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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (11-8) | SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (15-5) PAGE STADIUM | MARCH 17, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 11-8 | WCC: 2-1 | H: 8-5 | A: 3-3 | 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 6:00 p.m. Fri. Pepperdine * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Sun. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Tue. 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
BOLD – Home Game at Page Stadium | * - WCC Game
QUICK HITS
◊ LMU recorded its first walk-off victory of the season on Saturday ... is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... snapped a 9-game stretch without a quality start from a starting pitcher with Sunday’s effort from Tylor Megill (7 IP | 2 ER) ... bullpen tossed 13 innings without allowing an earned run over three games vs. Santa Clara to move to 3-1 with a 2.69 ERA this year ... 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 8 home runs over the last 6 games ... has been hit by 46 pitches and has drawn 50 walks through 19 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 .333 (10-for-30) in the pinch this year ... has had 10 of its 19 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... 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 also earned first team Freshman AllAmerican 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 22 ... went 9-4 in weekend series last year ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has allowed just 1 earned run over his last 12.0 innings of relief (4 APP) ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD is 6-for-6 in save opportunities this year ... has not allowed an ER over 11.0 IP (9 APP) ... ◊ JOE CHRISTIAN is 2-for-4 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year .. ◊ TANNER DONNELS homered in final 2 games at #20 Arkansas, and has hit 3 in his last 6 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-for22) 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 5 multi-hit games and 5 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 16 of LMU’s 19 games this year, including hitting safely in all but 5 ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS has reached safely in 11 straight games ... went 5-for-11 (.455) with 3 runs scored, a double, a homer and 5 RBI in the series at #20 Arkansas ... is batting .350 with 3 runs scored and 2 homers over the last 5 games ... has posted 6 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER 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 .476 with 5 runs scored and 4 RBI over last 5 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 recorded 6 multi-hit games this year ... has hit safely in 42 of his last 47, and 45 of the last 51 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in eight straight games, 33 of his last 34 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 45 of the last 47 ... ◊ 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 has batted .389 with 5 runs scored over the last 5 games after batting .143 over previous 5 ... 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 28 of his last 33 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted team-high 7 multi-hit games ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 2 earned runs over 14.1 IP with 15 strikeouts this year ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 4-for-9 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS leads the team with 4 home runs ... has not allowed an earned run and has punched out 13 over 7 appearances and 8.1 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 36 of his 46 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 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 15 of 19 this year ... has posted 6 multi-hit games ...
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Game.............................................................................. LMU Lions (11-8) vs. San Diego State Aztecs (15-5) Date | Time.............................................................................................................................March 17 | 6:00 pm Starters.................................LHP Brenton Arriaga (1-1, 4.82 ERA) vs. LHP Marcus Reyes (1-0, 4.56 ERA) Location...................................................................................................... Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. Live Stream/Audio.......................................................................................................................LMULions.com Live Stats.......................................................................................................................................LMULions.com
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