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2015 GAME NOTES
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#1 USD (32-20) | #2 PEPPERDINE (27-26) | #3 BYU (28-23) | #4 LMU (31-20-1) WCC CHAMPIONSHIP | BANNER ISLAND BALLPARK | MAY 21-23, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 31-20-1 | WCC: 16-11 | H: 17-14 | A: 14-6-1 | 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 * W, 3-2 Sat. San Francisco * W, 4-0 Sun. San Francisco * W, 12-7 (10) Thu. San Diego ! 3:00 PM Fri. WCC Championship Tournament TBA Sat. WCC Championship Tournament TBA
BOLD – Home Game at Page Stadium | * - WCC | ! - WCC Championship
QUICK HITS
◊ LMU earned a sweep at USF last week to qualify for the WCC Championship Tournament ... enters the WCC Tournament as the #4 seed ... was picked to win the WCC Championship according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... has reached 30 wins for the fourth time in seven years under head coach Jason Gill ... 32 wins last year were the most since recording 32 in 2004 (32-22-1) ... earned seven All-WCC selections this year, including David Fletcher who earned first team honors ... last earned a WCC Championship and NCAA berth in 2000 ... prior to last year’s WCC Championship Game vs. Pepperdine, last played for the WCC Title in 2009 (lost to Gonzaga) ... has had 7 of its last 15 games decided by 1 run (does not include tie at #6 UCSB) ... hitting .284 with 2 out (84 2-out RBI) ... has had 30 of its 52 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 9-7 in 1-run games and 5-4 in 2-run games ... has managed only 12 quality starts in the last 31 games, but has 7 in the last 13 ... 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) ... 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 30 homers this year, including 26 over the last 39 games ... has been hit by 84 pitches and has drawn 175 walks through 52 games this year ... entered Tuesday ranked sixth 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) ... did 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) ... 21-3 when leading after 6 innings and 26-2 when leading after 7 ... 30-7-1 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT posted a 1.12 ERA with 16 strikeouts over 14 relief appearances and 24 innings in WCC play ... is 1-0 with a 0.86 ERA over his last 15 appearances (21 IP | 15 H | 14 K) ... has appeared in 12 of LMU’s last 16 games ... ◊ TED BOEKE has collected 2 homers over his last 10 games ... hit .314 with 14 runs scored and 3 homers against WCC foes ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD earned honorable mention All-WCC ... listed on the NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List ... is 14-for-17 in save opportunities this year ... did not allow an ER over first 20.2 innings this year ... 14 saves are an LMU singleseason record (previous: 13 | Darryl Scott, 1988) and are eighth in the nation, while his 14 career saves rank fourth at LMU ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS has recorded 14 multi-hit games and 9 multi-RBI performances this year ... is hitting .381 over the last 5 games ... has reached in 44 of LMU’s 52 games this year ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS earned second team All-WCC ... batted .327 with 4 homers, 10 doubles, 19 runs scored and 12 RBI in WCC play ... has posted 17 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER earned first team All-WCC ... 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 17 multi-hit games this year ... hit .310 with 14 runs scored, 9 doubles, a triple, a homer and 12 RBI in WCC play ... was 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 65 of his last 80, and 68 of the last 84 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 37 of his last 41 games, 62 of his last 67 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 74 of the last 80 ... has posted 8 2-out RBI ... named 2015 LMU Male Athlete of the Year ... ◊ TREVOR MEGILL earned honorable mention All-WCC ... garnered WCC Pitcher of the Week on 5/18 for his six shutout innings at San Francisco on 5/16 ... ◊ 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 earned second team All-WCC ... had an 8-game hitting streak snapped on Saturday at USF (.394 (13-for33) | 4 R | 2B | 3B | 4 RBI | 3 SB | 4 Multi-Hit Games) ... batted .333 with 5 doubles, a triple, two homers, 19 runs scored and 14 RBI in WCC play ... batting .450 over the last 5 games and .390 over the last 10 ... was a preseason All-WCC selection ... Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... has reached in 58 of his last 66 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 21 multi-hit games ... has managed 14 2-out RBI ... has drawn 37 career hit-by-pitches to place 6th in LMU history ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has appeared in a WCC-high 30 games with 40 strikeouts this year ... ◊ JAMEY SMART is 9-for-26 (.346) with 7 RBI and 2 doubles in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS earned honorable mention All-WCC and a spot on the All-Freshman team ... has amassed 4 RBI over his last 5 games ... belted a 3-run homer on 5/16 to help LMU to a 4-0 shutout victory at USF ... 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 9 2-out RBI ... named 2015 LMU Male Freshman Athlete of the Year ... ◊ COLIN WELMON earned second team All-WCC ... 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 broke a 7-7 tie in the T10th with what proved to be a game-winning 2-RBI double at USF in the series final that sent LMU to the WCC Championship Tournament ... 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 38 of his 50 games played this year ... has posted 11 multi-hit games ... has amassed 8 2-out RBI ...
WCC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
THURSDAY G1 | 3 PM | LMU vs. USD $ G2 | 7 PM | PEP vs. BYU $
FRIDAY G3 | Noon | G1L vs. G2L $ G4 | 3:30 PM | G1W vs. G2W $ G5 | 7:30 PM | G3W vs. G4L $
SATURDAY CHMP | 7 PM | G4W vs. G5W ! $ - TheW.tv | ! - ESPNU
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