2015 LMU Baseball Notes - Pacific

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2015 GAME NOTES

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LMU LIONS (22-15, 9-6 WCC) | PACIFIC TIGERS (8-27, 5-10 WCC) PAGE STADIUM | APRIL 17-19, 2015

2015 SCHEDULE

Overall: 22-15 | WCC: 9-6 | H: 14-10 | 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 * L, 5-3 (12) Fri. BYU * L, 4-2 Sat. BYU * W, 8-2 Tue. UNLV W, 8-7 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 lost a WCC series last weekend for the first time this year ... owns an RPI of 101 entering this weekend ... has managed 14 doubles over the last 5 games and 21 over the last 10 games ... dropped an extra-inning game on 4/9 against BYU for the first time this year ... has managed only 5 quality starts in the last 16 games, but has recorded three in the last four games ... is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... has recorded three walk-off victories this year (3/14 vs. Santa Clara | 3/27 vs. Gonzaga | 4/14 vs. UNLV) ... 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 19 home runs over the last 24 games ... has been hit by NCAA-best 66 pitches and has drawn 133 walks through 37 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) ... has had 21 of its 37 games this year decided by 3 runs or less after having 35 of its 56 decided by the same margins last year ... is 6-4 in 1-run games and 4-3 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 22 of last 33 at home ... 15-2 when leading after 6 innings and 20-1 when leading after 7 ... 21-4 when scoring 3+ runs this year ... hitting .295 with 2 out (66 2-out RBI) ... ◊ CORY ABBOTT has posted a 1.84 ERA with 12 strikeouts over 7 relief appearances and 14.2 innings in WCC play ... is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA over his last 6 appearances (10 IP | 3 H | 8 K) ... ◊ TED BOEKE has reached in 13 straight games ... ◊ JD BUSFIELD blew his first save of the year Thursday and was eventually tagged with the loss (4.0 IP | 4 H | 4 ER | 3 BB | 4 K) ... is 11-for-12 in save opportunities this year ... did not allow an ER over first 20.2 innings this year ... 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 9 multi-hit games and 7 multi-RBI performances this year ... has reached in 30 of LMU’s 37 games this year ... ◊ DAVID EDWARDS has reached in 15 straight games, including hitting safely in 10 straight (.486 (18-for-37) | 7 R | 6 2B | 2 HR | 2 BB | 2 SB | 8 RBI | 5 Multi-Hit Games) ... hit .538 (7-for-13) with four doubles, three runs scored and three RBI in the series against BYU… posted two homers, two doubles, three runs scored and three RBI in series at Saint Mary’s ... is batting .393 with 3 homers, 8 doubles, 10 runs scored and 9 RBI in WCC play ... hitting .450 over last 5 games (3 R | 4 2B | 4 RBI) ... .486 with 7 runs scored, 6 doubles, 2 homers and 8 RBI over last 10 games ... has posted 13 multi-hit games ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER has posted multiple hits in 9 of his last 20 games overall, guiding him to 13 multi-hit games this year ... is hitting .361 with 8 runs scored, 6 doubles, a triple and 10 RBI in WCC play ... has driven in 6 runs over the last 5 games and 9 in the last 10 ... 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 55 of his last 65, and 58 of the last 69 dating back to 2014 ... has reached in 25 of his last 26 games, 50 of his last 52 (25 game streak ended 3/1 vs. Nebraska), and 62 of the last 65 ... 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 went 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored, a double and an RBI at Pepperdine on 3/22 ... is batting .344 with 5 doubles, two homers, 13 runs scored and 9 RBI in WCC play ... hitting .390 with 10 runs scored, 3 doubles, 2 homers and 6 RBI 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 44 of his last 51 games dating back to 2014 ... has posted 14 multi-hit games ... has posted 10 2-out RBI ... ◊ MICHAEL SILVA has allowed just 5 earned runs over 30 IP (WCC-high 23 APP) with 29 strikeouts this year ... is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA and 9 strikeouts over 10 appearances and 12 innings in WCC play ... ◊ JAMEY SMART had a pinch-hit RBI-double yesterday ... is 7-for-21 in pinch-hitting opportunities this year ... ◊ SEAN WATKINS did not allow an earned run over his first 19 collegiate innings of work ... is 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA over 4 starts (19.1 IP | 14 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 40 of his 50 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 (2.85) and 2nd-best walks-per-nine (1.92) ... 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 29 of 37 games this year ... has posted 9 multi-hit games ... has amassed 7 2-out RBI ...

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

FRIDAY, 6 PM RHP Colin Welmon 3-4, 2.78 ERA RHP Jake Jenkins 1-6, 10.12 ERA

SATURDAY, 6 PM RHP Trevor Megill 2-3, 5.75 ERA RHP Will Lydon 1-7, 4.48 ERA

SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Sean Watkins 3-0, 0.91 ERA RHP Michael Benson 2-2, 5.31 ERA

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