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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (25-16, 11-7 WCC) | PORTLAND PILOTS (9-33, 4-14 WCC) PAGE STADIUM | APRIL 24-26, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 25-16 | WCC: 11-7 | H: 17-11 | A: 8-5 | 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 W, 1-0 Thu. Saint Mary’s * L, 3-1 Fri. Saint Mary’s * W, 12-6 Sat. Saint Mary’s * W, 4-2 Tue. UC Riverside W, 5-4 Thu. BYU * L, 5-3 (12) Fri. BYU * L, 4-2 Sat. BYU * W, 8-2 Tue. UNLV W, 8-7 Fri. Pacific * L, 4-3 Sat. Pacific * W, 5-4 Sun. Pacific * W, 3-2 Tue. Long Beach State W, 4-2 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 owns an RPI of 120 entering this weekend ... has had 4 of its last 5 games decided by 1 run ... has had 25 of its 41 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... is 8-5 in 1-run games and 5-3 in 2-run games ... dropped an extra-inning game on 4/9 against BYU for the first time this year ... has managed only 6 quality starts in the last 20 games ... is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... has recorded four walk-off victories this year (3/14 vs. Santa Clara | 3/27 vs. Gonzaga | 4/14 vs. UNLV | 3/18 vs. Pacific) ... 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 19 home runs over the last 28 games ... has been hit by 70 pitches and has drawn 145 walks through 41 games this year ... 70 hit-by-pitches ranks third in NCAA this 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) ... 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 ... 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 25 of last 37 at home ... 17-2 when leading after 6 innings and 22-1 when leading after 7 ... 24-5 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... hitting .296 with 2 out (72 2-out RBI) ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has posted a 1.59 ERA with 13 strikeouts over 9 relief appearances and 17 innings in WCC play ... is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA over his last 8 appearances (12.1 IP | 5 H | 9 K) ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD listed on the NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List ... blew his first save of the year on 4/9 and was eventually tagged with the loss (4.0 IP | 4 H | 4 ER | 3 BB | 4 K) ... is 13-for-14 in save opportunities this year ... did not allow an ER over first 20.2 innings this year ... 13 saves are tied for LMU single-season record (Darryl Scott, 1988), while his 13 career saves rank tied for fourth ... ◊ JOE CHRISTIAN is 6-for-15 (.400) when in the starting lineup ... is 2-for-7 in pinch-hitting opportunities ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored on 4/18 vs. Pacific ... batted .533 (8-for-15) over 4 games last week, collecting four runs scored, two doubles, two walks and two RBI (multiple hits in 3 of the 4 games) ... is batting .421 with 5 runs scored and 2 doubles over last 5 games ... 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 11 multi-hit games and 7 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 33 of LMU’s 41 games this year ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS had a 17-game reached base streak and a 12-game hit streak snapped on 4/19 vs. Pacific (.455 (20-for-44) | 9 R | 6 2B | 2 HR | 3 BB | 2 SB | 8 RBI | 5 Multi-Hit Games over 12-game hit streak) ... hit .538 (7-for-13) with four doubles, three runs scored and three RBI in the series against BYU… posted two homers, two doubles, three runs scored and three RBI in series at Saint Mary’s ... is batting .358 with 3 homers, 8 doubles, 12 runs scored and 9 RBI in WCC play ... .368 with 6 runs scored, 5 doubles, a homer and 7 RBI over last 10 games ... has posted 13 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER has collected 13 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .333 with 8 runs scored, 6 doubles, a triple and 10 RBI 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 ... 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 58 of his last 69, and 61 of the last 73 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 28 of his last 30 games, 53 of his last 56 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 65 of the last 69 ... has posted 7 2-out RBI ... ◊ 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 stole 3 bases against Pacific on 4/17 ... went 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored, a double and an RBI at Pepperdine on 3/22 ... is batting .342 with 5 doubles, two homers, 14 runs scored and 10 RBI in WCC play ... hitting .412 with 5 runs scored and a double over the last 5 games ... batting .342 with 10 runs scored, 2 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI over last 10 games ... went 3-for-5 with 3 runs scored, including the gamewinner 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 48 of his last 55 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 16 multi-hit games ... has managed 10 2-out RBI ... owns a .442 career on-base percentage, good for 10th in LMU history ... has drawn 34 career hit-by-pitches to place tied for 7th in LMU history ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 5 earned runs over 33 IP (WCC-high 25 APP) with 32 strikeouts this year ... is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 12 strikeouts over 12 appearances and 15 innings in WCC play ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 8-for-23 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS did not allow an earned run over his first 19 collegiate innings of work ... is 4-0 with a 1.73 ERA over 5 starts (26 IP | 18 K) ... 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 ... has amassed 7 2-out RBI ... ◊ 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 31 of his 40 games played this year ... has posted 9 multi-hit games ... has amassed 8 2-out RBI ...
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY, 3 PM RHP Colin Welmon 3-5, 3.06 ERA LHP Brandon Snyder 0-3, 6.23 ERA
SATURDAY, 1 PM RHP Trevor Megill 2-3, 5.49 ERA RHP Kurt Yinger 2-6, 5.20 ERA
SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Sean Watkins 4-0, 1.24 ERA TBA
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