SPOKANE, Wash. — The Gonzaga offense picked up right where it left off last night's game, racking up 20 hits, including four homers, in a 14-3 rout of San Francisco on Saturday night in Spokane, Wash.

All four of Gonzaga's homers were of the two-run variety, with Troy Johnston hitting two, Mason Marenco hitting the first homer of his career and Nick Nyquist hitting his team-leading ninth of the year. The GU (22-17, 14-6) onslaught started with six runs in the first inning after opening the game with five straight hits against the Dons (24-19, 12-8).

"We did a good job against both of their starters, and that's the key," head coach Mark Machtolf said. "We really put them behind the eight-ball with that six-spot in the first inning. Our guys are starting to learn that every inning is important in a three-game series, and we gave ourselves the opportunity to save some of our pitching by continuing to put up runs."

On the mound, Mac Lardner was effective, going 8.0 innings and allowing seven hits and three runs with eight strikeouts and two walks. Daniel Naughton finished a perfect final inning with two strikeouts.

Johnston's two-homer, five-RBI day was his second in a row. He had three hits in the game and scored three times. Brett Harris had four hits with two doubles, two runs and an RBI, and both Guthrie Morrison and Marenco each had three hits. Marenco totaled four RBI with a run scored.

In the first inning, GU posted six hits and scored six runs, getting a RBI doubles from Johnston and Harris, and a two-RBI single from Marenco.

After a scoreless second and third, the string of two-run homers started with Johnston's first of the day in the fourth. Marenco hit one in the fifth, and then Johnston and Nyquist capped the scoring with one each in the sixth.

Gonzaga and San Francisco will wrap up the series on Sunday at Noon in Spokane, Wash. Links to live coverage will be available at GoZags.com.