MORAGA, Calif. — Ken Waldichuk made his first start as a Gael Saturday, but the Saint Mary’s baseball team dropped the finale of a three-game series with Loyola Marymount 7-0 at Louis Guisto Field.
Waldichuk got shaken up early, as Jake Valdez entered after just over an inning to throw 3 2/3 frames of relief with three strikeouts while escaping a bases-loaded jam in the second inning. Ty Madrigal, who followed Valdez, asserted himself immediately with two of his four strikeouts in the sixth inning.
“I was pumped for Ken,” Madrigal said of his fellow pitcher.