder, driving in two to make it 5-2 heading into the fifth.

The fifth inning was a back-and-forth classic. San Francisco erupted for five runs to take a 7-5 lead, capped by a Zach Nagy two-run single. But LMU matched the Dons blow for blow in the bottom half. Klosek singled in a run, Cooper Whitton doubled home another, Ortiz added a sacrifice fly and Ghiorso doubled down the left-field line to score Whitton, knotting the game at 7. Then in the sixth, Malone put LMU ahead for good with a solo home run to right-center, his first of the season, making it 10-7.

Matt Moreno was magnificent in relief, retiring eight of the nine batters he faced over 2.1 scoreless innings to earn his second win of the season. Jacob Fried then came on in the ninth with the bases loaded and struck out two to nail down the first save of his career.

Malone finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Ghiorso went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a walk. Mhoon added two hits and scored a run.

Avery Laine started for LMU and allowed four earned runs over four innings before Alec Johnson was tagged for three runs in two-thirds of an inning. Thomas Gonzales took the loss for San Francisco, allowing four runs without retiring an out in the fifth.

The Lions will head on the road to face Seattle U next weekend.