LOS ANGELES – No. 25 BYU baseball hit a pair of big home runs to propel the Cougars to a 10-3 win against LMU on Saturday at Page Stadium.

"We had great energy as a team today," BYU head coach Mike Littlewood said. "We've had different guys step up all year and today it was Keaton Kringlen, Carson Matthews and Ryan Sepede. Blake Inouye came up huge today and all weekend for us as well."

BYU vs. LMU Box Score

Game Summary

• Keaton Kringlen hit his first triple and first home run of the season for three RBIs, a season high
• Carson Matthews hit a three-run home run over the Blue Monster, a 37-foot wall in left field
• BYU allowed just four hits, the Cougars’ sixth game allowing four or fewer this year

Player Highlights

• Keaton Kringlen: 2-5, 3B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
• Jackson Cluff: 2-4, 2B, BB, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
• Blake Inouye: W (1-1), 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

The scoring opened in the fourth inning for BYU (31-12, 15-6) in a big way as the Cougars put five runs on the board. Jackson Cluff singled, then came home on a triple by Keaton Kringlen. Ryan Sepede hit an RBI-single, Danny Gelalich singled, and then Carson Matthews cashed in, taking a 1-0 pitch up and over the 37-foot-high wall in left field, a three-run shot.

LMU (27-20, 14-10) responded with a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth, but BYU gained two back in the fifth. Kringlen again came through at the plate, this time hitting a two-run shot to left to push the lead to 7-3.

Starter Justin Sterner gave up just one hit for the Cougars, but it was worth three runs. Blake Inouye, Drew Zimmerman and Mitch McIntyre combined to allow just three hits the rest of the way. Inouye earned his first win of the year, collecting five strikeouts in just three innings.

BYU added a few insurance runs late in the game, including an infield single by Brock Hale that scored Gelalich. In the ninth inning, Noah Hill hit his first-career triple and Hale walked, setting up a two-RBI double by Cluff to round out the scoring.

BYU will next play a non-conference game at San Diego State, facing the Aztecs at 6 p.m. PT on BYU Radio and ESPN 960 AM.

PROVO, Utah - No. 25 BYU baseball will play a three-game series at LMU this weekend as the race for the West Coast Conference regular season title and a berth in the WCC Tournament heats up.

BYU vs. LMU Game Notes

First pitch for games one and two are set for 6 p.m. PT and game three at 1 p.m. PT. All three games will air live on TheW.tv, BYU Radio and ESPN 960.

The Cougars (29-11, 13-5) have nine games left in WCC play and are neck-and-neck with Gonzaga (24-17, 15-6) and LMU (26-18, 13-8) for the conference lead.

Senior Jordan Wood (4-1, 4.34 ERA), sophomore Easton Walker (6-0, 0.93) and sophomore Justin Sterner (8-3, 2.30) will make up the starting rotation this weekend. BYU's pitching staff continues to have one of the best seasons in program history, including ranking 15th in ERA nationally.

BYU’s 3.34 ERA, .245 opposing batting average, 3.90 runs allowed per game, 2.93 walks allowed per game and 7.88 strikeouts per game are all currently the best marks in program history since 1969. 

Players on the mound are also getting good help in the field - BYU's average of just under one double play a game is 27th in the nation and the Cougars have a sterling fielding percentage of .975.

Brock Hale (.415) and Mitch McIntyre (.406) are each batting above .400 in the Cougars' last 10 games, helping BYU to a .283 batting average as a team.

BYU entered the week ranked 25th in the nation by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the Cougars second week ranked this season.