SAN DIEGO — San Diego baseball (29-10, 15-6 WCC) stormed back for four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday afternoon, taking down conference foe BYU (19-24, 11-10 WCC) in walk-off fashion at Fowler Park to earn a 13-12 win.

The Toreros entered the game's final frame trailing by three runs, but sophomore Caleb Ricketts began the inning with a sharp double down the right field line. True freshman Jack Costello sent a single to center field a batter later, and for the second time in as many days USD was threatening with a late-game rally.

After freshman Michael Dixon II pinch ran for Costello at first, junior outfielder Tora Otsuka beat out a ground ball past the pitcher's mound for an infield hit, passing the metaphorical baton to freshman Chase Meidroth. Meidroth — who had launched his first college home run in the bottom of the ninth on Friday night — kept the line moving by reaching on a fielder's choice after hitting a ground ball to BYU first baseman Cooper Vest.

With the bases loaded and additional pinch runners Paul Kunst (graduate student) and Angelo Peraza (true freshman) running for Otsuka and Meidroth, pinch hitter Max Jung-Goldberg (sophomore) walked after working a full count, plating Dixon II to bring the Toreros to within one. Up next was sophomore Cody Jefferis, who continued his dynamic day at the plate by tying the game with a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Kunst to knot the game at 12 runs apiece.

Junior catcher Shane McGuire then strode to the plate and delivered the game's decisive blow, lifting an RBI sacrifice fly to right field that brought home Peraza to complete the four-run comeback and secure the 13-12 walk-off win for San Diego.

"It's Fowler Magic," USD head coach Rich Hill said with a laugh after the game, echoing his sentiment from the Toreros' two previous walk-off thrillers in 2021. "That's what happens. We just don't lose in the (Torero) Blue uniforms. When we're at home we feel like there's no clock and we're gonna get it done."

Every San Diego player who recorded a hit on the day notched at least two, while a pair of Toreros — graduate student Thomas Luevano and Ricketts — put up three-hit performances. Luevano was 3-for-5 with his 10th home run of the season (tied for the WCC lead), an RBI (his WCC-leading 56th), and a run scored, while Ricketts went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and a run batted in.

Jefferis, redshirt freshman Camden Vasquez, McGuire, and Costello all had multiple RBIs in Saturday's win as well.

"I thought it was awesome," Hill said of his team's offensive production as a whole, which resulted in 27 runs scored across all three games with BYU. "We took great at-bats again, kept putting the pressure on these guys."

Freshman Brycen Mautz (Westview High School) was the highlight of Saturday's game on the mound for USD, turning in the Toreros' lone scoreless outing in the contest with two run-free frames with a hit allowed and a strikeout in the eighth and ninth.

"I think he's the hero of the game," the 23rd-year head coach said of Mautz. "That's just a great performance from somebody who's been through some adversity…he's touching 93 (MPH) after pitching last night, too. It's great to see that from Brycen."

USD is scheduled to have next weekend off and will return to action with more WCC play from May 20 to May 22 versus Portland. First pitch on Thursday, May 20 is set for 6 p.m. at Fowler Park.