2017 LMU Baseball Game Notes - WSU_5-8

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2017 SCHEDULE ALL: 2-2 | WCC: 0-0 | HM: 2-2 | RD: 0-0 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 (2-2) VS WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (1-2) February 24-27, 2017 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 5-8 OF 53

HOME GAME 5-8 OF 27

LMU: Is picked to finish seventh in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... is also picked seventh according to D1Baseball.com ... 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. IN 2016, LMU: Dropped 6 of its last 8 overall ... earned five All-WCC selections ... played just two extra-inning games (1-1) and just 21 home games (9-12) ... used 48 different batting lineups in 53 games ... began the year on the road for the first time since 2010 ... did not play a non-conference home weekend series ... was shut out seven times, including in consecutive games twice (2/20 - 2/21; 3/11 - 3/12) ... prior to 2016, LMU was last shut out in back-to-back games on February 9-10, 1985 ... managed four shutouts of its own ... scored a season-high 17 runs on 4/20 at CSU Bakersfield and followed that up with a 13-2 win on 4/25 in a Monday contest against Hawaii... drew 10 walks in the game vs. CSUB - the most since drawing 10 against Santa Clara on 4/22/06 ... six straight losses from 3/11 - 3/18 was the longest winless streak since dropping six straight from 2/18 - 3/1/14 ... averaged 2.17 runs per game and hit .202 over the losing streak ... played in front of a crowd of 1,037 in home opener on 2/23 vs. #21 USC - the largest home crowd since at least 1998. THIS WEEK: Having gone 2-2 over the first four games of the year, including posting a series

victory over #19 UCSB to start the season, LMU will remain at home this weekend to host Washington State in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 6 p.m. ... Saturday’s contest will also be played at 6 p.m., while Sunday and Monday will begin at 1 p.m. ... Friday’s meeting will be just the second between the two teams ... a free video stream and live stats for all four games can be found at LMULions.com and TheW.tv. PHIL CAULFIELD: Was named WCC Player of the Week on 2/20 after hitting .500 (6x12) with 3 R, 3 SB, 2 RBI in series vs. #19 UCSB ... picked as a preseason All-West Coast Conference selection.

LION TRACKS: Errors, walks and missed opportunities all played a role in the outcome on Wednesday night as LMU committed six errors, walked nine and left 10 men on base, including the bases loaded three times, en route to suffering an 8-4 setback to Tennessee ... LMU used nine total pitchers on Wednesday night, but only three of the nine lasted at least an inning, including starter Codie Paiva who tossed the first 3.0 frames and allowed four runs (one earned) on six hits with two strikeouts before not factoring in the decision ... Steven Skolarz was ultimately tagged with the loss after missing with all four pitches he threw in a leadoff walk to Andre Lipcius in the seventh inning, opening the gates for what turned out to be a three-run frame that broke a 4-4 tie ... freshman Trevin Esquerra took Paiva off the hook for a loss and brought the Lions back to even at four in the fourth innig with his first career home run – a mammoth blast to centerfield on a chilly night that proved tough to drive the ball ... Esquerra would come to the plate three times with the bases loaded and two out over the course of the game, but would ultimatley strand the bags loaded in each instance ... offensively, LMU struck out 14 times. IT’S JUST A NUMBER: LMU is 34-43-1 against ranked-opponents under head coach Jason

Gill over his nine years as head coach ... the Lions are also 8-10 in weekend series against ranked teams over that span ... LMU is 2-1 so far this year ... LMU went 2-7 against ranked-foes in 2016 ... the Lions went 1-4-1 in 2015 against such teams, with the lone victory coming in the series finale at #20 Arkansas on 3/8 ... LMU’s best record under Gill against ranked-teams came in his first year (2009) when the Lions went 9-2. TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE: Season ticket packages for the 2017 season are on sale, with

plans starting at $40 for a General Admission season ticket, while Reserved Chair Back season tickets can be purchased for $80 ... members of LMU’s Little Lions Club also get into all LMU home baseball games as part of the membership ... each season ticket purchased comes with a commemorative LMU Scarf, and Reserved Chair Back season tickets also include a nameplate on your chair identifying your seat(s) ... students, faculty and staff with a valid One Card also receive free General Admission access to every home game ... to purchase Reserved Chair Back season tickets, please contact the LMU Box Office at 310-338-5466 ... to purchase General Admission season tickets or single-game tickets, please visit LMULions.com/tickets.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

Fri., 2/24 Washington State Sat., 2/25 Washington State Sun., 2/26 Washington State

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

RHP Blake Redman (0-1, 4.50 ERA) LHP Brenton Arriaga (1-0, 0.00 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (1-0, 1.80 ERA)

LHP Damon Jones (0-0, 2.25 ERA) RHP Ryan Walker (0-0, 7.20 ERA) LHP Cody Anderson (0-0, 3.86 ERA)

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Portland at CSU Bakersfield Washington at Saint Mary’s N. Colorado vs. BYU Pepperdine at Texas A&M Cal Poly at Pacific Creighton at Santa Clara Washington State at LMU Notre Dame at San Diego San Francisco at Hawaii

2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:35 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Portland at CSU Bakersfield Pepperdine at Texas A&M Washington at Saint Mary’s Cal Poly at Pacific Gonzaga at UCLA San Francisco at Hawaii TBA at San Diego Saint Louis at Santa Clara Washington State at LMU BYU at San Jose State

Pepperdine at Texas A&M Gonzaga at UCLA Washington at Saint Mary’s Washington State at LMU Cal Poly at Pacific Michigan at Santa Clara San Francisco at Hawaii

12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:34 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

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

WCC % GB ALL % L10 STRK

0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000

PRESEASON POLL

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

- - - - - - - - - -

3-0 1.000 3-0 W3 2-0 1.000 2-0 W2 3-1 .750 3-1 L1 2-2 .500 2-2 L1 2-2 .500 2-2 L1 1-2 .333 1-2 L1 1-2 .333 1-2 L1 1-2 .333 1-2 L1 1-2 .333 1-2 L2 1-2 .333 1-2 L2

NO

11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m.

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

2/20

Phil Caulfield (LMU)

Nick Sprengel (USD)

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. 21 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. 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. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Thu. Fri. Sat. 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 6:00 p.m. Washington State 6:00 p.m. Washington State 1:00 p.m. Washington State 1:00 p.m. Michigan 6:00 p.m. at Arizona State 6:30 p.m. at Arizona State 6:30 p.m. at Arizona State 12:30 p.m. UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. at Cal Poly 1:00 p.m. USC 6:00 p.m. at San Francisco * 3:00 p.m. at San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. at San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. Cal State Northridge 6:00 p.m. BYU * 6:00 p.m. BYU * 6:00 p.m. BYU * 1:00 p.m. 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. 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 STATE

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 0-1 0-0 0-0 Current Streak L1 -- -Last 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 Last 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 Notable LMU L a West Regional game 5/25/90 (Tempe, AZ) DATE SITE RESULT

5/25/90 2/16/17 4/28/15 3/24/15 5/15/13 3/4/12 3/3/12 3/2/12

Tempe, Ariz. LMU UCSB LMU LMU UCSB UCSB UCSB

L, 13-2 L, 6-3 T, 6-6 L, 18-4 L, 11-3 W, 7-5 L, 10-2 W, 9-5


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