LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2018 SCHEDULE
Page Stadium | One LMU Drive | Los Angeles, Calif. 90045 | www.LMULions.com | @LMULions @LMLionsBaseball | Baseball Contact: Tyler Geivett | tgeivett@lmu.edu | (310) 338-7638
Date Day Opponent
LMU LIONS (6-10) AT BYU COUGARS (9-6) Thursday, March 15 - Saturday, March 17, 2018 | Miller Field | Provo, Utah GAME 17-19 OF 52
ROAD GAME 8-10 OF 26
LMU: Started the season 3-10 for the first time since 2010 ... 2010 squad then won its next five straight and 10 of next 11 (LMU is now 3-0 since the 3-10 start this year) ... is 21-for-25 in stolen bases, and started the year 11-for-11 ... had a string of eight of nine games decided by two runs or less from 2/18 - 3/3 (2-6 in those eight) ... LMU is also 0-4 in one-run games this season ... had a 3/11 contest vs. USC postponed due to fog in T5 ... makeup game is set for 4/18 at 6 p.m. ... played consecutive extra-inning affairs on 2/18 and 2/20 for the first time since playing 10 and 9 (scheduled for 7) at UCSB and at Texas on March 4 and March 11, 2012 ... last played consecutive 10+-inning extra-inning affairs on April 30 and May 1, 2011 at San Francisco ... has played for the WCC Championship three of the last four years (losses to Pepperdine in 2014 and 2015, loss to BYU in 2017) ... last earned an NCAA berth in 2000 ... is picked to finish fifth in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... is also picked fifth according to D1Baseball.com.
THIS WEEK: LMU will open West Coast Conference play this week, traveling to Provo, Utah to face BYU for three games beginning on Thursday at 5 p.m. PT ... live links to follow the action can be found at LMULions.com.
LION TRACKS: LMU had a Tuesday night game against USC postponed due to fog with the Trojans leading 5-3 in the top of the fifth ... because the game was unofficial and the teams were not playing under a halted game scenario, the two will start the game over on April 18 at 6 p.m. from Page Stadium ... prior to the fog-out, LMU hit .371 while posting a 3.33 ERA en route to sweeping a three-game series with Valparaiso over the weekend ... the Lions opened the series with a 10-3 win on Friday night before being rained out on Saturday to force a doubleheader on Sunday ... there, LMU captured the series win by way of a 7-4 triumph in game one ... putting the finishing touches on the sweep, LMU exploded for 15 runs on 14 hits to earn a 15-5 win in game two ... LMU featured five players who hit above .400 in the series, including Jamey Smart who went 8-for-14 (.571) with five RBI and Billy Wilson who batted .455 (5-for-11) with two triples and six RBI ... LMU starters combined for a 1.06 ERA over 17 innings of work, surrendering just two runs while limiting the Crusaders to a .203 average against.
nick sogard: Leads the team in batting average at .327 ... hit .455 (5x11) with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBI in the sweep of Valpo ... has hit safely in 11 of his 14 games played this year ... has a hit in 9 of his last 10 games overall, batting .368 (14x38) with seven runs scored, two doubles, a homer and eight RBI.
NIKO DECOLATI: Is tied for the team lead in multi-hit games with five ... leads the team in runs scored with 13 and stolen bases with six, and is tied for the team lead in doubles (3) and triples (2). JAMEY SMART: Has hit safely in 12 of 16 games this year ... batting .342 (13x38) with eight RBI over the last 10 games ... went 4-for-5 with three RBI on 3/9 vs. Valpo ... batted .571 (8x14) with a run scored, a double and five RBI in the sweep over Valpo ... tied for the team lead in RBI (11) ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017.
BILLY WILSON: Was hit twice in the opener against Valpo, and has now been hit 43 times in his LMU career - tied for third-most in LMU history ... has been hit 7 times this year ... batted .455 (5x11) with four runs scored, two triples and six RBI in the sweep over Valpo ... posted a pair of doubles in the final game against Valpo on 3/11, running his career total to 13 to earn a share of seventh in LMU history ... has hit safely in 12 of 16 games this year, including posting five multi-hit games ... tied for teh team lead in doubles (3), triples (2) and RBI (11).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
Thu., 3/15 Fri., 3/16 Sat., 3/17 Tue., 3/20
at BYU at BYU at BYU Long Beach State
5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
RHP Codie Paiva (2-2, 2.74 ERA) RHP Josh Agnew (3-1, 2.45 ERA) RHP Nick Frasso (1-2, 3.92 ERA) TBA
RHP Jordan Wood (1-1, 2.77 ERA) TBA LHP Hayden Rogers (2-1, 4.24 ERA) TBA
PRESEASON POLL
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
Fresno State at Saint Mary’s 3:00 p.m. Gonzaga at Seattle University 4:00 p.m.
