2018 LMU Baseball Game Notes - WCC Championship

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2018 SCHEDULE

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LMU LIONS (24-28, 15-12 WCC) Thursday, May 24 - Saturday, May 26, 2018 | Banner Island Ballpark | Stockton, Calif. 2018 WCC CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

#1 - PEPPERDINE | #2 - GONZAGA | #3 - LMU | #4 - SAN FRANCISCO

LMU: Swept Saint Mary's to earn a spot in the WCC Championship Tournament ... had previously swept San Francisco on the road in the final series of 2015 to earn a spot in that WCC Championship Tournament ... has played for the WCC Championship four of the last five years (losses to Pepperdine in 2014 and 2015, loss to BYU in 2017) ... last earned an NCAA berth in 2000 ... has dropped six of the last 10, 10 of the last 17, and 16 of the last 27, but has won three straight ... won seven straight games from 3/9 - 3/20 ... seven-game win streak was longest since winning eight straight from 3/24/17 - 4/4/17 ... started the season 3-10 for the first time since 2010 ... 2010 squad then won its next five straight and 10 of next 11 ... LMU went 9-2 over next 11 this year ... is 47-for-67 in stolen bases, and started the year 11-for-11 ... had a string of eight of nine games decided by two runs or less from 2/18 - 3/3 (2-6 in those eight) ... is 6-7 in one-run games this season and 3-2 in extra-inning affairs ... played consecutive extra-inning affairs on 2/18 and 2/20 for the first time since playing 10 and 9 (scheduled for 7) at UCSB and at Texas on March 4 and March 11, 2012 ... last played consecutive 10+-inning extra-inning affairs on April 30 and May 1, 2011 at San Francisco ... was picked to finish fifth in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... was also picked fifth according to D1Baseball.com. LION TRACKS: LMU needed a sweep over Saint Mary's last weekend to earn a spot in the WCC Championship Tournament ... the Lions opened the series with a 7-0 victory behind a complete-game shutout from Codie Paiva - his second of the season ... the Lions then captured a 9-4 victory on Saturday before earning the sweep in walk-off fashion on Sunday when Ryan Ruley punched a single into left field to bring home Brandon Shearer in the bottom of the ninth to earn a 6-5 win ... Niko Pacheco collected multiple hits in each of the contests against Saint Mary's, finishing 9-for-12 (.750) with three runs scored, two doubles, two homers and five RBI in the series against the Gaels ... he opened the series with a 2-for-3 night on Friday before going 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI on Saturday ... in a must-win game for LMU on Senior Day Sunday, Pacheco posted a career-best 4-for-5 day that included a pair of solo home runs.

NICK FRASSO: Honorable Mention All-WCC and WCC All-Freshman selection ... made 11 appearances in WCC play, starting four games, and posted a 2-2 record with a 2.97 ERA ... allowed just one run at home this year over 31.1 innings (0.29 ERA), and has surrendered just two runs and 14 hits with 36 strikeouts over 20.2 innings out of the bullpen this year ... has struck out 30 hitters over his last 17.1 innings. NIKO PACHECO: Honorable Mention All-WCC ... batting .526 with three runs scored, two doubles, two homers and five RBI over the last five games, and is hitting .382 over the last 10 ... named Rawlings WCC Player of the Week on 5/21 after hitting .667 to guide LMU to a 3-1 week that included a sweep over Saint Mary's ... finished the week 10-for-15 with three runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and five RBI to post a .688 on-base percentage and a 1.200 slugging percentage ... collected his second multi-homer game of the year, launching a pair in a winner-take-all Sunday game against Saint Mary's to guide LMU into the WCC Championship Tournament ... in WCC play, Pacheco batted a team-leading .348 with nine runs scored, five doubles, four homers and 16 RBI to finish with a .594 slugging percentage ... leads the team in slugging percentage (.504), is second in average (.328), and third in on-base percentage (.375), RBI (23) and home runs (4). JAMEY SMART: First team All-WCC ... named a candidate for Senior CLASS Award ... has hit safely in 39 of 52 games this year with 13 multi-hit games ... seven RBI over the last five games ... had multiple hits in 7 games over 12-game hit streak from 3/9-3/29 ... batted .444 (24x54) with 3 R, 5 2B and 21 RBI over hit streak ... batted .571 (8x14) with a run scored, a double and five RBI in the sweep over Valpo ... named Rawlings WCC Player of the Week on 3/26 after batting .312 with two doubles and seven crucial RBI in helping LMU to a 3-1 week the previous week ... leads the team in RBI (44), and is second in hits (58) and doubles (10) ... batted .309 with 11 runs scored, seven doubles, four homers and 29 RBI in WCC play ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017.

nick sogard: Second team All-WCC ... has collected team-high 17 multi-hit games ... has hit safely in 36 of his 50 games played this year ... hitting .353 over the last five games and .361 with four RBI over the last 10 ... batted .692 (9x13) with three runs scored, a homer and two RBI while stealing a pair of bases over four games against Long Beach State and Pepperdine from 3/20 - 3/25 ... hit .455 (5x11) with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBI in the sweep of Valpo ... team leader in avNIKO DECOLATI: Has managed 15 multi-hit games and has hit safely in eight of erage (.339), on-base percentage (.455), hits (59) and walks (30), is second in stolen the last nine overall ... has homered in two of the last four games, and owns five RBI in bases (11), and is third in runs scored (30) ... hit safely in six straight from 3/16-3/25 the last five games ... leads the team in home runs (6), total bases (88) and runs scored (.500 (12x24), 6 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) ... batted .323 with 17 runs scored, three doubles (37), is second in slugging percentage (.447), doubles (10) and triples (3), and third in and seven RBI to go along with seven stolen bases in WCC play. steals (8) ... had a seven-game hit streak snapped on 5/19 (.321, 8 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI). THIS WEEK: LMU will open WCC Championship Tournament play on Thursday at 7 p.m. while playing as the #3 seed ... LMU will open against #2 Gonzaga ... top-seed Pepperdine and #4 San Francisco will play the early game on Thursday, kicking-off tournament play at 3 p.m. ... live stats and video links can be found at LMULions.com.

