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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (28-20-1, 13-11 WCC) | SAN FRANCISCO DONS (23-28, 15-9 WCC) BENEDETTI DIAMOND | MAY 15-17, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 28-20-1 | WCC: 13-11 | H: 17-14 | 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 * L, 6-3 Sat. San Diego * L, 1-0 Sun. San Diego * L, 7-5 (10) Tue. #22 UC Irvine W, 5-1 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 has had 6 of its last 12 games decided by 1 run (does not include tie at #6 UCSB) ... hitting .284 with 2 out (84 2-out RBI) ... had 9 2-out RBI in series victory at Portland, but 0 in a sweep at the hands of USD (batted .100 (3-for-30) with 2 out against Toreros) ... has had 29 of its 49 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 ... 6 of LMU’s last 7 losses have come by 2 runs or less ... is 8-7 in 1-run games and 5-4 in 2-run games ... has dropped a pair of extra-inning games this year (4/9 vs. BYU | 5/3 vs. USD) ... has managed only 10 quality starts in the last 28 games, but has 5 in the last 10 ... was 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 27 homers this year, including 23 over the last 36 games ... has been hit by 81 pitches and has drawn 163 walks through 49 games this year ... entered Wednesday ranked fifth in the NCAA in hit-by-pitches ... 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) ... 18-3 when leading after 6 innings and 23-2 when leading after 7 ... 27-7-1 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has posted a 1.35 ERA with 13 strikeouts over 11 relief appearances and 20 innings in WCC play ... is 1-0 with a 1.06 ERA over his last 12 appearances (17 IP | 11 H | 11 K) ... has appeared in 9 of LMU’s last 13 games ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD listed on the NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List ... is 13-for-15 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 seventh in the nation, while his 13 career saves rank tied for fourth at LMU ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS has recorded 13 multi-hit games and 8 multi-RBI performances this year ... is hitting .316 over the last 5 games ... has reached in 41 of LMU’s 49 games this year ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS is batting .323 with 3 homers, 10 doubles, 15 runs scored and 9 RBI in WCC play ... has posted 16 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER went hitless over 3 straight games from April 28 - May 2 (first time in career) ... listed on the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List which will eventually name the top shortstop in the nation ... has collected 16 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .320 with 12 runs scored, 9 doubles, a triple, a homer and 12 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 62 of his last 77, and 65 of the last 81 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 34 of his last 38 games, 59 of his last 64 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 71 of the last 77 ... has posted 8 2-out RBI ... named 2015 LMU Male Athlete of the Year ... ◊ JIMMY JACK has recorded 8 RBI over his last 10 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 carries a 7-game hitting streak into the weekend (.414 (12-for-29) | 3 R | 2B | 3B | 4 RBI | 3 SB | 4 Multi-Hit Games) ... is batting .333 with 5 doubles, a triple, two homers, 16 runs scored and 13 RBI in WCC play ... batting .450 over the last 5 games and .350 over the last 10 ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... has reached in 56 of his last 63 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 20 multi-hit games ... has managed 13 2-out RBI ... has drawn 36 career hit-by-pitches to place 6th in LMU history ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has appeared in a WCC-high 28 games with 38 strikeouts this year ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 8-for-25 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS hitting .364 over his last six 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 ... named 2015 LMU Male Freshman Athlete of the Year ... ◊ COLIN WELMON 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 posted a pair of triples in game one against USD on 5/1 ... 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 35 of his 47 games played this year ... has posted 10 multi-hit games ... has amassed 8 2-out RBI ...
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY, 3 PM RHP Colin Welmon 4-6, 2.90 ERA RHP Anthony Shew 7-4, 3.72 ERA
SATURDAY, 1 PM RHP Trevor Megill 3-4, 4.11 ERA LHP Christian Cecilio 5-3, 1.93 ERA
SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Sean Watkins 4-0, 1.50 ERA LHP Sam Granoff 3-2, 1.44 ERA
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