Pepperdine at Gonzaga Saint Mary's at Portland Santa Clara at San Diego
THURSDAY, MARCH 15
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
LMU at BYU
5:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
Pacific at San Francisco LMU at BYU
3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
LMU at BYU Pacific at San Francisco Saint Mary's at Portland Santa Clara at San Diego Pepperdine at Gonzaga
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
Santa Clara Saint Mary's Gonzaga BYU San Francisco San Diego Pepperdine Pacific LMU Portland
WCC %
GB
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
- - - - - - - - - -
Saint Mary's at Portland Pacific at San Francisco Pepperdine at Gonzaga Santa Clara at San Diego
12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m
2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
OVERALL % STRK
11-4 .733 L1 9-5 .643 W1 9-6 .600 L1 9-6 .600 W4 9-7 .563 L1 9-8 .529 L1 8-9 .471 W1 7-10 .412 L2 6-10 .375 W3 6-11 .353 L1
NO
SCHOOL (1ST)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
BYU (5) San Diego (4) Saint Mary's (1) Gonzaga LMU San Francisco Pepperdine Santa Clara Pacific Portland
PTS
74 71 66 57 53 36 35 27 19 12
WCC PLAYER OF WEEK
WCC PITCHER OF WEEK
DATE PLAYER
DATE PLAYER
2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12
2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12
Jake Brodt (SCU) Tora Otsuka (USD) Brock Hale (BYU) Beau Brundage (POR)
ALL: 6-10 | WCC: 0-0 | HM: 4-3 | RD: 2-5 | NEU: 0-2
Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU) Ken Waldichuk (SMC)
Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 20 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 27 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 6 Mar. 9 Mar. 11 Mar. 11 Mar. 13 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 20 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 27 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 Apr. 3 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 10 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 20 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 24 Apr. 27 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 May. 8 May. 11 May. 12 May. 13 May. 15 May. 18 May. 19 May. 20 May. 24 May. 25 May. 26
Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sun. Sun. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Thu. Fri. Sat.
Time/Result
vs. Oregon ! L, 6-1 vs. Indiana State ! L, 8-2 at UNLV ! L, 11-10 (10) UC Irvine L, 6-5 (11) Oregon W, 4-2 Oregon L, 2-1 Oregon L, 9-7 (8) at USC L, 3-2 at Hawai’i W, 3-0 at Hawai’i W, 4-2 at Hawai’i L, 5-3 at Hawai’i L, 4-0 at #11 UCLA L, 12-1 Valparaiso W, 10-3 Valparaiso (1) W, 7-4 Valparaiso (2) W, 15-5 USC PSTPND (Fog) at BYU * 5:00 p.m. at BYU * 5:00 p.m. at BYU * 12:00 p.m. Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. Pepperdine * 6:00 p.m. Pepperdine * 6:00 p.m. Pepperdine * 1:00 p.m. at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. at Pacific * 6:00 p.m. at Pacific * 6:00 p.m. at Pacific * 1:00 p.m. UCLA 6:00 p.m. at San Diego * 6:00 p.m. at San Diego * 5:00 p.m. at San Diego * 1:00 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. San Francisco * 6:00 p.m. San Francisco * 6:00 p.m. San Francisco * 1:00 p.m. at Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. USC 6:00 p.m. Portland * 6:00 p.m. Portland * 6:00 p.m. Portland * 1:00 p.m. CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga * 6:00 p.m. at Gonzaga * 12:00 p.m. at CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. at Santa Clara * 6:00 p.m. at Santa Clara * 1:00 p.m. at Santa Clara * 12:00 p.m. Grand Canyon 6:00 p.m. Saint Mary’s * 6:00 p.m. Saint Mary’s * 6:00 p.m. Saint Mary’s * 1:00 p.m. WCC Championship Series TBA WCC Championship Series TBA WCC Championship Series TBA
Home Games | ! - Marucci Desert Classic (Las Vegas) | * - WCC Game
LMU VS. BYU
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 12-13 8-6 3-6 Current Streak L1 W2 L1 Last 5 3-2 3-2 1-4 Last 10 5-5 5-5 3-6 Notable LMU won a series over BYU for the first time in '17 Cory Abbott threw a perfect game against BYU on 3/25/17 DATE SITE RESULT
5/26/17 5/25/17 3/25/17 3/24/17 3/23/17 3/26/16 3/25/16
WCC Tourney WCC Tourney LMU LMU LMU BYU BYU
L, 5-4 W, 3-2 W, 2-0 W, 9-5 L, 5-3 L, 7-4 W, 10-5