LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 18-10 | WCC: 7-2 | HM: 11-7 | 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 (18-10) VS UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS (12-11) Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 29 OF 54
HOME GAME 19 OF 27
LMU: Has won a season-high seven straight games for the first time since winning 7 straight from April 6-17, 2014 ... last won 8 straight from 3/20/09-3/29/09 ... 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 8-2 in one-run games and has won the last six such contests ... recorded its first walk-off win of the year on 3/14 vs. USC (Billy Wilson HR in B10), and its second on 4/1 vs. Pacific (Nick Sogard sacrifice fly in B9) ... did not record a walk-off W last year (last: 4/18/15 vs Pacific) ... offensively, is first in the WCC in walks, stolen bases and on-base percentage, and second in triples, average and hit-by-pitches ... on the mound, is first in shutouts, 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.
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 21 of 28 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 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, a homer and 8 RBI over last 5 games, and .400 (16x40) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, 2 homers and 13 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. JIMMY HILL: Is hitting .385 (5x13) with 2 runs scored, 2 doubles and 3 RBI over the
last 5 games. CODIE PAIVA: Sports a 3-0 record with a 1.31 ERA and one save over nine appearances out of the bullpen ... has struck out 20 batters in 20.2 relief IP (25 K in 29.2 IP overall).
TONIGHT: LMU will continue a string of 12 home games in the span of 13 contests tonight, welcoming UC Riverside to Page Stadium for a 6 p.m. first pitch ... this is the first meeting between the two teams this year ... links to live coverage of tonight's game can be found at LMULions.com.
BRANDON SHEARER: Launched a grand slam at San Francisco on 3/17 ... is hitting
CORY ABBOTT: Tossed the first perfect game in LMU history on 3/25 vs. BYU ... struck
Pacific on 4/1.
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
BILLY WILSON: Ranks second in the WCC and 46th in the nation in stolen bases with 11 (national leader has 23) to help LMU to 1st in WCC (27th in the nation) at 43 ... had game-tying two-RBI triple vs. Pacific on 4/1 in bottom of the 9th (LMU walked off with 5-4
.350 (7x20) with 5 runs scored, 2 doubles and 2 RBI over the last 5 games ... has knocked in 7 runs over the last 10 games. NICK SOGARD: Contributed the walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth vs.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
Tue., 4/4 Fri., 4/7 Sat., 4/8
UC Riverside Santa Clara Santa Clara
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
LHP Kyle Dozier (0-0, 4.50 ERA) RHP Blake Redman (3-4, 3.71 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (3-0, 2.64 ERA)
RHP Kevin West (0-0, 3.86 ERA) TBA TBA
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Pepperdine at CSUN UC Riverside at LMU San Jose State at Santa Clara Oregon State at Portland Pepperdine at CSUN San Diego at CSU-Fullerton
THURSDAY, APRIL 6
3:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
Saint Mary’s at Nevada New Mexico at San Diego
BYU at Pacific
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
San Diego LMU Gonzaga BYU Saint Mary's Pepperdine Santa Clara Portland Pacific San Francisco
Saint Mary’s at San Francisco San Diego at Gonzaga BYU at Pacific Santa Clara at LMU Pepperdine at Portland
NO
1:00 pm 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
3:00 pm 6:00 pm
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
PRESEASON POLL
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
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
OVERALL % STRK
19-6 .760 W4 18-10 .643 W7 15-13 .536 W1 14-12 .538 L1 17-10 .630 L4 13-13 .500 W2 6-21 .222 L1 6-21 .222 W1 12-15 .444 W1 14-15 .483 L4
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 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 RIVERSIDE
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 22-20 10-9 11-11 Current Streak W4 W7 W2 Last 5 4-1 5-0 2-3 Last 10 7-3 8-2 5-5 Notable The last three games have been decided by one run DATE SITE RESULT
5/10/16 4/5/16 4/7/15 2/24/15 5/13/14 4/9/13 3/5/13 5/22/12
UCR LMU LMU UCR UCR LMU UCR LMU
W, 5-4 W, 2-1 W, 5-4 W, 5-2 L, 6-9 W, 10-3 L, 4-6 W, 3-0