LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 31-14 | WCC: 16-5 | HM: 17-10 | RD: 14-4 Date Day Opponent Time/Result
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LMU LIONS (31-14) AT CSU BAKERSFIELD ROADRUNNERS (26-18) Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | Hardt Field | Bakersfield, Calif. GAME 46 OF 54
ROAD GAME 19 OF 26
LMU: Carries a #23 ranking into the week according to D1Baseball and a #27 mark according to Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA ... prior to entering the rankings last week, LMU had previously been ranked when they finished the 2000 season as the #16 team according to Baseball America, #24 according to Collegiate Baseball, and #25 according to the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll ... had a season-high 8-game win streak snapped on April 7 ... last won 8 straight from March 20-29, 2009 ... had a 6-game win streak snapped on 4/28, but has won 9 of the last 10, 20 of last 24, and 23 of last 29 ... is picked to finish seventh in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... is also picked seventh according to D1Baseball.com ... has not dropped a weekend series this year (10-0-1) ... is 9-5 in one-run games and has won seven of the last 10 such contests ... has recorded three walk-off wins (3/14 vs. USC; Billy Wilson HR in B10, 4/1 vs. Pacific; Nick Sogard sacrifice fly in B9, 4/4 vs. UC Riverside; Brandon Shearer sacrifice fly in B10) ... did not record a walk-off W last year (last: 4/18/15 vs Pacific) ... offensively, is first in the WCC in hit-by-pitches, stolen bases and triples, and is second in walks, batting average and on-base percentage ... on the mound, is first in hits allowed per nine, walks per nine and WHIP, and second in shutouts, ERA and strikeout-to-walk ratio ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 3 for its last 23 (10-for-41/.244) ... recorded its third of four shutouts this year on 3/25 vs. BYU as Cory Abbott tossed first perfect game in LMU nad WCC history to beat Cougars, 2-0 (other shutouts: 4/15 at Saint Mary’s; 3/10 at Cal Poly; 2/18 vs. #19 UCSB) ... has twice posted a season-high 18 runs on 20 hits (2/25 vs Washington State; 4/25 at CSUN) ... committed six errors on 2/22 vs Tennessee - the fifth-most since 1998, and the most since committing seven on 3/5/14 vs. Cal State Northridge ... was scheduled to begin the year on the road, but rain forced the series from UCSB to LMU and moved the start date up to February 16 ... is 7-2 in Opening Weekend series under Jason Gill (only losses against then-No. 7 UC Irvine in 2010 and #11 TCU in 2016) ... has played for the WCC Championship two of the last three years (losses to Pepperdine in 2014 and 2015) ... last earned a WCC Championship and NCAA berth in 2000.
TONIGHT: LMU will play the second of five games this week tonight, traveling to CSU Bakersfield for a 6 p.m. first pitch from Hardt Field ... the Lions beat CSUB, 10-7, March 29 earlier this season ... following tonight's game, LMU will travel to Gonzaga for a three-game West Coast Conference series beginning on Friday ... links to live coverage of this week's games can be found at LMULions.com. CORY ABBOTT: Tossed the first perfect game in LMU history on 3/25 vs. BYU ... struck out 13, faced four three-ball counts and threw 106 pitches in the perfect game ... for his outing, was named WCC Pitcher of the Week and a National Pitcher of the Week according to Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game ... logged 18.2 scoreless innings from March 19 - April 2, but allowed two unearned runs in the 2nd on March 19 and an unearned run in the 5th on April 2 ... did not allow an earned run over 43 innings from March 12 - April 22, and has allowed just one earned run over his last 53.1 innings ... leads the WCC and is tied for 1st in nation in victories (10) ... 1st in the WCC in WHIP (0.89) and ERA (1.79) ... 2nd in WCC in strikeouts (91) ... took home Rawlings WCC Pitcher of the Week on 4/17 after tossing 8.0 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts at Saint Mary’s on 4/15, and earned the honor a third time on 5/1 ... is 7-0 with a 0.18 ERA over seven starts and 51 innings against WCC teams. PHIL CAULFIELD: Ranks first in the WCC in average (.380), second in hits (65), and third in on-base percentage (.458) ... has been named WCC Player of the Week twice - 2/20 after hitting .500 (6x12) with 3 R, 3 SB, 2 RBI in series vs. #19 UCSB; 3/27 after hitting .571 (7x12) with three runs scored, a double, a homer and four RBI to help guide LMU to a 2-1 series win over BYU in WCC play ... had a 10-game hit streak snapped on 4/7 vs. Santa Clara (.436, 17x39, 8 R, 14 RBI, 3 2B, 2 HR) ... has hit safely in 31 of 42 games with an at bat, registering 21 multi-hit games (2 H 9x, 3 H 11x, 4 H 1x) ... launched a grand slam vs. CSU Bakersfield on 3/29 ... teamed with Niko Decolati for back-to-back home runs vs. BYU on 3/24 as part of 3x3 day with 4 RBI (first career
