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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (13-10) | #13 UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS (16-6) PAGE STADIUM | MARCH 24, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 13-10 | WCC: 4-2 | H: 8-6 | 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 6:00 p.m. Wed. Hawaii 6:00 p.m. Fri. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Gonzaga * 1:00 p.m. 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
QUICK HITS
◊ LMU 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 last weekend ... recorded its first walk-off victory of the season on 3/14 vs. Santa Clara ... 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 11 home runs over the last 10 games ... has been hit by 54 pitches and has drawn 72 walks through 23 games this year ... walked 17 times in a three-game series with Pepperdine and 22 times in four games last week ... 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 .343 (12-for-35) in the pinch this year ... has had 12 of its 23 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... is 2-4 in 1-run games and 2-0 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 16 of last 23 at home ... went 9-4 in weekend series last year ... is 9-0 when leading after 6 innings ... is 13-2 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... is hitting .295 with 2 out and has amassed 40 2-out RBI ... ◊ TED BOEKE has reached in 9 straight games ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD is 7-for-7 in save opportunities this year ... has not allowed an ER over 13.0 IP (10 APP) ... ◊ JOE CHRISTIAN is 6-for-13 (.462) when in the starting lineup ... is 2-for-4 in pinch-hitting opportunities ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS went 4-for-4 with 2 homers, 4 runs scored and 3 RBI at Pepperdine on 3/22 ... has hit 5 home runs in his last 10 games ... went 4-for-11 (.364) with 3 runs scored, 2 homers, a double and 5 RBI in series at #20 Arkansas ... batted .500 (11-for-22) with 4 multi-hit games, 4 runs scored, 8 RBI, 4 doubles, 5 walks and 2 stolen bases over a 7-game hitting streak that ended on 2/21 ... has recorded 6 multi-hit games and 6 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 19 of LMU’s 23 games this year, including hitting safely in all but 7 ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS went 5-for-11 (.455) with 3 runs scored, a double, a homer and 5 RBI in the series at #20 Arkansas ... is batting .302 with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles, 2 homers and 6 RBI over last 10 games ... has posted 8 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER has posted multiple hits in 4 of his last 6 games overall, guiding him to 8 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .458 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 ... has hit .368 and reached at a .520 clip over last 5 games ... batting .390 with 7 runs scored, 3 doubles, a triple, a homer 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 45 of his last 51, and 48 of the last 55 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 12 straight games, 37 of his last 38 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 49 of the last 51 ... ◊ 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 ... has batted .361 with 9 runs scored over the last 6 games after batting .143 over previous 5 ... is hitting .375 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 31 of his last 37 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 8 multi-hit games ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 3 earned runs over 15.1 IP (13 APP) with 16 strikeouts this year ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 5-for-11 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS has not allowed an earned run and has punched out 16 over 8 appearances and 10.1 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 ... 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 37 of his 47 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 delivered a bases-clearing 3-RBI triple at Pepperdine on 3/22 to help LMU to a 10-run fifth inning ... hit safely in each of his first 6 games as a Lion (.400 with 7 runs scored, 2 2B, a homer, 2 stolen bases and 3 RBI), and has reached safely in 19 of 23 this year ... has posted 7 multi-hit games ...
LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY
Game..............................................................LMU Lions (13-10) vs. #13 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (16-6) Date | Time.................................................................................................................. March 24, 2015 | 6:00 PM Starters.......................................... RHP Cory Abbott (0-0, 2.75 ERA) vs. RHP Connor Baits (0-0, 5.68 ERA) Location...................................................................................................... Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. Live Video/Audio/Stats................................................................................................................LMULions.com
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