Despite seeing their 6-run lead whittled down by the end, Oilers still held off for a 6-4 victory on Saturday. Loyola closed the gap by scoring on a ground out, a single, a single, and an error.

Oilers jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the first inning after Gavin Pluma singled, scoring two runs, Charlie Henderson singled, scoring one run, and Brayden Wood doubled, scoring two runs.

Oilers added one run in the second after Tommy August grounded out.

Evan Hesse earned the win for Oilers. The right-handed pitcher surrendered one hit and one run (zero earned) over two and two-thirds innings, striking out four and walking two. Steel Kurtz and Mason Tapia each appeared in relief for Oilers.

Oilers amassed nine hits in the game. Pluma and Owen Bone each collected two hits for Oilers. Pluma and Wood each drove in two runs for Oilers