UCI leaves home with win

IRVINE -- UC Irvine’s baseball team closed out its first homestand of the season with a 6-4 win over Loyola Marymount on Tuesday night.

Brock Bardeen drove in two runs for the Anteaters (3-1), who open a three-game series Friday at Hawaii. Blair Erickson pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his second save of the year.

UCI took the lead for good in the sixth inning after Loyola Marymount (1-3) tied the score at 4-4.

Taylor Holiday led off with a single and Cody Cipriano was hit by a pitch one out later. Bardeen then tripled down the right field line to drive them in.

Chris Lopez, the fourth of six UCI pitchers, got the win.

Nonconference

UC Irvine 6,

Loyola Marymount 4

Score by Innings