MORAGA, Calif. – It was the Gaels' turn to have a comeback in game three of the series with UIC, but the Flames would do the same an innning later and win 7-3 in 10 innings on Saturday afternoon.  
 
Saint Mary's fell behind in the third on a solo home run against freshman Jason Reitz, but it would be the only run he'd allow in his collegiate debut. He threw exactly 35 pitches in his first appearance, as the Gaels will use him as an opener early on while the six-foot-nine freshman builds himself back up after Tommy John Surgery.
 
Own Cuffe would relieve Reitz and have a good outing as well. He would allow a solo home run in the fifth, but the Gaels would answer in the seventh.
 
Bill Ralston singled through right side past a diving first baseman to drive in Dalton Mashore and move Gavin Napier over to third. That would be followed by Nathan Chong ripping a ball into left field that scored Napier and Ralston, putting SMC ahead 3-2 after seven innings.
 
The Flames would answer right back though in the top of the eighth on an RBI single to center to tie it at 3-3 for just the second run allowed by Cuffe in his five innings pitched.
 
The floodgates would open for the Flames in the 10th when they would hit a bases-clearing double and an RBI single off Preston Howey in his second inning of work to take a 7-3 lead. Blake McDonald would single to start the bottom of the 10th, but UIC ended the threat there to take game three.
 
UP NEXT:
The series finale with the flames is set for 10:00 a.m. Sunday at Louis Guisto Field.