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
Wed., 5/10 at CSU Bakersfield Fri., 5/12 at Gonzaga Sat., 5/13 at Gonzaga
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
RHP Giuseppe Benedetti (2-0, 3.69 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (5-1 2.45 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (10-1, 1.79 ERA)
TBA RHP Eli Morgan (7-2, 2.95 ERA) RHP RHP Justin Vernia (5-2, 3.30 ERA)
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
WCC %
GB
BYU LMU Gonzaga San Diego Saint Mary's San Francisco Santa Clara Pepperdine Portland Pacific
17-4 .810 16-5 .762 15-6 .714 15-9 .625 13-8 .619 9-15 .375 7-14 .333 7-14 .333 5-16 .238 4-17 .190
- 1 2 3.5 4 9.5 10 10 12 13
OVERALL % STRK
29-15 .659 31-14 .689 26-16 .619 30-16 .652 31-17 .646 24-26 .480 11-35 .239 19-27 .413 10-34 .227 16-30 .348
L1 W3 W1 W1 W3 L1 L4 W1 W1 W1
WCC PLAYER OF WEEK
WCC PITCHER OF WEEK
DATE PLAYER
DATE PLAYER
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1 5/8
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1 5/8
Phil Caulfield (LMU) Jackson Thoreson (SMC) Eddie Haus (SMC) Jay Schulyer (USD) Riley Adams (USD) Phil Caulfield (LMU) Keaton Kringlen (BYU) Hunter Mercado-Hood (USD) Riley Adams (USD) Eddie Haus (SMC) Jake Brodt (SCU) Allen Smoot (USF)
PRESEASON POLL
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
LMU at CSU Bakersfield
6:00 pm
THURSDAY, MAY 11
Portland at BYU
5:00 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 12
San Jose State at San Francisco 3:00 pm Saint Mary’s at Pepperdine 3:00 pm Portland at BYU 5:00 pm LMU at Gonzaga 6:00 pm
Pacific at Santa Clara 6:00 pm Sacramento State at San Diego 6:00 pm SATURDAY, MAY 13
Portland at BYU 12:00 pm San Jose State at San Francisco 1:00 pm Saint Mary’s at Pepperdine 1:00 pm LMU at Gonzaga 6:00 pm Sacramento State at San Diego 6:00 pm Pacific at Santa Clara 7:00 pm
Nick Sprengel (USD) Troy Conyers (USD) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Cory Abbott (LMU) Eli Morgan (GON) Ken Waldichuk (SMC) Cory Abbott (LMU) Eli Morgan (GON) Cory Abbott (LMU) Thomas Ponticelli (USF)
SUNDAY, MAY 14
NO
Pacific at Santa Clara 1:00 pm Saint Mary’s at Pepperdine 1:00 pm Sacramento State at San Diego 1:00 pm LMU at Gonzaga 3:00 pm San Francisco at San Jose State 7:00 pm
1. San Diego (5) 2. Gonzaga (3) 3. Pepperdine (2) 4. BYU 5. Saint Mary’s 6. San Francisco 7. LMU 8. Pacific 9. Santa Clara 10. Portland
MONDAY, MAY 15
San Francisco at San Jose State 6:00 pm Saint Mary’s at CSU Fullerton 6:00 pm
SCHOOL (1ST)
PTS
77 73 63 59 49 40 37 21 20 13
Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 22 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Mar. 1 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 7 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 18 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 25 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May 8 May 10 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 17 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 25 May 26 May 27
Thu. Sat. Sun. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Thu. Fri. Sat.
#19 UC Santa Barbara #19 UC Santa Barbara #19 UC Santa Barbara Tennessee Washington State Washington State Washington State Washington State Michigan at Arizona State at Arizona State at Arizona State UC Irvine at Cal Poly at Cal Poly at Cal Poly USC at San Francisco * at San Francisco * at San Francisco * BYU * BYU * BYU * at UC Irvine CSU Bakersfield Pacific * Pacific * Pacific * UC Riverside Santa Clara * Santa Clara * Santa Clara * #30 Washington at Saint Mary’s * at Saint Mary’s * at Saint Mary’s * Cal State Northridge at Pepperdine * at Pepperdine * at Pepperdine * at Cal State Northridge San Diego * San Diego * San Diego * at UC Riverside at CSU Bakersfield at Gonzaga * at Gonzaga * at Gonzaga * at Oregon at Portland * at Portland * at Portland * WCC Championship Series WCC Championship Series WCC Championship Series
L, 6-3 W, 1-0 W, 8-2 L, 8-4 L, 6-3 W, 18-5 L, 7-4 W, 7-3 L, 14-2 L, 2-1 W, 3-2 W, 8-5 L, 7-6 W, 4-0 W, 6-5 (10) L, 16-1 W, 4-3 (10) W, 6-5 L, 4-0 W, 3-2 L, 5-3 W, 9-5 W, 2-0 W, 4-2 W, 10-7 W, 8-7 W, 5-4 W, 15-6 W, 9-8 (10) L, 10-3 W, 6-3 W, 5-1 L, 8-7 (10) W, 12-3 L, 1-0 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 W, 7-3 W, 5-1 W, 4-2 W, 18-10 L, 11-10 W, 10-3 W, 6-3 W, 5-3 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA
LMU VS. CSU BAKERSFIELD
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record Current Streak Last 5 Last 10 Notable
7-2 4-1 3-1 W6 W4 W2 5-0 4-1 3-1 7-2 4-1 3-1 LMU's only losses came in 2010
DATE SITE RESULT
3/29/17 4/26/16 4/20/16 5/9/11 5/8/11 5/7/11 5/26/10 4/27/10
LMU LMU CSUB LMU LMU CSUB LMU CSUB
W, 10-7 W, 7-3 W, 17-5 W, 8-2 W, 11-1 W, 5-2 L, 13-9 L, 13-3