DAVIS, Calif. – Saint Mary's evened up the season series with UC Davis with a convincing 14-2 win over the Aggies on Tuesday.
 
The Gaels piled on the Aggies in the ninth for the lopsided score, but led the entire way to get the season split. Ryan Wiltse threw four, no-hit innings for SMC to get the win and their offense would score in six different innings, including seven runs in the ninth.
 
Nathan Chong starting the scoring again for Saint Mary's with a two-run single into left that plated Coleman Schmidt and Christian Almanza for an early 2-0 lead.
 
A sac fly from Schmidt in the third inning scored Bill Ralston to add another run to the Gaels lead at 3-0. A two-run double got the Aggies on the board in the bottom of the inning, but freshman Jason Reitz stopped the rally there and the Gaels still led by one heading into the fourth.
 
That 3-2 score was as close as UC Davis would get to the Gaels. Schmidt smacked a solo home run to left (10) to put Saint Mary's back up by two at 4-2 in the fifth inning.
 
Two runs scored on an infield single by Gavin Napier in the sixth as Blake McDonald came in from third and Jared Mettam scored all the way from second when the freshman shortstop never stopped running with two outs on the long throw by the Aggies shortstop to first to make it 6-2.
 
Saint Mary's kept tacking with one more run via an RBI single to center from Seth Nager to score Jared Mettam in the eighth and it was 7-2 Gaels.
 
Then SMC blew the game wide open in the ninth. A triple from Almanza in front of a diving attempt by the center fielder scored Ralston all the way from first. Schmidt doubled in Almanza, and Chong singled in Schmidt to put the Gaels up 10-2.
 
A solid single from Napier into right center scored Dalton Mashore and Mettam to make it 13-2, and a dropped ball at first on what could have been a double play scored Adam Enyart to round out the 14-2 final.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
The Gaels are now 8-0 when they hold their opponent to two runs or less, 5-1 when they score 10 or more runs, and 9-5 when they score in the first inning. SMC racked up a season-high 16 hits, topping their previous high of 15 in a win at BYU.
 
Mettam extended his hit streak to seven games and his on-base streak to 15 games, while Ralston extended his on-base streak to 12 games.
 
UP NEXT
Saint Mary's will host first-place LMU from April 21-23 at Louis Guisto Field.