LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 13-10 | WCC: 4-2 | HM: 7-7 | RD: 6-3 Date Day Opponent Time/Result
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LMU LIONS (13-10) AT UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (11-9) Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | Anteater Ballpark | Irvine, Calif. GAME 24 OF 53
ROAD GAME 10 OF 26
LMU: 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 (50-1) ... 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) ... is first in the WCC in on-base percentage, second in walks, triples and stolen bases, and third in batting average ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 0 for its last 8 (7-for-26/.269) ... 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. TONIGHT: LMU will begin a busy week on Tuesday, traveling to UC Irvine for a game
at 6:30 p.m. ... the Lions will then return home to host CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in advance of a three-game home series with Pacific this weekend ... links to live coverage of every game this week 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 and Perfect Game. 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 16 of 23 games this year, registering 11 multi-hit games (2 H 4x, 3 H 6x, 4 H 1x) ... 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 .381 (8x21) with 4 runs scored, a double, a homer and 5 RBI over last 5 games, and .381 (16x42) with 6 runs scored and 7 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. NIKO DECOLATI: Is hitting .389 (7x18) with a homer and 2 RBI over last 5 games, and
.364 (12x33) over last 10 games. CODIE PAIVA: Sports a 2-0 record with a 1.53 ERA and one save over seven appear-
ances out of the bullpen ... Paiva has struck out 17 batters in 17.2 relief innings (22 K in 26.2 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 13 runs over the last 10 games. BILLY WILSON: Ranks first in the WCC and 30th in the nation in stolen bases with 11
(national leader had 22) to help LMU to 2nd in WCC (38th in the nation) at 33 ... also leads the team in runs, doubles and home runs ... launched a walk-off solo home run to beat USC in the bottom of the 10th on 3/14. LION TRACKS: LMU took two-of-three from BYU over the weekend, capped by Cory
Abbott's perfect game on Saturday to win the series ... the Lions dropped the opener, 5-3, before rebounding for a 9-5 victory on Friday ... Abbott followed with a 106-pitch perfect game to seal the first series win over BYU in program history ... offensively, Phil Caulfield hit .571 (7x12) with three runs scored, a double, a homer and four RBI.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
Tue., 3/28 at UC Irvine Wed., 3/29 CSU Bakersfield Fri., 3/31 Pacific
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
RHP Giuseppe Benedetti (0-0, 5.91 ERA) TBA RHP Blake Redman (2-4, 3.57 ERA)
RHP Chris Vargas (0-1, 8.10 ERA) TBA RHP Ryan Shreve (1-1, 3.00 ERA)
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 28
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
Pepperdine at UC Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. San Francisco at Nevada 1:00 p.m. Oregon State at Saint Mary’s 3:00 p.m. BYU at Utah 5:00 p.m. Sacramento State vs. Pacific 6:00 p.m. Oregon at Portland 6:00 p.m. UC Riverside at San Diego 6:00 p.m. LMU at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m.
Santa Clara at San Jose State 6:00 p.m. CSU Bakersfield at LMU 6:00 p.m.
Saint Mary's #23 San Diego Gonzaga LMU BYU Santa Clara Pacific San Francisco Pepperdine Portland
WCC %
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 30
Saint Mary’s at BYU
5:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
Gonzaga at Pepperdine Saint Mary’s at BYU Portland vs. Santa Clara
3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
PRESEASON POLL
Pacific at LMU San Diego vs. Santa Clara
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
17-6 .739 W6 15-6 .714 L1 13-11 .542 L1 13-10 .565 W2 10-11 .476 L2 5-18 .217 W1 11-11 .500 W2 13-11 .542 W1 11-11 .500 L2 4-19 .174 L3
Saint Mary’s at BYU 11:00 a.m. Gonzaga at Pepperdine 1:00 p.m. Pacific at LMU 6:00 p.m. Portland vs. Santa Clara 6:00 p.m. San Diego vs. San Francisco 6:00 p.m.
NO
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
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 6:30 p.m. CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. 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. UC IRVINE
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 36-43-3 15-23-2 18-18-1 Current Streak L1 L2 W1 Last 5 3-2 1-4 1-4 Last 10 4-6 2-8 3-6 Notable LMU has W 3 of last 5 after L 9 of previous 10 DATE SITE RESULT
3/7/17 3/22/16 3/1/16 5/12/15 4/15/14 2/25/14 2/26/13 3/19/11
LMU UCI LMU UCI LMU UCI LMU LMU
L, 7-6 W, 7-2 L, 5-1 W, 5-1 W, 7-2 L, 3-2 L, 10-3 L, 4-1