LMU BASEBALL NOTES ALL: 33-16 | WCC: 17-7 | HM: 17-10 | RD: 16-6 Page Stadium | One LMU Drive | Los Angeles, Calif
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2017 SCHEDULE LMU BASEBALL NOTES ALL: 33-16 | WCC: 17-7 | HM: 17-10 | RD: 16-6 Page Stadium | One LMU Drive | Los Angeles, Calif. 90045 | www.LMULions.com | @LMULions Date Day Opponent Time/Result @LMLionsBaseball | Baseball Contact: Tyler Geivett | [email protected] | (310) 338-7638 Feb. 16 Thu. #19 UC Santa Barbara L, 6-3 Feb. 18 Sat. #19 UC Santa Barbara W, 1-0 Feb. 19 Sun. #19 UC Santa Barbara W, 8-2 Feb. 22 Wed. Tennessee L, 8-4 LMU LIONS (33-16) AT OREGON DUCKS (26-21) Feb. 24 Fri. Washington State L, 6-3 Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | PK Park | Eugene, Ore. Feb. 25 Sat. Washington State W, 18-5 Feb. 26 Sun. Washington State L, 7-4 GAME 50 OF 54 ROAD GAME 23 OF 26 Feb. 27 Mon. Washington State W, 7-3 Mar. 1 Wed. Michigan L, 14-2 LMU: Dropped out of the Top-25 this week (carried a #23 ranking into last week THIS WEEK: LMU will play the final week of the regular season, traveling to Ore- Mar. 3 Fri. at Arizona State L, 2-1 according to D1Baseball and a #27 mark according to Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA) gon for a 6 p.m. contest against the Ducks on Wednesday ... the Lions will then play a Mar. 4 Sat. at Arizona State W, 3-2 ... prior to entering the rankings this year, LMU had previously been ranked when they three-game West Coast Conference series at Portland beginning on Friday ... links to live Mar. 5 Sun. at Arizona State W, 8-5 finished the 2000 season as the #16 team according to Baseball America, #24 according coverage of this week's games can be found at LMULions.com. Mar. 7 Tue. UC Irvine L, 7-6 Mar. 10 Fri. at Cal Poly W, 4-0 to Collegiate Baseball, and #25 according to the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll ... had Mar. 11 Sat. at Cal Poly W, 6-5 (10) a season-high 8-game win streak snapped on April 7 ... last won 8 straight from March CORY ABBOTT: Tossed the first perfect game in LMU history on 3/25 vs. BYU ... Mar. 12 Sun. at Cal Poly L, 16-1 20-29, 2009 ... had a 6-game win streak snapped on 4/28, but has won 11 of the last struck out 13, faced four three-ball counts and threw 106 pitches in the perfect game ... Mar. 14 Tue. USC W, 4-3 (10) 14, 22 of last 28, and 25 of last 33 ... is picked to finish seventh in the WCC Preseason for his outing, was named WCC Pitcher of the Week and a National Pitcher of the Week Mar. 17 Fri. at San Francisco * W, 6-5 Coaches’ Poll ... is also picked seventh according to D1Baseball.com ... has dropped one according to Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game ... logged 18.2 scoreless Mar. 18 Sat. at San Francisco * L, 4-0 weekend series this year (10-1-1) ... is 9-6 in one-run games and has won seven of the innings from March 19 - April 2, but allowed two unearned runs in the 2nd on March 19 Mar. 19 Sun. at San Francisco * W, 3-2 last 11 such contests ... has recorded three walk-off wins (3/14 vs. USC; Billy Wilson and an unearned run in the 5th on April 2 ... did not allow an earned run over 43 innings Mar. 23 Thu. BYU * L, 5-3 HR in B10, 4/1 vs. Pacific; Nick Sogard sacrifice fly in B9, 4/4 vs. UC Riverside; Brandon from March 12 - April 22, and has allowed just one earned run over his last 62.1 innings Mar. 24 Fri. BYU * W, 9-5 Shearer sacrifice fly in B10) ... did not record a walk-off W last year (last: 4/18/15 vs ... leads the WCC and is tied for 1st in nation in victories (11) ... 1st in the WCC in WHIP Mar. 25 Sat. BYU * W, 2-0 Pacific) ... offensively, is first in the WCC in hit-by-pitches, stolen bases and triples, and (0.89/ 16th in nation) and ERA (1.60; 10th in nation) ... 