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2015 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (9-7, 0-0 WCC) | SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (7-8, 0-0 WCC) PAGE STADIUM | MARCH 13-15, 2015
2015 SCHEDULE
Overall: 9-7 | WCC: 0-0 | H: 6-4 | A: 3-3 | 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 * 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 ... 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 6 home runs over the last 3 games ... starting pitchers are 7-6 with a 3.23 ERA and 68 strikeouts over 83.2 innings this year ... has been hit by 38 pitches and has drawn 42 walks through 16 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 .370 (10-for-27) in the pinch this year ... has had 8 of its 16 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... 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 also earned first team Freshman All-American honors ... 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) ... won 8 of its final 9 home games last year, and has now won 14 of last 19 ... went 9-4 in weekend series last year ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has allowed just 1 earned run over his last 7.0 innings of relief (3 APP) ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD is 5-for-5 in save opportunities this year ... has not allowed an ER over 9.0 IP (7 APP) ... ◊ TANNER DONNELS has hit safely in 3 straight games ... homered in each of the final 2 games at #20 Arkansas ... is hitting .368 with 3 runs scored, 3 doubles, 2 homers and 6 RBI over the last 5 games ... has batted .361 with 10 RBI, 6 doubles and 2 homers over the last 10 games ... went 4-for-11 (.364) with 3 runs scored, 2 homers, a double and 5 RBI in series at #20 Arkansas ... had a critical two-RBI double in the 9th inning at LBSU on 3/3 as LMU held on for a 7-6 lead ... batted .500 (11-for-22) with 4 multi-hit games, 4 runs scored, 8 RBI, 4 doubles, 5 walks and 2 stolen bases over a 7-game hitting streak that ended on 2/21 ... has recorded 5 multi-hit games and 5 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 14 of LMU’s 16 games this year, including hitting safely in all but 3 ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS hit safely in all three games at Arkansas, going 5-for-11 (.455) with 3 runs scored, a double, a homer and 5 RBI to go along with 2 walks and a stolen base ... is batting .476 with 5 runs scored, a double, a homer, 5 RBI and 4 multi-hit games over a 5-game hitting streak ... hitting .394 and reaching at a .436 clip over the last 10 ... has posted team-high tying 6 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER belted his first career homer on 3/8 at #20 Arkansas ... 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 recorded 4 multi-hit games this year ... has hit safely in 39 of his last 44, and 42 of the last 48 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 30 of his last 31 games (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 42 of the last 44 ... ◊ 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 stole 3 bases and was hit by 2 pitches on 3/8 at #20 Arkansas ... managed a 3-for-5 day with a double, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI on 3/3 at LBSU ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... has reached in 25 of his last 30 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted team-high tying 6 multi-hit games ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 2 runs over 12 IP with 14 strikeouts this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS leads the team with 4 home runs ... has homered in 2 straight games ... has not allowed a run and has punched out 10 over 6 appearances and 6.2 innings on the mound ... 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 (1-for-13 with 7 K over the next 5 games) ... 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 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 35 of his 45 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 hit safely in each of his first 6 games as a Lion (.400 with 7 runs scored, 2 2B, a homer, 2 stolen bases and 3 RBI), and has reached safely in 14 of 16 this year ... has posted team-high tying 6 multi-hit games ... first career homer came on 2/17 at San Diego State ...
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY, 6 PM RHP Colin Welmon 2-2, 1.37 ERA RHP Jacob Steffens 2-2, 3.51 ERA
SATURDAY, 6 PM RHP Trevor Megill 1-2, 6.32 ERA RHP Steven Wilson 1-1, 4.74 ERA
SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Tylor Megill 3-1, 1.96 ERA LHP Kevin George 1-1, 2.95 ERA
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