2015 LMU Baseball Notes - SJSU

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LMU LIONS (0-0) | SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS (0-0) PAGE STADIUM | FEBRUARY 13-15, 2015

2015 SCHEDULE

Overall: 0-0 | WCC: 0-0 | H: 0-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 0-0

Date Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 3 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 14 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 28 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 12 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 21 May 22 May 23

Day Opponent Time/Result Fri. San Jose State 6:00 p.m. Sat. San Jose State 6:00 p.m. Sun. San Jose State 1:00 p.m. Tue. San Diego State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Saint Joseph’s 6:00 p.m. Sat. Saint Joseph’s 6:00 p.m. Sun. Saint Joseph’s 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. Fri. Nebraska 6:00 p.m. Sat. Nebraska 6:00 p.m. Sun. Nebraska 12:00 p.m. Tue. Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Arkansas 1:05 p.m. Sat. Arkansas TBA Sun. Arkansas 11:05 a.m. Tue. TCU 6:00 p.m. Fri. Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Santa Clara * 1:00 p.m. Tue. San Diego State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Pepperdine * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Sun. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Santa Barbara 6:00 p.m. Wed. Hawaii 6:00 p.m. Fri. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Gonzaga * 1:00 p.m. Tue. Grand Canyon 6:30 p.m. Thu. Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. Fri. Saint Mary’s * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Saint Mary’s * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. Thu. BYU * 6:00 p.m. Fri. BYU * 6:00 p.m. Sat. BYU * 2:00 p.m. Tue. UNLV 6:00 p.m. Fri. Pacific * 6:00 p.m. Sat. Pacific * 6:00 p.m. Sun. Pacific * 1:00 p.m. Tue. Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. Fri. Portland * 3:00 p.m. Sat. Portland * 1:00 p.m. Sun. Portland * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. Fri. San Diego * 6:00 p.m. Sat. San Diego * 6:00 p.m. Sun. San Diego * 1:00 p.m. Tue. UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. Fri. San Francisco * 3:00 p.m. Sat. San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. Sun. San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. Thu. WCC Championship Tournament TBA Fri. WCC Championship Tournament TBA Sat. WCC Championship Tournament TBA

BOLD – Home Game at Page Stadium | * - WCC Game

QUICK HITS

◊ LMU is picked to win the WCC according to the preseason coaches poll, Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... opens the year ranked #35 in the nation according to Collegiate Baseball ... is 4-2 on Opening Day under seventh-year head coach Jason Gill ... is 5-1 in Opening Weekend series over that span (only loss against then-#7 UC Irvine in 2010) ... will play only 1 non-conference weekend road series this year (did not play a non-conference weekend series on road last year) ... reached 30 wins (32-24) for the third time in six years under head coach Jason Gill last year ... 32 wins were the most since recording 32 in 2004 (32-22-1) ... had four first team All-WCC selections last year (Miller, Fletcher, Welmon, Dahlson) - the most since 2000 (5) ... earned the WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year (Fletcher and Colton Plaia) en route to posting an LMU record .973 fielding percentage ... Fletcher and Miller also earned first team Freshman All-American honors, including becoming the first duo to be tabbed in the same year by Baseball America ... Fletcher was also tabbed 2nd team ABCA All-West Region ... earned WCC Freshman of the Year (Miller) for the first time since 2010 (Matt Lowenstein) ... is 29-31 against ranked-opponents under Gill ... won 8 of its final 9 home games last year ... went 9-4 in weekend series last year ... had 35 of its 56 games decided by 3 runs or less last year ... was 9-4 in 1-run games, 9-6 in 2-run games and 4-3 in 3-run games ... is 7-7 in weekend series against ranked-opponents under Gill ... collected two walk-off victories last year (3/5 against CSUN | Donnels RBI-single in B13, 12-11; 3/16 against Portland | Jack RBI-double in B9, 8-7) ... accumulated a 4.35 bullpen ERA and a 3.68 starter ERA last year ... ◊ DAVID FLETCHER is a preseason All-WCC selection ... earned Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Freshman of the Year ... 2nd team All-West Region in 2014 (ABCA) ... carries over a 15-game hit streak from last year, posting multiple hits in 8 (.407 (24-for-59) | 7 R | 3 RBI | 2B | 7 SB) ... has hit safely in 27 of his last 28 games, and 30 of the last 32 dating back to 2014 ... ◊ TREVOR MEGILL was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals (3rd round) in the 2014 MLB Draft ... ◊ AUSTIN MILLER is a preseason All-WCC selection ... earned Freshman All-American last year ... 2014 WCC Defensive Player of the Year ... has reached base safely in 16 straight games dating back to 2014 ... ◊ COLIN WELMON is one of 50 players on USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list ... favorite to win WCC Pitcher of the Year according to Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com ... is a preseason AllWCC selection ... listed as the 4th-best senior prospect according to Perfect Game ... was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates (34th round) in the 2014 MLB Draft ... has tossed 6.0+ innings in 32 of his 41 career starts ... has completed 5.0+ innings in all but two starts ... registered four complete games in 2014, including each of his final 3 starts, and 4 of his last 5 ...

SERIES HISTORY VS. SAN JOSE STATE

Overall | at LMU | at San Jose State | Neutral:.................................................................. 7-5 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 LMU Record Last Five | Ten:................................................................................................................... 2-3 | 5-5 Last Meeting:........................................................February 25, 2007 at LMU | San Jose State Victory, 15-7 Last LMU Win:.........................................................................................February 24, 2007 | LMU Victory, 6-5 First Meeting:.............................................................................February 28, 2003 at LMU | LMU Victory, 9-7 Notable:............................................................................San Jose State has won 3 of last 4 games overall

THIS WEEK

The 2015 baseball season begins this week across the nation, and the Lions will host San Jose State in the opening weekend series…the three-game series against San Jose State will feature live video streaming and stats at LMULions.com…

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

FRIDAY, 6 PM RHP Colin Welmon 10-2, 2.37 ERA RHP Kalei Contrades 5-2, 2.50 ERA

SATURDAY, 6 PM RHP Trevor Megill ‘14: DNP | ‘13: 3-3, 2.72 ERA LHP Jonathan Hernandez 0-7, 5.32 ERA

SUNDAY, 1 PM RHP Tylor Megill ‘14: 2nd Tm HS All-America RHP Logan Handzlik 2-3, 5.92 ERA

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