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LMU LIONS (14-15, 5-4 WCC) | SAN FRANCISCO DONS (9-22, 4-5 WCC) April 8-10, 2016 | Page Stadium | Game 30-32 | Home 7-9
QUICK HITS ◊ LMU has won eight of its last 11 games ... is playing just its seventh, eighth and ninth home games of the 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 4.34 runs per game this year ... owns an RPI of 39 (NCAA) and a strength of schedule of 2 (Boyd’s World) ... has used 28 different batting lineups in 29 games this year ... has pitched to a 2.72 ERA with two shutouts over the last 11 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 13 multi-hit games ... has posted a double, two homers and five RBI over the last five games played ... is hitting .326 (14x43) with eight runs scored, three doubles, two homers and eight 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 14 this year (29 games | 114 AB) ... was named to Johnny Bench Award watch list. ◊ J.D. BUSFIELD ranks 6th in the nation (first in WCC) in strikeout-to-walk ratio (12.00) and is 5th (first in WCC) in walks-per-nine (.57) ... has tossed 5 consecutive quality starts ... is a third team Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American according to Collegiate Baseball. ◊ PHIL CAULFIELD is hitting .412 (7x17) over last five games ... batting .524 (11x21) with five RBI in WCC play ... carries a nine-game hit streak (.438 | 14x32) into the weekend. ◊ SPENCER ERDMAN has batted .375 (6x16) with five runs scored over his last five games played. ◊ RYAN ERICKSON has batted .455 (10x22) with 4 runs scored, 3 doubles and a triple over his last 9 games played (7 starts). ◊ NIKO DECOLATI is 1 for his last 23 (.043) over last six games after going 7-for-8 in three prior games. ◊ JASON GILL recorded his 200th victory as head coach of the Lions on 2/19 at #11 TCU ... now 213-201-1. ◊ AUSTIN MILLER 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 four runs scored and six RBI over last five games ... 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 32nd in the nation (2nd in WCC) in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.50) and is 21st (2nd in WCC) in walks-per-nine (.95) ... went 2-0 over two starts last week, pitching to a 2.08 ERA over 13 IP ... allowed just three runs while striking out seven over the two starts. ◊ 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 26 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 five of its first 28 games at home this year, LMU is finally home for an extended period, entering game two of a stretch of seven of eight at home ... the string began on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over UC Riverside ... LMU will now welcome San Francisco to town on Friday to begin a three-game West Coast Conference series ... all three games can be followed live online at LMULions.com. LION TRACKS Junior Austin Miller belted his second home run of the year in the bottom of the eighth inning, launching a two-run shot out to right field to catapult LMU past UC Riverside by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday night ... the native of Greeley, Colo. did not miss a 1-0 pitch from reliever Cameron Haskell, saddling the right-hander with the loss and dropping him to 0-1 on the season ... in a pitcher’s duel, LMU received a stellar start from junior Tyler Cohen ... the right-hander tossed 6.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts ... the lone blemish on his line came in the second inning when Aaron Cisneros launched his third home run of the year over the wall in left field to make it 1-0 UCR ... Harrison Simon threw one pitch to retire the side in the eighth, putting him in line for the victory and moving him to 2-0 on the season ... Sean Watkins entered in the ninth inning, dealing a perfect frame that featured one strikeout, to convert his third save of the year. WEEKDAY WORK PERK PROMOTION With 15 home baseball games still left to be played this year, there is still time to take advantage of the Weekday Work Perk ... the promo invites fans to bring a business card and a co-worker to a midweek home game (Monday through Thursday) to receive a complimentary ticket to any future 2016 regular-season baseball home game ... as an added bonus, the first 50 fans to present a business card at the ticket table during a midweek game will receive a coupon for a free hot dog.
DATE Fri., 4/8 Fri., 4/8 Sat., 4/9 Tue., 4/5
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS
TIME 2:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
OPPONENT San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco UC Riverside
LMU PROBABLE RHP J.D. Busfield (2-2, 3.04 ERA) RHP Cory Abbott (3-3, 3.89 ERA) RHP Blake Redman (4-3, 2.84 ERA) RHP Tyler Cohen (2-3, 4.14 ERA)
OPPONENT PROBABLE RHP Anthony Shew (1-4, 4.26 ERA) RHP Thomas Ponticelli (1-3, 5.61 ERA) RHP James Kannenberg (3-2, 3.43 ERA) TBA
2016 SCHEDULE
OVERALL: 14-15 | WCC: 5-4 | H: 3-3 | 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) 2:00 p.m. San Francisco * (G2) 5:30 p.m. Apr. 9 Sat. San Francisco * 6:00 p.m. 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