LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 15-10 | WCC: 4-2 | HM: 8-7 | RD: 7-3 Date Day Opponent Time/Result
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LMU LIONS (15-10, 4-2 WCC) VS PACIFIC TIGERS (11-12, 2-4 WCC) Friday, March 31 - Sunday, April 2, 2017 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 26-28 OF 54
HOME GAME 16-18 OF 27
LMU: Has won a season-high four straight games ... 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 (5-0-1) ... is 6-2 in one-run games and has won the last four such contests ... recorded its first walk-off win of the year on 3/14 vs. USC (Billy Wilson HR in B10) ... did not record a walk-off W last year (last: 4/18/15 vs Pacific) ... offensively, is first in the WCC in walk and on-base percentage, second in triples and stolen bases, and fourth in batting average ... on the mound, is first in shutouts and WHIP, second in walks per nine, and third in ERA and strikeout-to-walk ratio ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 0 for its last 9 (7-for-27/.259) ... recorded its third shutout of the year on 3/25 vs. BYU as Cory Abbott tossed first perfect game in LMU history to beat Cougars, 2-0 (other shutouts: 3/10 at Cal Poly; 2/18 vs. #19 UCSB) ... posted a season-high 18 runs on 20 hits on 2/25 vs Washington State ... 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 busy week of play this weekend, hosting a threegame West Coast Conference series with Pacific starting on Friday ... the Lions will carry a four-game win streak into Friday's 6 p.m. contest ... Saturday's game will also have a 6 p.m. first pitch before Sunday's 1 p.m. finale ... links to live coverage of every game this weekend can be found at LMULions.com.
PHIL CAULFIELD: 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 ... has hit safely in 18 of 25 games this year, registering 11 multi-hit games (2 H 4x, 3 H 6x, 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 homer) ... hitting .474 (9x19) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 homers and 8 RBI over last 5 games, and .366 (15x41) with 7 runs scored and 10 RBI over last 10 games ... had a string of 28 straight games reaching base safely (dating back to ‘16 season) snapped on 3/3 at Arizona State (0x5) ... was picked as a preseason All-WCC selection. STEVEN CHAVEZ: Is hitting .368 (7x19) with 2 runs and a double over last 5 games. NIKO DECOLATI: Is hitting .421 (8x19) with a double and a homer over last 5 games,
and .389 (14x36) with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI over the last 10. CODIE PAIVA: Sports a 3-0 record with a 1.37 ERA and one save over eight appearanc-
es out of the bullpen ... has struck out 20 batters in 19.2 relief IP (25 K in 28.2 IP overall). BRANDON SHEARER: Launched a grand slam at San Francisco on 3/17, pushing him
to the team lead in RBI ... has knocked in 11 runs over the last 10 games. BILLY WILSON: Ranks first in the WCC and 35th in the nation in stolen bases with 11
(national leader has 22) to help LMU to 2nd in WCC (37th in the nation) at 36 ... launched a walk-off solo home run to beat USC in the bottom of the 10th on 3/14.
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 and Perfect Game.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
Fri., 3/31 Sat., 4/1 Sun., 4/2
Pacific Pacific Pacific
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
RHP Blake Redman (2-4, 3.57 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (3-0, 2.11 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (4-1, 3.29 ERA)
RHP Ryan Shreve (1-1, 3.00 ERA) RHP Will Lydon (3-2, 5.26 ERA) LHP Ricky Reynoso (3-2, 4.08 ERA)
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE THURSDAY, MARCH 30
Saint Mary’s at BYU
5:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
Gonzaga at Pepperdine Saint Mary’s at BYU Santa Clara at Portland Pacific at LMU San Francisco at San Diego
3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
Saint Mary’s at BYU 11:00 a.m. Gonzaga at Pepperdine 1:00 p.m. Pacific at LMU 6:00 p.m. Santa Clara at Portland 6:00 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego 6:00 p.m.
Gonzaga at Pepperdine Pacific at LMU Santa Clara at Portland San Francisco at San Diego
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
Saint Mary’s #23 San Diego Gonzaga LMU BYU Santa Clara Pacific San Francisco Pepperdine Portland
WCC %
PRESEASON POLL
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
GB
3-0 1.000 - 5-1 .833 1.5 5-1 .833 1.5 4-2 .667 1.5 1-2 .333 2 1-2 .333 2 2-4 .333 2.5 2-4 .333 2.5 1-2 .333 2 0-6 .000 4.5
OVERALL % STRK
17-7 .708 L1 16-6 .727 W1 13-11 .542 L1 15-10 .600 W4 11-11 .500 W1 5-19 .208 L1 11-12 .478 L1 14-11 .560 W2 11-12 .478 L3 4-20 .167 L4
NO
1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
SCHOOL (1ST)
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
PTS
77 73 63 59 49 40 37 21 20 13
WCC PLAYER OF WEEK
WCC PITCHER OF WEEK
DATE PLAYER
DATE PLAYER
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27
Phil Caulfield (LMU) Jackson Thoreson (SMC) Eddie Haus (SMC) Jay Schulyer (USD) Riley Adams (USD) Phil Caulfield (LMU)
Nick Sprengel (USD) Troy Conyers (USD) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Cory Abbott (LMU)
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 9 May 10 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 17 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 25 May 26 May 27
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#19 UC Santa Barbara L, 6-3 #19 UC Santa Barbara W, 1-0 #19 UC Santa Barbara W, 8-2 Tennessee L, 8-4 Washington State L, 6-3 Washington State W, 18-5 Washington State L, 7-4 Washington State W, 7-3 Michigan L, 14-2 at Arizona State L, 2-1 at Arizona State W, 3-2 at Arizona State W, 8-5 UC Irvine L, 7-6 at Cal Poly W, 4-0 at Cal Poly W, 6-5 (10) at Cal Poly L, 16-1 USC W, 4-3 (10) at San Francisco * W, 6-5 at San Francisco * L, 4-0 at San Francisco * W, 3-2 BYU * L, 5-3 BYU * W, 9-5 BYU * W, 2-0 at UC Irvine W, 4-2 CSU Bakersfield W, 10-7 Pacific * 6:00 p.m. Pacific * 6:00 p.m. Pacific * 1:00 p.m. UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Santa Clara * 1:00 p.m. Washington 6:00 p.m. at Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. at Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. at Saint Mary’s * 1:00 p.m. Cal State Northridge 6:00 p.m. at Pepperdine * 3:00 p.m. at Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. at Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. at Cal State Northridge 3:00 p.m. San Diego * 6:00 p.m. San Diego * 6:00 p.m. San Diego * 1:00 p.m. at UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. at CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga * 3:00 p.m. at Oregon 6:00 p.m. at Portland * 6:00 p.m. at Portland * 6:00 p.m. at Portland * 1:00 p.m. WCC Championship Series TBA WCC Championship Series TBA WCC Championship Series TBA
LMU VS. PACIFIC
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 13-6 7-2 6-3 Current Streak W2 W3 W2 Last 5 4-1 4-1 3-2 Last 10 7-3 7-2 6-3 Notable LMU has never dropped a series to Pacific (6-0) DATE SITE RESULT
4/24/16 4/23/16 4/22/16 4/19/15 4/18/15 4/17/15 5/18/14 5/17/14
PAC PAC PAC LMU LMU LMU PAC PAC
W, 7-4 W, 9-1 L, 7-1 W, 3-2 W, 5-4 L, 4-3 L, 6-2 W, 2-1