2016 LMU Baseball Notes - at UCLA

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES Page Stadium | One LMU Drive | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | www.LMULions.com | @LMULions @LMLionsBaseball | Baseball Contact: Tyler Geivett | tgeivett@lmu.edu | (310) 338-7638

LMU LIONS (16-16) | UCLA BRUINS (13-16) April 12, 2016 | Los Angeles, Calif. | Game 33 | Away 24

QUICK HITS ◊ LMU has won 10 of its last 14 games ... has played just nine home games this year ... 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 ... is averaging just 4.59 runs per game this year ... owns an RPI of 70 (NCAA) and a strength of schedule of 7 (Boyd’s World) ... has used 30 different batting lineups in 32 games this year ... has pitched to a 2.66 ERA with two shutouts since the start of WCC play (15 games) ... is picked to finish tied for third in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... is picked fifth according to D1Baseball.com ... 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 ... began the year on the road for the first time since 2010 ... has been shut out five times this year, including in consecutive games twice (2/20 - 2/21; 3/11 - 3/12) ... prior to this year, LMU was last shut out in back-to-back games on February 9-10, 1985 ... has managed two shutouts of its own ... did not play a non-conference home weekend series this year after playing just one non-conference road weekend series last year, and none in 2014 ... 33 wins last year were the most since recording 40 in 2000 (40-19) ... reached 30 wins for the fourth time in seven years under Gill ... has played for the WCC Championship the last two years (both losses to Pepperdine) ... last earned a WCC Championship and NCAA berth in 2000. ◊ TED BOEKE hit .375 (3x8) with three runs scored and two doubles against Portland after going hitless (0x16) over previous five games ... hit LMU’s first HR of the year on 2/23 vs. #21 USC (solo HR | B3) ... made it back-to-back games with a HR on 2/26 at SJSU. ◊ CASSIDY BROWN collected four RBI in LMU’s 8-0 shutout victory at USC on 3/29 ... leads the team with 16 multi-hit games, and has managed multiple hits in 7 of his last 9 ... has posted 13 RBI in the last 15 games ... is hitting .435 (10x23) with a double and a triple over the last five games played ... is hitting .375 (18x48) with seven runs scored, three doubles, a triple, two homers and 11 RBI over the last 10 games ... hit safely in 10 straight games from 2/21 - 3/6, including posting multiple hits in seven of the 10 (.500 (19x38) | 6 R | 4 2B | HR | 6 RBI) ... batted .583 (7-for-12) with four runs scored, two doubles, a homer and five RBI in three games at SJSU ... had three career extra-base hits over first two seasons (73 games | 210 AB), but has 16 this year (32 games | 128 AB) ... was named to Johnny Bench Award watch list. ◊ J.D. BUSFIELD is 5th in the nation (first in WCC) in walks per nine innings (.66) and 10th (1st in WCC) in strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.75) ... has tossed a quality start in 5 of his last 6 starts ... is a third team Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American according to Collegiate Baseball. ◊ PHIL CAULFIELD is hitting .457 (16x35) with a double, a triple and seven RBI over the last 10 games ... batting .469 (15x32) with a double, a triple, eight RBI and four stolen bases in WCC play ... hit in 11 straight games (.450 | 18x40 | 7 R | 8 RBI | 2B | 3B | 4 BB | 5 SB) from 3/19 - 4/8. ◊ SPENCER ERDMAN has batted .438 (7x16) with 6 runs over his last five games played, and .419 (13x31) with 10 runs over the last 10. ◊ RYAN ERICKSON has batted .393 (11x28) with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles and 2 triples over his last 10 games played (9 starts). ◊ NIKO DECOLATI followed up a 1-for-24 (.042) stretch with a 2-for-3 day against USF on 4/9. ◊ JASON GILL recorded his 200th victory as head coach of the Lions on 2/19 at #11 TCU ... now 215-202-1. ◊ AUSTIN MILLER has hit in nine straight games (.368 | 14x38| 9 R | 9 RBI | 2 HR | 4 BB | 2 SB) ... batted .412 (7x17) with five runs scored, two homers and five RBI last week ... has collected 10 runs scored and nine RBI in WCC play ... belted game-winning two-run home run in the B8 to hand LMU a 2-1 victory over UC Riverside on 4/5 ... is hitting .381 (8x21) with six runs scored, two homers and and seven RBI over last five games, and .350 (14x40) with 10 runs scored and nine RBI over the last 10 ... hit safely in 11 straight games from 3/4 - 3/19 (.327 | 16x49 | 5 R | 3B | HR | 3 RBI) ... is a preseason All-WCC selection. ◊ BLAKE REDMAN ranks 28th in the nation (3rd in WCC) in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.80) and is 24th (2nd in WCC) in walks-per-nine (.98). ◊ MICHAEL SILVA was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 25th round of the 2015 MLB Draft. ◊ JAMEY SMART has reached base safely in 29 straight games, and all but one contest this year (0x4 on 2/21 at #11 TCU) ... batted .364 (4x11) with two runs scored, a homer and four RBI over three games at BYU ... drove in all four of LMU’s runs on 3/26 at BYU. ◊ SEAN WATKINS was tabbed a preseason All-WCC selection ... hit first homer of the year at #23 BYU on 3/25 ... a freshman All-American as a utility player last year. ◊ BILLY WILSON is 2 for his last 33 (.061) with 16 strikeouts. THIS WEEK Having played only nine of its first 32 games at home this year, LMU is back on the road Tuesday, traveling to UCLA for a 6 pm game from Jackie Robinson Stadium ... after Tuesday’s game at UCLA, LMU will conclude a stretch of seven of eight at home when it opens a three-game series with PCH-Cup rival Pepperdine at 6 pm on Friday ... all four games can be followed live online at LMULions.com. LION TRACKS LMU took two-of-three from San Francisco during a rainy three-game West Coast Conference series last weekend ... the two teams split a doubleheader on Friday before LMU took the finale, 5-1, on Saturday ... Austin Miller had a great week last week, batting .412 (7x17) with five runs scored, two homers and five RBI ... he slugged .765 and reached base at a .389 clip ... Miller’s two homers both proved big for LMU, as he hit a go-ahead two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth against UC Riverside on Tuesday to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory for the Lions ... he then belted a solo-homer in the second game of the three-game series with USF, tying the ball game in the fifth ... Spencer Erdman (.600 | 4 R) and Cassidy Brown (.500 | 2 R | 2B | 3B | 4 RBI) also excelled for LMU offensively ... LMU’s pitching staff registered a 2.67 ERA in the three games against USF, led by Blake Redman ... Redman, making his second weekend start of the year, took the mound in the deciding game three of a WCC series against San Francisco, tossing 8.0 innings and allowing just one run on seven hits with a career-best eight strikeouts to hand LMU the series ... over his six starts this year, Redman now owns a 4-1 record with a 1.93 ERA over 37.1 innings.

