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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (16-12) | GRAND CANYON LOPES (15-13) BRAZELL STADIUM | MARCH 31, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 16-12 | WCC: 6-3 | H: 11-8 | A: 5-4 | N: 0-0
Date Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 3 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 14 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 28 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 12 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 21 May 22 May 23
Day Opponent Time/Result Fri. San Jose State W, 5-2 Sat. San Jose State W, 3-1 Sun. San Jose State W, 16-4 Tue. San Diego State L, 7-6 Fri. Saint Joseph’s L, 2-1 Sat. Saint Joseph’s (GM 1) W, 7-3 Sat. Saint Joseph’s (GM 2) W, 10-0 Tue. UC Riverside W, 5-2 Fri. Nebraska W, 4-1 Sat. Nebraska L, 8-1 Sun. Nebraska L, 5-1 Tue. Long Beach State W, 7-6 Fri. #20 Arkansas L, 2-1 Sat. #20 Arkansas L, 13-7 Sun. #20 Arkansas W, 9-0 Tue. #1 TCU L, 6-2 Fri. Santa Clara * L, 6-1 Sat. Santa Clara * W, 6-5 (10) Sun. Santa Clara * W, 5-2 Tue. San Diego State L, 2-1 Fri. Pepperdine * W, 6-4 Sat. Pepperdine * L, 7-2 Sun. Pepperdine * W, 14-5 Tue. #13 UC Santa Barbara L, 18-4 Wed. Hawaii W, 9-3 Fri. Gonzaga * W, 6-5 (10) Sat. Gonzaga * L, 8-2 Sun. Gonzaga * W, 4-2 Tue. Grand Canyon 6:30 p.m. Thu. Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. Fri. Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Saint Mary’s * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. Thu. BYU * 6:00 p.m. Fri. BYU * 6:00 p.m. Sat. BYU * 2:00 p.m. Tue. UNLV 6:00 p.m. Fri. Pacific * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Pacific * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Pacific * 1:00 p.m. Tue. Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Portland * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Portland * 1:00 p.m. Sun. Portland * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. Fri. San Diego * 6:00 p.m. Sat. San Diego * 6:00 p.m. Sun. San Diego * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. Fri. San Francisco * 3:00 p.m. Sat. San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. Sun. San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. Thu. WCC Championship Tournament TBA Fri. WCC Championship Tournament TBA Sat. WCC Championship Tournament TBA
BOLD – Home Game at Page Stadium | * - WCC Game
QUICK HITS
◊ LMU recorded its second walk-off victory of the year on Friday, drawing a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded in 10th ... recorded its first walk-off victory of the season on 3/14 vs. Santa Clara ... has gone 7 straight starts without a quality start ... allowed 18 runs and 20 hits to #13 UCSB on Tuesday, the most hits since allowing 25 at Santa Clara on 5/30/10 ... is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... won a weekend series at Pepperdine for first time since 2005 ... belted 4 home runs in a game on 3/8 at #20 Arkansas for the first time since 4/21/10 at UC Riverside ... has now collected 13 home runs over the last 15 games ... has been hit by 58 pitches and has drawn 95 walks through 28 games this year ... pitching staff registered 18 strikeouts in finale vs. Saint Joseph’s, the most since at least 1998 (previous: 17 - 2x; last vs. Portland on 5/17/03) ... is hitting .295 (13-for-44) in the pinch this year ... has had 14 of its 28 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... is 3-4 in 1-run games and 3-0 in 2-run games ... played only 1 non-conference weekend road series this year (did not play a non-conference weekend series on road last year) ... will not play a regular-season game against the Pac-12 Conference for first time since at least 1970 (has played USC at least once each year over span) ... reached 30 wins (32-24) for the third time in six years under Gill last year ... 32 wins were the most since recording 32 in 2004 (32-22-1) ... had four first team All-WCC selections last year (Miller, Fletcher, Welmon, Dahlson) - the most since 2000 (5) ... earned the WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year (Fletcher and Colton Plaia) en route to posting an LMU record .973 fielding percentage ... Fletcher and Miller earned first team Freshman All-American honors ... Fletcher was also tabbed 2nd team ABCA All-West Region ... earned WCC Freshman of the Year (Miller) for the first time since 2010 (Matt Lowenstein) ... won 8 of its final 9 home games last year, and has now won 19 of last 28 at home ... went 9-4 in weekend series last year ... is 11-0 when leading after 6 innings ... is 16-3 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... is hitting .291 with 2 out and has amassed 48 2-out RBI ... ◊ TED BOEKE carries a 4-game hit streak into Tuesday’s game ... is batting .381 (8-for-21) over the last 5 games ... hit his first career homer on 3/27 vs. Gonzaga ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD is 8-for-8 in save opportunities this year ... has not allowed an ER over 16.0 IP (13 APP) ... ◊ JOE CHRISTIAN is 6-for-13 (.462) when in the starting lineup ... is 2-for-6 in pinch-hitting opportunities ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS went 4-for-4 with 2 homers, 4 runs scored and 3 RBI at Pepperdine on 3/22 ... went 4-for-11 (.364) with 3 runs scored, 2 homers, a double and 5 RBI in series at #20 Arkansas ... has recorded 7 multi-hit games and 6 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 24 of LMU’s 28 games this year, including hitting safely in all but 10 ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS went 5-for-11 (.455) with 3 runs scored, a double, a homer and 5 RBI in the series at #20 Arkansas ... has posted 9 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER carries a 5-game hit streak into Tuesday’s game ... has posted multiple hits in 6 of his last 11 games overall, guiding him to 10 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .405 in WCC play ... went 4-for-6 with 2 runs scored, 2 RBI and the game-winning walk-off RBI-triple in the B10 to push LMU to a 6-5 victory over Santa Clara on 3/14 ... hitting .400 with 2 doubles and 4 runs scored over the last 5 games ... batting .385 with 6 runs scored, 4 doubles and 4 RBI over last 10 games ... belted his first career homer on 3/8 at #20 Arkansas ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... earned Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Defensive Player of the Year ... 2nd team All-West Region in 2014 (ABCA) ... had a 19-game hitting streak dating back to 2014 snapped on 2/20 vs. Saint Joseph’s (0-for-2 | 2 BB) ... posted multiple hits in 10 games (.413 (31-for-75) | 12 R | 7 RBI | 2 2B | 3B | 11 SB) over span ... has hit safely in 50 of his last 56, and 53 of the last 60 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 17 straight games, 42 of his last 43 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 54 of the last 56 ... ◊ TREVOR MEGILL was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals (3rd round) in the 2014 MLB Draft ... ◊ TYLOR MEGILL earned WCC Pitcher of the Week on 2/23 for his 5 shutout innings and 11 strikeouts against Saint Joseph’s on 2/21 ... ◊ AUSTIN MILLER went 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored, a double and an RBI at Pepperdine on 3/22 ... is batting .350 with 4 runs scored over the last 5 games and .350 with 2 doubles, a homer, 8 runs scored and 5 RBI over last 10 games ... is hitting .351 in WCC play ... went 3-for-5 with 3 runs scored, including the game-winner in B10, against Santa Clara on 3/14 ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... has reached in 36 of his last 42 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 10 multi-hit games ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 3 earned runs over 20.1 IP (16 APP) with 20 strikeouts this year ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 5-for-15 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS has not allowed an earned run and has punched out 23 over 10 appearances (2 starts) and 18.1 innings on the mound ... reached safely and batted .273 with 7 runs scored, 3 2B, a triple, 2 homers, 2 walks and 9 RBI over his first 9 games as a Lion (1-for-13 with 7 K over the next 5 games) ... ◊ COLIN WELMON is one of 50 players on USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list ... also listed on Senior CLASS candidate list ... favorite to win WCC Pitcher of the Year according to Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... listed as the 4th-best senior prospect according to Perfect Game ... was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates (34th round) in the 2014 MLB Draft ... has tossed 6.0+ innings in 38 of his 48 career starts ... has completed 5.0+ innings in all but two starts ... registered four complete games in 2014, including each of his final 3 starts, and 4 of his last 5 ... ◊ BILLY WILSON registered a walk-off hit-by-pitch in B10 against Gonzaga on 3/27 ... delivered a bases-clearing 3-RBI triple at Pepperdine on 3/22 to help LMU to a 10-run fifth inning ... has reached safely in 23 of 28 games this year ... has posted 7 multi-hit games ...
LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY
Game.................................................................................LMU Lions (16-13) at Grand Canyon Lopes (15-13) Date | Time.................................................................................................................. March 31, 2015 | 6:30 PM Starters...........................LHP Brenton Arriaga (1-2, 4.45 ERA) vs. RHP Cameron Brendel (3-3, 4.97 ERA) Location............................................................................................................Brazell Stadium | Phoenix, Ariz. Live Video/Audio/Stats................................................................................................................LMULions.com
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