2017 LMU Baseball Game Notes - WASH_33

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 21-11 | WCC: 9-3 | HM: 14-8 | 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 (21-11) VS #30 WASHINGTON HUSKIES (18-12) Monday, April 10, 2017 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 33 OF 54

HOME GAME 23 OF 27

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 11, and 13 of last 16 ... 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 9-2 in onerun 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, stolen bases and on-base percentage, and second in hit-by-pitches, runs scored, triples and average ... on the mound, is first in hits allowed per nine and WHIP, and second in shutouts, walks per nine and strikeout-to-walk ratio, and third in ERA ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 1 for its last 16 (8-for-34/.235) ... 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 29.1 innings dating back to March 12.

TONIGHT: LMU will look to finish a stretch of 12 home games in 13 contests strong

a walk-off sacrifice fly on 4/4 vs. UC Riverside ... is hitting .412 (7x17) with 5 runs scored, a double and 5 RBI over the last 5 games.

tonight, welcoming #30 Washington to Page Stadium for a game at 6 p.m. ... the Lions are 10-2 so far over the string of games ... links to live coverage of tonight's contest 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

PHIL CAULFIELD: Ranks fourth in the WCC in average ... 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 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) ... owns 3 doubles, a homer and 9 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 .412 (7x17) with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles and 7 RBI over the

last 5 games. CODIE PAIVA: Sports a 4-0 record with a 1.05 ERA and one save over 11 appearances

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

JAMEY SMART: Is hitting .500 (9x18) with 7 runs scored, 3 doubles and 2 RBI over

the last 5 games and .419 (13x31) with 9 runs scored and 5 doubles over the last 10. BILLY WILSON: Is hitting .375 (6x16) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 triples and 2 RBI over the last 5 games ... ranks first in the WCC in triples, and second in the WCC and 55th in the nation in stolen bases to help LMU to 1st in WCC (20th in the nation) ... also ranks second in the WCC in walks ... had game-tying two-RBI triple vs. Pacific on 4/1 in

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

Mon., 4/10 Washington Thu., 4/13 at Saint Mary’s Fri., 4/14 at Saint Mary’s

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

RHP Guiseppe Benedetti (1-0, 4.58 ERA) RHP Blake Redman (3-5, 3.91 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (4-0, 2.45 ERA)

LHP Chris Micheles (1-2, 3.45 ERA) TBA TBA

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE MONDAY, APRIL 10

Washington at LMU

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

6:00 pm

TUESDAY, APRIL 11

Portland at Oregon Cal at Saint Mary’s BYU at Utah Valley Gonzaga at Oregon State San Diego at UC Riverside Santa Clara at Cal Poly San Francisco at Fresno State

12:17 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:35 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:05 pm

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

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

17-12 .586 W3 21-11 .656 W2 21-9 .700 W1 17-14 .548 L1 20-11 .645 L1 16-15 .516 L1 7-24 .226 L2 7-24 .226 W1 15-17 .469 W1 12-18 .400 L3

PRESEASON POLL

Gonzaga at Santa Clara Pacific at San Diego

6:00 pm 6:00 pm

SATURDAY, APRIL 15

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

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

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 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 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 * L, 10-3 Santa Clara * W, 6-3 Santa Clara * W, 5-1 #30 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. WASHINGTON

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record Current Streak Last 5 Last 10 Notable

2-4 2-1 0-3 L3 W2 L3 2-3 2-1 0-3 2-3 2-1 0-3

DATE SITE RESULT

3/14/04 3/13/04 3/12/04 2/16/03 2/15/03 2/14/03

WASH WASH WASH LMU LMU LMU

L, 11-5 L, 6-3 L, 10-1 W, 4-3 W, 5-3 L, 10-9


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