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LMU LIONS (20-13, 8-4 WCC) | BYU COUGARS (15-17, 6-6 WCC) PAGE STADIUM | APRIL 9-11, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 20-13 | WCC: 8-4 | H: 12-8 | 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 * 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 owns an RPI of 88 entering this week ... owns the best record through 33 games (20-13) since going 20-13 to start 2011 season (last time better than 20-13 was 2003 | 21-12) ... has managed only 2 quality starts in the last 12 games ... is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... has recorded a pair of walk-off victories this year (3/14 vs. Santa Clara | 3/27 vs. Gonzaga) ... notched its third shutout of the year on 3/31 at Grand Canyon (1-0) ... 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 17 home runs over the last 20 games ... has been hit by NCAA-best 64 pitches and has drawn 114 walks through 33 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 .264 (14-for-53) in the pinch this year ... has had 18 of its 33 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... is 5-4 in 1-run games and 4-1 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 ... 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 20 of last 29 at home ... is 14-1 when leading after 6 innings ... is 19-3 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... is hitting .292 with 2 out and has amassed 59 2-out RBI ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has posted a 2.25 ERA with 11 strikeouts over 5 relief appearances and 12 innings in WCC play ... ◊ TED BOEKE has reached in 9 straight games ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD is 11-for-11 in save opportunities this year ... has not allowed an ER over 20.0 IP (16 APP) ... 11 saves are tied for 2nd-most in single season at LMU, while his 11 career saves rank 6th ... ◊ JOE CHRISTIAN is 6-for-15 (.400) when in the starting lineup ... is 2-for-7 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 8 multi-hit games and 7 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 26 of LMU’s 33 games this year ... batting .379 (11-for-29) with runners in scoring position ... is 11-for-12 driving in runs from third with less than 2 out ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS has reached in 11 straight games, including hitting safely in 6 straight ... posted two homers, two doubles, three runs scored and three RBI in series at Saint Mary’s ... hit .538 (7-for-13) over the four games last week, collecting three runs scored, two doubles, a pair of homers and three RBI ... is batting .349 with 3 homers and 4 doubles in WCC play ... hitting .533 and slugging 1.067 over last 5 games ... .387 with 5 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 homers and 6 RBI over last 10 games ... has posted 11 multi-hit games ... is hitting .357 with the bases empty ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER has posted multiple hits in 8 of his last 16 games overall, guiding him to 12 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .367 with 7 runs scored, 4 doubles, a triple and 8 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 52 of his last 61, and 55 of the last 65 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 21 of his last 22 games, 46 of his last 48 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 58 of the last 61 ... is hitting .386 with runners on base this year ... reaching 44% of the time when he leads off an inning ... is 8-for-9 driving in runs from third with less than 2 out ... has posted 7 2-out RBI ... ◊ 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 reached in 11 straight games ... went 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored, a double and an RBI at Pepperdine on 3/22 ... is batting .373 with 5 doubles, a homer, 9 runs scored and 7 RBI in WCC play ... hitting .400 with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI over last 5 games ... owns a .375 batting average over last 10 games ... 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 41 of his last 47 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 12 multi-hit games ... batting .419 with 2-out this year, including posting 8 2-out RBI ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 4 earned runs over 26 IP (20 APP) with 26 strikeouts this year ... is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 8 strikeouts over 8 appearances and 10 innings in WCC play ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 6-for-19 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS did not allow an earned run over his first 19 collegiate innings of work ... is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA over 3 starts (13.1 IP | 12 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 ... ◊ 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 39 of his 49 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 ... owns the 3rd-best ERA in LMU history (2.91) and 2nd-best walks-per-nine (1.93) ... 25 career victories rank tied for 7th in LMU history ... ◊ 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 26 of 33 games this year ... has posted 8 multi-hit games ... has amassed 7 2-out RBI ...
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
THURSDAY, 6 PM RHP Colin Welmon 3-4, 3.16 ERA RHP Kolton Mahoney 3-3, 3.80 ERA
FRIDAY, 6 PM RHP Trevor Megill 2-2, 6.00 ERA RHP Brandon Kinser 3-2, 4.04 ERA
SATURDAY, 2 PM RHP Sean Watkins 2-0, 0.76 ERA TBA
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