2015 LMU Baseball Notes - SJU

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LMU LIONS (3-1) | SAINT JOSEPH’S (0-0) PAGE STADIUM | FEBRUARY 20-22, 2015

2015 SCHEDULE

Overall: 3-1 | WCC: 0-0 | H: 3-0 | A: 0-1 | N: 0-0

Date Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 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 6:00 p.m. Sat. Saint Joseph’s 6:00 p.m. Sun. Saint Joseph’s 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. Fri. Nebraska 6:00 p.m. Sat. Nebraska 6:00 p.m. Sun. Nebraska 12:00 p.m. Tue. Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Arkansas 1:05 p.m. Sat. Arkansas TBA Sun. Arkansas 11:05 a.m. Tue. TCU 6:00 p.m. Fri. Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Santa Clara * 1:00 p.m. Tue. San Diego State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Pepperdine * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Sun. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Santa Barbara 6:00 p.m. Wed. Hawaii 6:00 p.m. Fri. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Gonzaga * 1:00 p.m. Tue. Grand Canyon 6:30 p.m. Thu. Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. Fri. Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Saint Mary’s * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. 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 is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... starting pitchers are 3-0 with a .78 ERA over 23 innings this year ... has hit 3 home runs over the first 4 games this year - the most since hitting 4 over the first 4 games in 2010 ... is now 6-1 in Opening Weekend series under head coach Jason Gill (only loss against then-#7 UC Irvine in 2010) ... recorded first Opening Weekend sweep under Gill in ‘15 vs. San Jose State (previous for LMU: 2007 vs. Sac State) ... will play 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 also earned first team Freshman All-American honors, including becoming the first duo to be tabbed in the same year by Baseball America ... Fletcher was also tabbed 2nd team ABCA All-West Region ... earned WCC Freshman of the Year (Miller) for the first time since 2010 (Matt Lowenstein) ... is 29-31 against ranked-opponents under Gill ... won 8 of its final 9 home games last year, and has now won 11 of last 12 ... went 9-4 in weekend series last year ... had 35 of its 56 games decided by 3 runs or less last year ... is 7-7 in weekend series against ranked-opponents under Gill ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS is batting .500 (10-for-20) with 4 multi-hit games, 4 runs scored, 7 RBI, 3 doubles, 4 walks and 2 stolen bases over a 6-game hitting streak that dates back to 2014 ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER 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) ... owns a 19game hitting streak dating back to 2014, posting multiple hits in 10 (.413 (31-for-75) | 12 R | 7 RBI | 2 2B | 3B | 11 SB) ... has hit safely in 31 of his last 32, and 34 of the last 36 dating back to 2014 ... ◊ TREVOR MEGILL was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals (3rd round) in the 2014 MLB Draft ... ◊ AUSTIN MILLER is a preseason All-WCC selection ... earned Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... has reached base in 19 of his last 20 games dating back to 2014 ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS has batted .429 with 4 runs scored, 2 2B, a triple, a homer, 2 walks and 5 RBI over his first 4 games as a Lion ... first career homer came on 2/17 at San Diego State ... ◊ COLIN WELMON is one of 50 players on USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list ... favorite to win WCC Pitcher of the Year according to Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... is a preseason AllWCC 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 33 of his 42 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 ... ◊ BILLY WILSON has batted .471 with 6 runs scored, 2 2B, a homer, 2 stolen bases and 3 RBI over his first 4 games as a Lion ... first career homer came on 2/17 at San Diego State ...

SERIES HISTORY VS. SAINT JOSEPH’S

Overall | at LMU | at Saint Joseph’s | Neutral:................................................................... 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 LMU Record Last Five | Ten:..........................................................................................................First Meeting Last Meeting:...................................................................................................................................First Meeting Last LMU Win:.................................................................................................................................First Meeting First Meeting:...................................................................................................................................First Meeting Notable:............................................................................................................................................First Meeting

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

FRIDAY, 6 PM RHP Colin Welmon 1-0, 0.00 ERA RHP Tim Ponto 1-0, 5.20 ERA ‘12

SATURDAY, 6 PM RHP Trevor Megill 1-0, 1.50 ERA RHP Tyler Pallante 1-2, 3.57 ERA ‘14

SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Tylor Megill 1-0, 1.50 ERA RHP Pat Vanderslice 1-5, 6.29 ERA ‘14 (Temple)

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