SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga baseball got two home runs from Troy Johnston and 17 total hits from the offense in a 15-8 win over San Francisco on Friday night in Spokane, Wash.

Gonzaga (21-17, 13-6) got the offense going early and often, taking a 6-2 lead into a sixth inning where they added six more runs to break the game open against the Dons (24-18, 12-7). Johnston had four hits and five RBI to go along with his two homers, while Guthrie Morrison also had five hits, two RBI and two runs scored, and Daniel Fredrickson had three hits and three runs scored.

"Friday night with the top two teams in the league, we knew they might punch first, but I'm proud of the way the guys responded and swung the bats tonight," associate head coach Danny Evans said. "We strung together a bunch of good at-bats and really put the pressure on USF."

On the mound, Mason Wells got the win, going 5.1 innings and allowing three runs on four hits with five strikeouts and four walks. Nick Trogrlic-Iverson and Trent Schulte each threw a scoreless inning in the victory.

Johnston got his huge day started with a solo home run in the first, and Isaac Barrera added an RBI single in the second to tie the score at 2-2. After a scoreless third, GU got three in the fourth on an RBI triple from Fredrickson and a two-RBI single from Morrison for a 5-2 lead.

Then in the sixth, Johnston doubled two more home as part of a five-hit, six-run inning that was capped by a two-RBI single from Josh Bristyan.

GU's 12-3 lead turned into a 14-3 when Johnston hit his second homer of the day in the seventh inning and put the Zags comfortably ahead. USF mounted a rally with five runs in the eighth, but GU scored one more on an RBI fielder's choice off the bat of Slade Heggen for the final score.

The Zags and Dons will play the second of a three-game series on Saturday at 6 p.m. Links to live coverage will be available at GoZags.com.