LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 21-12 | WCC: 9-3 | HM: 14-9 | RD: 7-3 Date Day Opponent Time/Result
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LMU LIONS (21-12, 9-3 WCC) AT SAINT MARY'S GAELS (21-11, 5-4 WCC) Thursday, April 13 - Saturday, April 15, 2017 | Louis Guisto Field | Moraga, Calif. GAME 34-36 OF 54
ROAD GAME 11-13 OF 26
LMU: Had a season-high 8-game win streak snapped on April 7 ... last won 8 straight from March 20-29, 2009 ... has now won 10 of last 12, and 13 of last 17 ... 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 (7-0-1) ... is 9-3 in one-run games and has won seven of the last eight 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 hits allowed per nine, and second in WHIP, shutouts, walks per nine and strikeoutto-walk ratio, and fourth in ERA ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 1 for its last 17 (8-for-35/.229) ... 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.
CORY ABBOTT: Tossed the first perfect game in LMU history on 3/25 vs. BYU ... struck
THIS WEEK: LMU will return to West Coast Conference action this weekend, traveling to Saint Mary's for a three-game series beginning on Thursday at 3 p.m. ... Friday's contest is scheduled for 3 p.m. before Saturday's 1 p.m. finale ... links to live coverage of this weekend's series can be found at LMULions.com.
CODIE PAIVA: Sports a 4-0 record with a 1.05 ERA and one save over 11 appearances
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 ... has not allowed an earned run over his last 29.1 innings dating back to March 12. PHIL CAULFIELD: Ranks 4th in the WCC in average and 2nd in hits ... 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 22 of 32 games with an at bat, 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) ... 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. SPENCER ERDMAN: Is hitting .385 (5x13) with 3 runs scored, 3 doubles, a triple and
5 RBI over the last 5 games. out of the bullpen ... has struck out 29 batters in 25.2 relief IP (34 K in 34.2 IP overall). BRANDON SHEARER: Launched a grand slam at San Francisco on 3/17 ... contributed
a walk-off sacrifice fly on 4/4 vs. UC Riverside ... is hitting .324 (12x37) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles and 6 RBI over the last 10 games.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
Thu., 4/13 at Saint Mary’s Fri., 4/14 at Saint Mary’s Sat., 4/15 at Saint Mary's
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
RHP Blake Redman (3-5, 3.91 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (4-0, 2.45 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (6-1, 2.45 ERA)
RHP Conner Loeprich (4-0, 2.03 ERA) LHP Johnny York (3-2, 3.69 ERA) TBA
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE THURSDAY, APRIL 13
LMU at Saint Mary’s Portland at San Francisco Pepperdine at BYU Gonzaga at Santa Clara Pacific at San Diego
3:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
LMU at Saint Mary’s Portland at San Francisco Pepperdine at BYU
1:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm
Gonzaga at Santa Clara Pacific at San Diego
PRESEASON POLL
6:00 pm 6:00 pm
MONDAY, APRIL 17
NO
Washington State at Gonzaga 6:00 pm San Francisco at Sac State 6:00 pm
12:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
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
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
Pepperdine at BYU Gonzaga at Santa Clara LMU at Saint Mary’s Pacific at San Diego Portland at San Francisco
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
WCC %
BYU LMU #25 San Diego Gonzaga Saint Mary's Pepperdine Santa Clara Portland San Francisco Pacific
7-2 .778 - 9-3 .750 1.5 9-3 .750 1.5 8-4 .667 1.5 5-4 .556 2 5-4 .556 2 3-6 .333 4 3-9 .250 5.5 3-9 .250 5.5 2-10 .167 6.5
GB
OVERALL % STRK
18-12 .600 W4 21-12 .636 L1 22-9 .710 W2 17-14 .548 L1 21-11 .656 W1 16-15 .516 L1 7-25 .219 L3 7-25 .219 L1 16-17 .485 W2 12-18 .400 L3
UC Santa Barbara at Pepperdine 3:00 pm San Francisco at Sac State 3:00 pm BYU at Utah 5:00 pm Washington State at Gonzaga 6:00 pm San Diego at CSU-Fullerton 6:00 pm San Jose State at Saint Mary’s 7:00 pm
SCHOOL (1ST)
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 4/10
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10
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)
Nick Sprengel (USD) Troy Conyers (USD) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Eli Morgan (GON) Cory Abbott (LMU) Eli Morgan (GON) Ken Waldichuk (SMC)
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 #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) 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 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. SAINT MARY'S
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 101-48 62-17 36-31 Current Streak W1 W1 W2 Last 5 3-2 3-2 3-2 Last 10 6-4 8-2 6-4 Notable LMU had won 6 straight series prior to last year DATE SITE RESULT
5/8/16 5/7/16 5/6/16 4/4/15 4/3/15 4/2/15 4/13/14 4/12/14
LMU LMU LMU SMC SMC SMC LMU LMU
W, 5-3 L, 9-3 L, 8-3 W, 4-2 W, 12-6 L, 3-1 W, 7-5 W, 11-1