ALL: 24-28 | WCC: 15-12 | HM: 15-9 | RD: 9-17 | NEU: 0-2

Date Day Opponent

Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 20 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 27 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 6 Mar. 9 Mar. 11 Mar. 11 Mar. 13 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 20 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 27 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 3 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 10 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 20 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 24 Apr. 27 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 May. 8 May. 11 May. 12 May. 13 May. 15 May. 18 May. 19 May. 20 May. 24 May. 25 May. 26

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Time/Result

vs. Oregon ! L, 6-1 vs. Indiana State ! L, 8-2 at UNLV ! L, 11-10 (10) UC Irvine L, 6-5 (11) Oregon W, 4-2 Oregon L, 2-1 Oregon L, 9-7 (8) at USC L, 3-2 at Hawai’i W, 3-0 at Hawai’i W, 4-2 at Hawai’i L, 5-3 at Hawai’i L, 4-0 at #11 UCLA L, 12-1 Valparaiso W, 10-3 Valparaiso (1) W, 7-4 Valparaiso (2) W, 15-5 USC PSTPND (Fog) at BYU * W, 7-4 at BYU * W, 9-8 (12) at BYU * W, 9-4 Long Beach State W, 5-4 (10) Pepperdine * L, 6-2 Pepperdine * W, 5-3 Pepperdine * W, 4-3 at UC Irvine L, 10-2 at Pacific * W, 13-4 at Pacific * L, 3-2 at Pacific * L, 7-5 #20 UCLA L, 13-1 at San Diego * W, 4-3 at San Diego * L, 11-4 at San Diego * L, 18-6 at UC Santa Barbara L, 13-4 San Francisco * W, 6-3 San Francisco * W, 6-3 San Francisco * W, 4-3 (11) at Long Beach State L, 9-6 USC L, 6-1 Portland * L, 6-1 Portland * L, 2-1 Portland * W, 8-2 CSU Bakersfield W, 4-1 at Gonzaga * W, 5-2 at Gonzaga * L, 5-3 at Gonzaga * L, 11-1 at CSU Bakersfield W, 10-0 at Santa Clara * L, 4-3 at Santa Clara * L, 6-3 at Santa Clara * L, 5-2 Grand Canyon L, 11-5 Saint Mary’s * W, 7-0 Saint Mary’s * W, 9-4 Saint Mary’s * W, 6-5 Gonzaga (1) 7:00 p.m. WCC Championship Tournament (1) TBA WCC Championship Tournament (1) TBA

Home Games | ! - Marucci Desert Classic (Las Vegas) | * - WCC Game (1) - WCC Championship Tournament

2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

WCC %

Pepperdine Gonzaga LMU San Francisco Saint Mary's Santa Clara Portland San Diego BYU Pacific

17-10 .630 16-11 .593 15-12 .556 15-12 .556 14-13 .519 12-15 .444 12-15 .444 12-15 .444 11-16 .407 11-16 .407

GB

- 1 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 6

OVERALL % STRK

29-22 .569 29-22 .569 24-28 .462 28-28 .500 31-23 .574 26-26 .500 23-30 .434 23-32 .418 22-28 .440 22-29 .431

L1 L1 W3 W1 L3 W1 L1 L3 L2 W2

WCC PLAYER OF WEEK

WCC PITCHER OF WEEK

DATE PLAYER

DATE PLAYER

2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19 3/26 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7 5/14 5/21

2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19 3/26 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7 5/14 5/21

Jake Brodt (SCU) Tora Otsuka (USD) Brock Hale (BYU) Beau Brundage (POR) Jake Brodt (SCU) Jamey Smart (LMU) Riley Helland (USF) Kevin Collard (USD) Jackson Thoreson (SMC) Jordan Qsar (PEP) Jay Schuyler (USD) Jackson Thoreson (SMC) Nate Favero (BYU) Niko Pacheco (LMU)

Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU) Ken Waldichuk (SMC) Daniel Bies (GON) Chris Murphy (USD) Alek Jacob (GON) Riley Ornido (USF) Connor Knutson (POR) Daniel Bies (GON) Shelby Lackey (PAC) Kevin Milam (SMC) Chris Murphy (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU)

WCC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, MAY 24

Game 1: #1 Pepperdine vs. #4 San Francisco Game 2: #2 Gonzaga vs. #3 LMU

3:00 pm 7:00 pm

FRIDAY, MAY 25

Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4

12:00 pm 3:30 pm 7:30 pm

SATURDAY, MAY 26

Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs Winner Game 5 Game 7: Championship Game (if necessary)

3:00 pm 7:00 pm


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