2nd in WCC in strikeouts (103; Mar. 28 Tue. at UC Irvine W, 4-2 is second in walks, batting average and on-base percentage ... on the mound, is first in 11th in nation) ... took home Rawlings WCC Pitcher of the Week on 4/17 after tossing Mar. 29 Wed. CSU Bakersfield W, 10-7 Mar. 31 Fri. Pacific * W, 8-7 hits allowed per nine, walks per nine, shutouts and WHIP, and second in strikeout-to-walk 8.0 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts at Saint Mary’s on 4/15, and earned the honor a Apr. 1 Sat. Pacific * W, 5-4 ratio and ERA ... began the year 7-for-18 (.389) in pinch-hit opportunities, but is 3 for third and fourth time on 5/1 and 5/15 ... is 8-0 with a 0.15 ERA over eight starts and 60 Apr. 2 Sun. Pacific * W, 15-6 its last 27 (10-for-45/.222) ... recorded its third of five shutouts this year on 3/25 vs. innings against WCC teams. Apr. 4 Tue. UC Riverside W, 9-8 (10) BYU as Cory Abbott tossed first perfect game in LMU and WCC history to beat Cougars, Apr. 7 Fri. Santa Clara * L, 10-3 2-0 (other shutouts: 5/13 at Gonzaga; 4/15 at Saint Mary’s; 3/10 at Cal Poly; 2/18 vs. PHIL CAULFIELD: Ranks second in the WCC in average (.369), fourth in hits (69), Apr. 8 Sat. Santa Clara * W, 6-3 #19 UCSB) ... has twice posted a season-high 18 runs on 20 hits (2/25 vs Washington and fourth in on-base percentage (.448) ... batting .378 (14x37) with 10 runs scored, 3 Apr. 9 Sun. Santa Clara * W, 5-1 State; 4/25 at CSUN) ... committed six errors on 2/22 vs Tennessee - the fifth-most since doubles and 6 RBI over his last 8 games played ... has been named WCC Player of the Apr. 10 Mon. #30 Washington L, 8-7 (10) 1998, and the most since committing seven on 3/5/14 vs. Cal State Northridge ... was Week twice - 2/20 after hitting .500 (6x12) with 3 R, 3 SB, 2 RBI in series vs. #19 UCSB; Apr. 13 Thu. at Saint Mary’s * W, 12-3 scheduled to begin the year on the road, but rain forced the series from UCSB to LMU and 3/27 after hitting .571 (7x12) with three runs scored, a double, a homer and four RBI to Apr. 14 Fri. at Saint Mary’s * L, 1-0 moved the start date up to February 16 ... is 7-2 in Opening Weekend series under Jason help guide LMU to a 2-1 series win over BYU in WCC play ... had a 10-game hit streak Apr. 15 Sat. at Saint Mary’s * W, 7-0 Gill (only losses against then-No. 7 UC Irvine in 2010 and #11 TCU in 2016) ... has played snapped on 4/7 vs. Santa Clara (.436, 17x39, 8 R, 14 RBI, 3 2B, 2 HR) ... has hit safely Apr. 18 Tue. Cal State Northridge W, 6-1 Apr. 21 Fri. at Pepperdine * W, 7-3 for the WCC Championship two of the last three years (losses to Pepperdine in 2014 and in 34 of 46 games with an at bat, registering 22 multi-hit games (2 H 10x, 3 H 11x, 4 H Apr. 22 Sat. at Pepperdine * W, 5-1 2015) ... last earned a WCC Championship and NCAA berth in 2000. 1x) ... launched a grand slam vs. CSU Bakersfield on 3/29 ... teamed with Niko Decolati Apr. 23 Sun. at Pepperdine * W, 4-2 Apr. 25 Tue. at Cal State Northridge W, 18-10 UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS Apr. 28 Fri. San Diego * L, 11-10 DATE OPPONENT TIME LMU PROBABLE OPPONENT PROBABLE Apr. 29 Sat. San Diego * W, 10-3 Wed., 5/17 at Oregon 6:00 p.m. RHP Giuseppe Benedetti (3-0, 3.11 ERA) RHP James Acuna (1-0, 2.08 ERA) Apr. 30 Sun. San Diego * W, 6-3 Fri., 5/19 at Portland 6:00 p.m. LHP Brenton Arriaga (5-2, 2.82 ERA) TBA May 8 Mon. at UC Riverside W, 5-3 Sat., 5/20 at Portland 6:00 p.m. RHP Cory Abbot (11-1, 1.60 ERA) TBA May 10 Wed. at CSU Bakersfield W, 8-2 May 12 Fri. at Gonzaga * L, 6-3 WCC PLAYER OF WEEK WCC PITCHER OF WEEK 2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS May 13 Sat. at Gonzaga * W, 4-0 May 14 Sun. at Gonzaga * L, 6-5 DATE PLAYER DATE PLAYER SCHOOL WCC % GB OVERALL % STRK May 17 Wed. at Oregon 6:00 p.m. BYU 20-4 .833 - 32-15 .681 W3 2/20 Phil Caulfield (LMU) 2/20 Nick Sprengel (USD) May 19 Fri. at Portland * 6:00 p.m. LMU 17-7 .708 3 33-16 .673 L1 2/27 Jackson Thoreson (SMC) 2/27 Troy Conyers (USD) May 20 Sat. at Portland * 6:00 p.m. Gonzaga 17-7 .708 3 28-17 .622 W1 3/6 Eddie Haus (SMC) 3/6 Eli Morgan (GON) May 21 Sun. at Portland * 1:00 p.m. Saint Mary's 15-9 .625 5 34-18 .654 W2 3/13 Jay Schulyer (USD) 3/13 Eli Morgan (GON) May 25 Thu. WCC Championship Series TBA San Diego 15-9 .625 5 32-17 .653 L1 3/20 Riley Adams (USD) 3/20 Eli Morgan (GON) May 26 Fri.