LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 34-16 | WCC: 17-7 | HM: 17-10 | RD: 17-6 Date Day Opponent Time/Result
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LMU LIONS (34-16, 17-7 WCC) AT PORTLAND PILOTS (10-38-1, 5-19 WCC) Friday, May 19 - Sunday, May 21, 2017 | Joe Etzel Field | Portland, Ore. GAME 51-53 OF 53
ROAD GAME 24-26 OF 26
LMU: Dropped out of the Top-25 this week (carried a #23 ranking into last week according to D1Baseball and a #27 mark according to Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA) ... prior to entering the rankings this year, 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 12 of the last 15, 23 of last 29, and 26 of last 34 ... is picked to finish seventh in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... is also picked seventh according to D1Baseball.com ... has dropped one weekend series this year (10-1-1) ... is 9-6 in one-run games and has won seven of the last 11 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 ERA, hits allowed per nine, walks per nine, shutouts and WHIP, and second in strikeoutto-walk ratio ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 3 for its last 27 (10-for-45/.222) ... recorded its third of six shutouts this year on 3/25 vs. BYU as Cory Abbott tossed first perfect game in LMU and WCC history to beat Cougars, 2-0 (other shutouts: 5/17 at Oregon; 5/13 at Gonzaga; 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 the regular season this weekend, traveling to Portland for a three-game West Coast Conference series beginning on Friday ... 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 62.1 innings ... leads the WCC and is tied for 1st in nation in victories (11) ... 1st in the WCC in WHIP (0.89/ 16th in nation) and ERA (1.60; 10th in nation) ... 2nd in WCC in strikeouts (103; 11th in nation) ... 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 and fourth time on 5/1 and 5/15 ... is 8-0 with a 0.15 ERA over eight starts and 60 innings against WCC teams. PHIL CAULFIELD: Ranks second in the WCC in average (.372), fourth in hits (71), and fourth in on-base percentage (.452) ... batting .389 (14x36) with 11 runs scored, 3 doubles and 4 RBI over his last 8 games played ... 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 35 of 47 games with an at bat, registering 23 multi-hit games (2 H 11x, 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., 5/19 at Portland Sat., 5/20 at Portland Sun., 5/21 at Portland
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
LHP Brenton Arriaga (5-2, 2.82 ERA) RHP Cory Abbot (11-1, 1.60 ERA) RHP Blake Redman (4-6, 4.03 ERA)
LHP Corbin Powers (1-5, 5.88 ERA) LHP Grady Miller (1-8, 5.54 ERA) RHP Marty Luckenbach (1-1, 3.94 ERA)
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 5/15
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1 5/8 5/15
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) Brock Hale (BYU)
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) Cory Abbott (LMU)
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
WCC %
GB
BYU LMU Gonzaga Saint Mary's San Diego Santa Clara San Francisco Pepperdine Portland Pacific
20-4 .833 17-7 .708 17-7 .708 15-9 .625 15-9 .625 9-15 .375 9-15 .375 8-16 .333 5-19 .208 5-19 .208
- 3 3 5 5 11 11 12 15 15
BYU at Gonzaga
SATURDAY, MAY 20
6:00 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 19
Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s BYU at Gonzaga LMU at Portland San Francisco at Pacific San Diego at Pepperdine
3:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s Pacific at San Francisco LMU at Portland Pepperdine at San Diego BYU at Gonzaga
NO
SUNDAY, MAY 21
1:00 pm 2:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:30 pm
LMU at Portland Pacific at San Francisco Pepperdine at San Diego Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s
1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
MONDAY, MAY 22
Gonzaga at Fresno State
33-15 .688 34-16 .680 28-17 .622 34-18 .654 32-18 .640 13-37 .260 27-27 .500 20-29 .408 10-38 .208 17-32 .347
W4 W1 W1 W2 L2 L2 L1 L1 L4 W1
PRESEASON POLL
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE THURSDAY, MAY 18
OVERALL % STRK
3:00 pm
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
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 L, 6-3 W, 4-0 L, 6-5 W, 4-0 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA
LMU VS. PORTLAND
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 51-33 31-16 20-16 Current Streak W2 W2 L1 Last 5 3-2 4-1 2-3 Last 10 7-3 8-2 3-7 Notable LMU has won 22 of last 35 vs. Portland DATE SITE RESULT
3/20/16 3/19/16 3/18/16 4/26/15 4/25/15 4/24/15 3/16/14 3/15/14
LMU LMU LMU POR POR POR LMU LMU
W, 3-0 W, 8-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-2 W, 7-1 W, 4-0 W, 8-7 W, 10-8