LOS ANGELES — In a back-and-forth affair at Dedeaux Field Wednesday that lasted more than four hours, San Diego baseball was unable to take down No. 25 USC, falling 7-6 in 10 innings. 

Hayden Cody, who got out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth with no outs, keeping the game tied at six, couldn't find the same success in the 10th as the Trojans scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly. 

Third baseman Cade Martinez saved a couple of runs in the sixth inning. With two outs, Martinez dove toward the line and fired a bullet to first baseman CJ Moran to strand a couple of runs in scoring position.

That play helped push San Diego (7-9, 0-0 WCC) to a three-run seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead, highlighted by an RBI single from Connor Meidroth that scored Moran. Gabe Springer then dashed home on a wild pitch before Aden Howard and Andrew Gauna walked and Gage Mestas drew a bases-loaded walk to plate Meidroth. 
  
Three of San Diego's six runs came on wild pitches from the Trojans (17-0, 3-0 Big Ten), who had four of them on the evening. 

Moran scored on a ball that got away from the Trojans' catcher to cut USD's deficit back to one, 4-3 in the fifth, before Springer plated the second run for the Toreros Wednesday on a wild pitch in the fourth for San Diego's first lead of the game. 

Earlier in the frame and after USC scored the game's first run in the third inning, USD immediately punched back as Jayden Lobliner launched an opposite-field solo home run for his fifth of the season. 

Porter Rovin, who came out of relief in the second game of the doubleheader Saturday at California got the midweek start for head coach Brock Ungricht. The sophomore southpaw went three innings and allowed one run on three hits while striking out three. 

Rovin got out of some trouble in the first, stranding a couple of Trojans at the corners, before retiring the side in order in the second inning. In his third and final frame, Rovin allowed a double and single to begin the inning before giving up an RBI groundout. He then picked off a runner at second base and got a groundout to end the inning. 

Nate DeSchryver and Jagger Edwards entered in relief of Rovin. DeSchryver worked the fourth inning and Edwards took the fifth and sixth frames. 

Logan Piper allowed a run in the seventh and got the first out of the eighth before Cody completed the inning.  

NOTABLE 

• Wednesday night marked San Diego's first first trip to the new Dedeaux Field, which completed a complete renovation in time for the 2026 season
• The Toreros' loss on Wednesday snapped a four-game winning streak over the Trojans, a stretch that dated back to 201 and included back-to-back wins in 2024. 
• The USD offense worked a season-best 11 walks on Wednesday.
• Rovin, who recorded his second start of the season and first since at UC San Diego (February 24), tied a season-high with three innings pitched. 
• Andrew Gauna, who attended nearby San Diego Mesa College and Patrick Henry High School, went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a hit by pitch. The graduate transfer registered his second multi-hit performance and first since posting three hits at San Diego State (February 22) 
• Lobliner, who hit six home runs all season last year, launched his fifth blast of 2026 to the opposite field. The 2025 All-WCC Second Team selection is now tied for second in the conference in home runs. 
• Springer, who went 1-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and a base on balls, registered his team-leading 13th hit by pitch. The graduate transfer entered Wednesday tied for fifth in NCAA Div. I in hit by pitches. 

UP NEXT 
San Diego returns home to face No. 18 Oregon State for a three-game series at Fowler Park in the final non-conference series before West Coast Conference play begins the following weekend. The Toreros and Beavers get the series started Friday at 6 p.m. before a 5 p.m. start on Saturday and a 1 p.m. first pitch on Sunday. All three games between USD and OSU will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Braden Suprenant and Mike Gosling on the call.