LOS ANGELES – Redshirt senior JT Waldon crushed his team-leading fourth home run of the season as the Pacific baseball program's efforts fell to LMU by a 13-3 margin in seven innings on Saturday afternoon at Page Stadium.

Waldon's two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning gave the Tigers (12-20, 1-7 WCC) some life offensively, but the Lions (16-14, 4-4 WCC) held on and added on to even up the series.

Senior DJ Scott collected an extra-base knock and scored a run for the Tigers on a sacrifice fly by graduate student Kordell Brown.

Senior Adan Perez made the start for Pacific on the mound, pitching 5.0 innings and striking out two LMU batters. Perez worked out of a based loaded jam in the bottom of the first, limiting the damage to one of his four earned runs on the day.

The Lions were up 5-1 before Waldon put a charge into the ball to cut Pacific's deficit to two. Down 6-3, the Tigers loaded the bases up in the top of the seventh inning but could not find a two-out hit in a key spot in the contest. LMU proceeded to score seven runs in the seventh inning to take the game in run-rule fashion.

Pacific and LMU will complete the series with the rubber match tomorrow afternoon with a first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. PDT.

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