LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 30-14 | WCC: 16-5 | HM: 17-10 | RD: 13-4 Date Day Opponent Time/Result
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LMU LIONS (30-14) AT UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS (18-25) Monday, May 8, 2017 | Riverside Sports Complex | Riverside, Calif. GAME 45 OF 54
ROAD GAME 18 OF 26
LMU: Carries a #23 ranking into the week according to D1Baseball and a #27 mark according to Collegiate Baseball ... prior to entering the rankings last week, 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 Friday, but has won 8 of the last 9, 19 of last 23, and 22 of last 28 ... 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 (10-0-1) ... is 9-5 in one-run games and has won seven of the last 10 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 and triples, and is second in walks, batting average, stolen bases and on-base percentage ... on the mound, is first in hits allowed per nine and WHIP, and second in shutouts, ERA, walks per nine and strikeout-to-walk ratio ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 3 for its last 22 (10-for-40/.250) ... recorded its third of four shutouts this year on 3/25 vs. BYU as Cory Abbott tossed first perfect game in LMU history to beat Cougars, 2-0 (other shutouts: 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.
TONight: LMU will carry its first national ranking into a game since 2000 tonight, traveling to UC Riverside for a 6 p.m. first pitch from the Riverside Sports Complex ... the Lions beat UCR, 9-8, in 10 innings on April 4 earlier this season ... following tonight's game, LMU will travel to CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday before visiting Gonzaga for a three-game West Coast Conference series beginning on Friday ... links to live coverage of this week'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 51.1 innings ... leads the WCC and is 3rd in nation in victories (9) ... 1st in the WCC in WHIP (0.90) and ERA (1.84) ... 2nd in WCC in strikeouts (88) ... 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 time on 5/1 ... is 7-0 with a 0.18 ERA over seven starts and 51 innings against WCC teams. PHIL CAULFIELD: Ranks first in the WCC in average, and third in the WCC in hits and on-base percentage ... 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 30 of 41 games with an at bat, registering 20 multi-hit games (2 H 8x, 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
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
Mon., 5/8 at UC Riverside Wed., 5/10 at CSU Bakersfield Fri., 5/12 at Gonzaga
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
RHP Cory Abbott (9-1, 1.84 ERA) TBA LHP Brenton Arriaga (5-1 2.45 ERA)
RHP Trenton Toplikar (2-2, 6.31 ERA) TBA RHP Eli Morgan (7-2, 2.95 ERA)
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
WCC %
GB
BYU LMU Gonzaga San Diego Saint Mary's San Francisco Santa Clara Pepperdine Portland Pacific
17-4 .810 - 16-5 .762 1 15-6 .714 2 15-9 .625 3.5 13-8 .619 4 9-15 .375 9.5 7-14 .333 10 7-14 .333 10 5-16 .238 12 4-17 .190 13
OVERALL % STRK
29-14 .674 W9 30-14 .682 W2 26-16 .619 W1 29-16 .644 L2 30-17 .638 W2 24-25 .490 W1 11-35 .239 L4 18-27 .400 L1 9-34 .209 L2 15-30 .333 L4
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
2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1 5/8
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)
PRESEASON POLL
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MAY 9
Cal Poly at Pepperdine UCSB at Saint Mary’s Utah at BYU San Francisco at Stanford UC Davis at Pacific San Diego at UC Irvine
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
3:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm
LMU at CSU Bakersfield
6:00 pm
THURSDAY, MAY 11
Portland at BYU
5:00 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 12
San Jose State at San Francisco 3:00 pm Saint Mary’s at Pepperdine 3:00 pm Portland at BYU 5:00 pm LMU at Gonzaga 6:00 pm
Pacific at Santa Clara 6:00 pm Sacramento State at San Diego 6:00 pm SATURDAY, MAY 13
Portland at BYU 12:00 pm San Jose State at San Francisco 1:00 pm Saint Mary’s at Pepperdine 1:00 pm LMU at Gonzaga 6:00 pm Sacramento State at San Diego 6:00 pm Pacific at Santa Clara 7:00 pm
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)
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
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 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. UC RIVERSIDE
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 23-20 11-9 11-11 Current Streak W5 W8 W2 Last 5 5-0 5-0 2-3 Last 10 7-3 8-2 5-5 Notable The last four games have been decided by one run DATE SITE RESULT
4/4/17 5/10/16 4/5/16 4/7/15 2/24/15 5/13/14 4/9/13 3/5/13
LMU UCR LMU LMU UCR UCR LMU UCR
W, 9-8 (10) W, 5-4 W, 2-1 W, 5-4 W, 5-2 L, 6-9 W, 10-3 L, 4-6