2017 LMU Baseball Game Notes - GON_47-49

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 32-14 | WCC: 16-5 | HM: 17-10 | RD: 15-4 Date Day Opponent Time/Result

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LMU LIONS (32-14, 16-5 WCC) AT GONZAGA BULLDOGS (26-16, 15-6 WCC) Friday, May 12-14, 2017 | Patterson Baseball Complex - Washington Trust Field | Spokane, Wash. GAME 47-49 OF 54

ROAD GAME 20-22 OF 26

LMU: Carried 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 10 of the last 11, 21 of last 25, and 24 of last 30 ... 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 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and second in shutouts and ERA ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 3 for its last 24 (10-for-42/.238) ... 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.

THIS WEEK: LMU will conclude a string of five games this week, traveling to Gonzaga for a three-game West Coast Conference series beginning on Friday ... LMU, which trails BYU by a game in the WCC standings, is one game head of Gonzaga entering the weekend ... links to live coverage of this weekend'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 (.381), second in hits (67), and third in on-base percentage (.457) ... 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 32 of 43 games with an at bat, registering 22 multi-hit games (2 H 10x, 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

Fri., 5/12 at Gonzaga Sat., 5/13 at Gonzaga Sun., 5/14 at Gonzaga

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

LHP Brenton Arriaga (5-1 2.45 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (10-1, 1.79 ERA) RHP Blake Redman (4-5, 3.62 ERA)

RHP Eli Morgan (7-2, 2.95 ERA) RHP RHP Justin Vernia (5-2, 3.30 ERA) RHP Daniel Bies (4-2, 3.63 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 32-14 .696 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 W4 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 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

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)

SATURDAY, MAY 13

SUNDAY, MAY 14

NO

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

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 W, 8-2 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. GONZAGA

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 40-41 28-16 10-25 Current Streak L3 L3 W2 Last 5 1-4 1-4 3-2 Last 10 6-4 4-6 4-6 Notable LMU has W 6 of last 10 after L previous 11 DATE SITE RESULT

5/15/16 LMU 5/14/16 LMU 5/13/16 LMU 3/29/15 LMU 3/28/15 LMU 3/27/15 LMU 5/23/14 WCC Champ. Tourney 5/22/14 WCC Champ. Tourney

L, 9-7 L, 4-0 L, 4-1 W, 4-2 L, 8-2 W, 6-5 W, 7-4 W, 5-1


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