Loyola Marymount scored five runs in the final two innings, backing Vince Cordova’s five-hit shutout Friday, as the Lions beat Portland 6-0 in the West Coast Conference baseball opener for both schools. LMU improved to 12-7 overall with the win, while Portland dropped to 3-12.

Cordova (3-0), took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Portland’s Trevor Hahn singled through the right side with one out to extend his hitting streak to eight straight games. Kory Casto followed with another single, but Hahn was cut down at third on the front end of a double steal, and Justin Pierce struck out.

Portland’s Andrew Renyer (2-3) was a hard-luck loser, allowing just two runs over 7+ innings, leaving in the eighth after LMU’s Jonathan Oller homered to lead off the frame. The only other run Renyer allowed came off Carl Stoeber’s sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to score Jonathan Higashi.

Renyer scattered eight hits over his seven innings, but got little offensive support from the Pilots.

Leading 2-0 in the ninth, the Lions tacked on four more runs with five hits and a pair of Pilot errors. Chris Pettit doubled in a run, Higashi hit a two-run single, and Joe Frazee slapped an RBI single.

Sean Smith led LMU with three hits, while Pettit, Higashi and James Cooper each added two hits.

The two teams continue the WCC series with a Saturday, March 15 game at 1 p.m.