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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (27-17-1, 13-8 WCC) | SAN DIEGO TOREROS (25-18, 14-7 WCC) PAGE STADIUM | MAY 1-3, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 27-17-1 | WCC: 13-8 | H: 17-11 | A: 10-6-1 | 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 * W, 4-0 Sat. Portland * W, 7-1 Sun. Portland * L, 3-2 Tue. #6 UC Santa Barbara T, 6-6 (13) 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 127 entering the weekend ... has had 5 of its last 8 games decided by 1 run (does not include tie at #6 UCSB) ... hitting .297 with 2 out (83 2-out RBI) ... had 9 2-out RBI in series at Portland ... has had 26 of its 45 games this year decided by 3 runs or less (does not include tie at #6 UCSB) after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... LMU’s last 4 losses have come by 2 runs or less ... is 8-6 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 8 quality starts in the last 24 games, but has collected 3 in the last 6 ... LMU starters are 4-0 with a 1.79 ERA over the last 7 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 21 home runs over the last 32 games ... has been hit by 74 pitches and has drawn 152 walks through 45 games this year ... 74 hit-by-pitches rank 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 ... 18-2 when leading after 6 innings and 23-1 when leading after 7 ... 26-5-1 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has posted a 1.50 ERA with 13 strikeouts over 10 relief appearances and 18 innings in WCC play ... is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA over his last 10 appearances (14 IP | 10 H | 10 K) ... has appeared in 7 of LMU’s last 11 games ... ◊ 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) and are second in the nation (Eddie Muhl | George Washington), while his 13 career saves rank tied for fourth at LMU ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS has recorded 11 multi-hit games and 7 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 37 of LMU’s 45 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) ... is batting .346 with 3 homers, 9 doubles, 14 runs scored and 9 RBI in WCC play ... has posted 15 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER listed on the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List which will eventually name the top shortstop in the nation ... has collected 15 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .337 with 10 runs scored, 8 doubles, a triple, a homer and 11 RBI in WCC play ... 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) ... has hit safely in 61 of his last 73, and 64 of the last 77 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 32 of his last 34 games, 57 of his last 60 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 69 of the last 73 ... has posted 8 2-out RBI ... ◊ JIMMY JACK has batted .455 with 4 RBI over his last 4 games played ... has recorded 8 RBI over his last 9 games played ... ◊ 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 is batting .326 with 5 doubles, two homers, 15 runs scored and 12 RBI in WCC play ... hitting .359 with 9 runs scored and 5 RBI over the last 10 games ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... has reached in 52 of his last 59 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 18 multi-hit games ... has managed 12 2-out RBI ... has drawn 34 career hit-by-pitches to place tied for 7th in LMU history ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 7 earned runs over 36.1 IP (WCC-high 27 APP) with 38 strikeouts this year ... is 1-1 with a 2.20 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 13 appearances and 16.1 innings in WCC play ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 8-for-24 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS has batted .400 over his last 6 games played ... 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 8 2-out RBI ... ◊ COLIN WELMON has pitched to a 3-0 record and a 0.36 ERA over his 3 career starts against USD (1 ER | 25 IP | 18 H | BB | 18 K) ... tossed his 4th career complete game shutout (7th career CG) on 4/24 at Portland (9.0 IP | 6 H | 2 BB | 8 K | 112 Pitches) ... earned WCC Pitcher of the Week for the effort (4th of career) ... ◊ 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 32 of his 43 games played this year ... has posted 9 multi-hit games ... has amassed 8 2-out RBI ...
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY, 6 PM RHP Colin Welmon 4-5, 2.69 ERA RHP David Hill 7-3, 1.72 ERA
SATURDAY, 6 PM RHP Trevor Megill 3-3, 4.59 ERA LHP PJ Conlon 5-3, 2.25 ERA
SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Sean Watkins 4-0, 1.50 ERA RHP Drew Jacobs 3-2, 3.48 ERA
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