2017 LMU Baseball Game Notes - SCU_30-32

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 19-10 | WCC: 7-2 | HM: 12-7 | RD: 7-3 Date Day Opponent Time/Result

Page Stadium | One LMU Drive | Los Angeles, Calif. 90045 | www.LMULions.com | @LMULions @LMLionsBaseball | Baseball Contact: Tyler Geivett | tgeivett@lmu.edu | (310) 338-7638

LMU LIONS (19-10, 7-2 WCC) VS SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (6-22, 2-4 WCC) Friday, April 7 - Sunday, April 9, 2017 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 30-32 OF 54

HOME GAME 20-22 OF 27

LMU: Has won a season-high 8 straight games for the first time since winning 8 straight from March 20-29, 2009 ... last won 9 straight as part of a 10-game win streak from April 22 - May 12, 2000 ... 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 (6-0-1) ... is 9-2 in one-run games and has won the last seven 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 walks, hit-by-pitches, stolen bases and on-base percentage, and second in triples and average ... on the mound, is first in shutouts and hits allowed per nine, second in WHIP, walks per nine and strikeout-to-walk ratio, and fourth in ERA ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 1 for its last 15 (8-for-33/.242) ... 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.

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 ... has not allowed an earned run over his last 22.1 innings dating back to March 12. PHIL CAULFIELD: Leads the WCC in hits and is second in average and on-base per-

centage ... 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 22 of 29 games this year, registering 13 multi-hit games (2 H 5x, 3 H 7x, 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 .421 (8x19) with 3 runs scored, a double, a homer and 9 RBI over last 5 games, and .436 (17x39) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, 2 homers and 14 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. CODIE PAIVA: Sports a 4-0 record with a 1.14 ERA and one save over 10 appearances

out of the bullpen ... has struck out 27 batters in 23.2 relief IP (32 K in 32.2 IP overall). BRANDON SHEARER: Launched a grand slam at San Francisco on 3/17 ... contributed

THIS WEEK: LMU will continue a string of 12 home games in the span of 13 contest

a walk-off sacrifice fly on 4/4 vs. UC Riverside ... is hitting .450 (9x20) with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles and 4 RBI over the last 5 games ... hitting .375 (15x40) and has knocked in 10 runs over the last 10 games.

and carry an eight-game win streak into this weekend, opening a three-game West Coast Conference series with Santa Clara on Friday at 6 p.m. ... links to live coverage of this weekend's contests can be found at LMULions.com.

Pacific on 4/1.

CORY ABBOTT: Tossed the first perfect game in LMU history on 3/25 vs. BYU ... struck

BILLY WILSON: Ranks first in the WCC and 38th in the nation in stolen bases with

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

NICK SOGARD: Contributed the walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth vs.

12 (national leader has 23) to help LMU to 1st in WCC (24th in the nation) at 47 ... had game-tying two-RBI triple vs. Pacific on 4/1 in bottom of the 9th (LMU walked off with 5-4 win) ... launched a walk-off solo home run to beat USC in the bottom of the 10th on 3/14

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

Fri., 4/7 Sat., 4/8 Sun., 4/9

Santa Clara Santa Clara Santa Clara

6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

RHP Blake Redman (3-4, 3.71 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (3-0, 2.64 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (5-1, 2.84 ERA)

RHP Eric Lex (1-5, 4.35 ERA) RHP Jacob Steffens (2-3, 4.20 ERA) RHP Michael Bono (0-4, 6.67 ERA)

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE THURSDAY, APRIL 6

BYU at Pacific

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

6:00 pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 7

Saint Mary’s at San Francisco BYU at Pacific San Diego at Gonzaga Santa Clara at LMU Pepperdine at Portland

3:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

Saint Mary’s at San Francisco San Diego at Gonzaga BYU at Pacific Santa Clara at LMU Pepperdine at Portland

1:00 pm 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

#19 San Diego LMU Gonzaga BYU Saint Mary's Pepperdine Santa Clara Portland Pacific San Francisco

WCC %

GB

8-1 .889 - 7-2 .778 1 6-3 .667 2 4-2 .667 2.5 3-3 .500 3.5 3-3 .500 3.5 2-4 .333 4.5 2-7 .222 6 2-7 .222 6 2-7 .222 6

San Diego at Gonzaga Santa Clara at LMU Pepperdine at Portland Saint Mary’s at San Francisco

NO

12:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

MONDAY, APRIL 10

Washington at LMU

2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

PRESEASON POLL

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

OVERALL % STRK

20-7 .741 W1 19-10 .655 W8 15-13 .536 W1 14-12 .538 L1 18-10 .643 W1 14-14 .500 W1 6-22 .214 L2 6-22 .214 L2 12-15 .444 W1 14-15 .483 L4

6:00 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

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

2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3

Phil Caulfield (LMU) Jackson Thoreson (SMC) Eddie Haus (SMC) Jay Schulyer (USD) Riley Adams (USD) Phil Caulfield (LMU) Keaton Kringlen (BYU)

Nick Sprengel (USD) Troy Conyers (USD) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Cory Abbott (LMU) Eli Morgan (GON)

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

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. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Thu. Fri. Sat.

#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 * W, 8-7 Pacific * W, 5-4 Pacific * W, 15-6 UC Riverside W, 9-8 (10) 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. SANTA CLARA

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 81-76 36-38 43-36 Current Streak W2 W2 W2 Last 5 4-1 3-2 2-3 Last 10 5-5 5-5 6-4 Notable LMU is 6-2 in weekend series vs. SCU under Gill DATE SITE RESULT

5/1/16 4/30/16 4/29/16 3/15/15 3/14/15 3/13/15 4/27/14 4/26/14

SCU SCU SCU LMU LMU LMU SCU SCU

W, 5-0 W, 11-8 L, 9-1 W, 5-2 W, 6-5 L, 6-1 L, 8-7 L, 10-2


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