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MALIBU, Calif. -- The Pepperdine baseball team closed its series with the Saint Mary's Gaels with a 6-3 victory on Sunday. The Waves scored six runs on six hits and got solid pitching across the board to take the conference series 2-1.

Ryan Wilson (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad HS) tossed 6.1 strong innings, and relievers Jordan Qsar (El Cajon, Calif./Valhalla HS) and Max Gamboa (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais HS) closed the door by holding Saint Mary's scoreless over the final two frames. It is the fourth straight series win for the Waves who move to 22-19, 12-6 WCC. Pepperdine sits in a tie for second place in the WCC standings after having won 10 of its last 12 conference games.

Pepperdine jumped on top with three runs in the first, scoring twice on a throwing error and then getting an RBI double from Brandon Caruso (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola HS). The Waves would go up 5-0 before Saint Mary's got on the board, thanks to an RBI single in the third from Hutton Moyer (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS) and a run-scoring double from Chris Fornaci (Walnut Creek, Calif./De La Salle HS) in the fourth.

Fornaci finished the day 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. Aaron Barnett (Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley HS) was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a walk.

Wilson held the Gaels hitless through the first four innings until Nate Nolan broke up the no-hitter with a solo-home run in the fifth. Saint Mary's tacked on a second run in the inning thanks to an RBI single from Zach Kirtley. A second Gaels runner tried to score on the play, but Mitchell Gallagher (Anna Maria, Fla./IMG Academy) threw him out from left field to end the inning and save a run.

Both teams scored in the seventh and the three-run margin would hold for the Waves. The victory moves Wilson's record to 7-1 on the year after the freshman lefty allowed four hits and three runs in the start. Wilson struck out seven batters in the game.

Qsar came in with two runners on and one out in the seventh, and got a groundout and popup to end the threat. After Qsar again stranded a runner in the eighth, Gamboa worked a perfect ninth for his second save of the year. He struck out two batters and got a grounder to short to end it for the Waves.

Saint Mary's went through six pitchers on the day after the Waves chased starter Anthony Gonsolin with two outs in the first. The Gaels fall to 21-18, 7-11 WCC.

Pepperdine hits the road on Tuesday for a matchup with No. 9 UC Santa Barbara before a 10-day break in the schedule for the Waves. Fans can listen to Tuesday's non-conference contest live on WaveCasts.