DATE Tue., 4/12 Fri., 4/15 Sat., 4/16 Sun., 4/17

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS

TIME 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 1:00 pm

OPPONENT at UCLA Pepperdine Pepperdine Pepperdine

LMU PROBABLE RHP Tyler Cohen (2-3, 4.14 ERA) RHP J.D. Busfield (3-2, 3.31 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (3-3, 3.59 ERA) RHP Blake Redman (5-3, 2.54 ERA)

OPPONENT PROBABLE RHP Jake Bird (1-3, 5.81 ERA) TBA TBA TBA

2016 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 16-16 | WCC: 7-5 | H: 5-4 | A: 11-12 | N: 0-0 Date Day Opponent Time/Result Feb. 19 Fri. at #11 TCU W, 5-3 Feb. 20 Sat. at #11 TCU L, 1-0 Feb. 21 Sun. at #11 TCU L, 5-0 Feb. 23 Tue. #21 USC L, 4-3 Feb. 26 Fri. at San Jose State W, 13-4 Feb. 27 Sat. at San Jose State L, 8-5 Feb. 28 Sun. at San Jose State W, 4-3 Mar. 1 Tue. UC Irvine L, 5-1 Mar. 4 Fri. at Florida International W, 5-4 (12) Mar. 5 Sat. at Florida International (G1) W, 10-3 at Florida International (G2) L, 6-0 Mar. 6 Sun. at Florida International W, 8-4 Mar. 11 Fri. at Nebraska (G1) L, 6-4 at Nebraska (G2) L, 7-0 Mar. 12 Sat. at Nebraska L, 3-0 Mar. 13 Sun. at Nebraska L, 5-4 Mar. 15 Tue. at #24 Long Beach State L, 6-4 Mar. 18 Fri. Portland * L, 3-1 Mar. 19 Sat. Portland * W, 8-1 Mar. 20 Sun. Portland * W, 3-0 Mar. 22 Tue. at UC Irvine W, 7-2 Mar. 24 Thu. at #23 BYU * L, 4-1 Mar. 25 Fri. at #23 BYU * W, 10-5 Mar. 26 Sat. at #23 BYU * L, 7-4 Mar. 29 Tue. at USC W, 8-0 Apr. 1 Fri. at San Diego * W, 7-2 Apr. 2 Sat. at San Diego * L, 5-1 Apr. 3 Sun. at San Diego * W, 8-5 Apr. 5 Tue. UC Riverside W, 2-1 Apr. 8 Fri. San Francisco * (G1) W, 13-4 San Francisco * (G2) L, 4-3 Apr. 9 Sat. San Francisco * W, 5-1 Apr. 12 Tue. at UCLA 6:00 p.m. Apr. 15 Fri. Pepperdine * 6:00 p.m. Apr. 16 Sat. Pepperdine * 6:00 p.m. Apr. 17 Sun. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. Apr. 20 Wed. at CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. Apr. 22 Fri. at Pacific * 7:00 p.m. Apr. 23 Sat. at Pacific * 7:00 p.m. Apr. 24 Sun. at Pacific * 1:00 p.m. Apr. 25 Mon. Hawai’i 6:00 p.m. Apr. 26 Tue. CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. Apr. 29 Fri. at Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. Apr. 30 Sat. at Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. May 1 Sun. at Santa Clara * 1:00 p.m. May 6 Fri. Saint Mary’s * 6:00 p.m. May 7 Sat. Saint Mary’s * 6:00 p.m. May 8 Sun. Saint Mary’s * 1:00 p.m. May 10 Tue. at UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. May 13 Fri. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. May 14 Sat. Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. May 15 Sun. Gonzaga * 1:00 p.m. May 17 Tue. Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. May 28 Sat. WCC Championships TBA May 29 Sun. WCC Championships TBA May 30 Mon. WCC Championships TBA * - WCC Game


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