2018 LMU Baseball Game Notes - CSUB

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2018 SCHEDULE ALL: 18-22 | WCC: 11-7 | HM: 11-8 | RD: 7-12 | NEU: 0-2

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 (18-22) vs CSU BAKERSFIELD ROADRUNNERS (15-23) Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 41 OF 52

HOME GAME 20 OF 24

LMU: Snapped a three-game skid with win over USF on 4/13, but has now dropped four of the last five overall ... has lost 10 of the last 15 ... won seven straight games from 3/9 - 3/20 ... seven-game win streak was longest since winning eight straight from 3/24/17 - 4/4/17 ... 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 went 9-2 over next 11 this year ... is 38-for-56 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) ... is 5-6 in one-run games this season and 3-2 in extra-inning affairs ... 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. LION TRACKS: Leading 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh, LMU hung a five in the runs column in the home half of the inning, including three on a bases-clearing double from Kenny Oyama, to salvage a three-game series with Portland by way of an 8-2 win on Sunday ... Oyama finished the contest 2-for-3 with a run scored, a walk, the three RBI and two stolen bases ... right-hander Josh Agnew was stellar on the mound for LMU on Sunday, dealing 7.0 innings and allowing just two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out a pair ... Agnew was credited with the win, moving to 5-3 on the season as he turned in his sixth quality start of the season ... Nick Sogard collected his team-leading 13th multi-hit game of the year, batting 3-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI ... sophomore Cooper Uhl also had multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and one RBI.

TONIGHT: LMU will host CSU Bakersfield for a midweek game tonight at 6 p.m. ... the meeting will be the first of two between the teams this year ... live links to follow the action can be found at LMULions.com. NIKO DECOLATI: Has managed 12 multi-hit games, including five of the last nine games ... has hit safely in 7 of the last 9 ... batting .308 (12x39) with nine runs scored, a double, a triple, two homers and four RBI over the last 10 games ... first on the team in runs scored (28) and homers (4), is second on the team in triples (3) and doubles (8), and is third in steals (6). TREVIN ESQUERRA: Has managed six runs scored, three doubles and four RBI over the last 10 games. NIKO PACHECO: Has managed three doubles and nine RBI in WCC play. JAMEY SMART: Named a candidate for Senior CLASS Award ... has hit safely in 30 of 40 games this year with 11 multi-hit games ... had multiple hits in 7 games over 12-game hit streak from 3/9-3/29 ... batted .444 (24x54) with 3 R, 5 2B and 21 RBI over hit streak ... has managed two homers and seven RBI over the last 10 games ... batted .571 (8x14) with a run scored, a double and five RBI in the sweep over Valpo ... named Rawlings WCC Player of the Week on 3/26 after batting .312 with two doubles and seven crucial RBI in helping LMU to a 3-1 week the previous week ... leads the team in RBI (35), and is second in doubles (8), and third in home runs (2) ... batting .312 with six doubles, two homers and 20 RBI through 18 WCC games ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

Tue., 4/24 Fri., 4/27 Sat., 4/28 Sun., 4/29

vs. CSU Bakersfield at Gonzaga at Gonzaga at Gonzaga

6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.

LHP Holden Christian (0-2, 7.66 ERA) RHP Codie Paiva (4-4, 3.98 ERA) RHP Tyler Cohen (1-1, 1.50 ERA) TBA

RHP Isaac Meza (1-0, 11.00 ERA) TBA TBA TBA

PRESEASON POLL

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, APRIL 24

San Francisco at UC Davis Saint Mary’s at Nevada Portland vs. Oregon State Utah at BYU CSU Bakersfield at LMU Cal Poly at Santa Clara Pacific at Stanford San Diego at UC Irvine

THURSDAY, APRIL 26

2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

San Diego at BYU

SATURDAY, APRIL 28

5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27

Santa Clara at San Francisco Utah Valley at Saint Mary’s San Diego at BYU LMU at Gonzaga Pacific at Portland

3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

WCC %

GB

San Francisco Pepperdine LMU Saint Mary's Gonzaga BYU Portland San Diego Pacific Santa Clara

12-6 .667 12-6 .667 11-7 .611 10-8 .556 10-8 .556 7-8 .467 8-10 .444 7-11 .389 6-12 .333 4-11 .267

- - 1 2 2 3.5 4 5 6 6.5

OVERALL % STRK

23-17 .575 21-17 .553 18-22 .450 21-17 .553 20-18 .526 18-16 .529 15-23 .395 18-22 .450 15-23 .395 16-21 .432

W2 W7 W1 W1 L2 L2 L1 L3 L1 L3

Utah Valley at Saint Mary’s San Diego at BYU Santa Clara at San Francisco Utah Valley at Saint Mary’s LMU at Gonzaga Pacific at Portland

10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

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 3/19 3/26 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23

2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19 3/26 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23

Jake Brodt (SCU) Tora Otsuka (USD) Brock Hale (BYU) Beau Brundage (POR) Jake Brodt (SCU) Jamey Smart (LMU) Riley Helland (USF) Kevin Collard (USD) Jackson Thoreson (SMC) Jordan Qsar (PEP)

Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU) Ken Waldichuk (SMC) Daniel Bies (GON) Chris Murphy (USD) Alek Jacob (GON) Riley Ornido (USF) Connor Knutson (POR) Daniel Bies (GON)

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 * W, 7-4 at BYU * W, 9-8 (12) at BYU * W, 9-4 Long Beach State W, 5-4 (10) Pepperdine * L, 6-2 Pepperdine * W, 5-3 Pepperdine * W, 4-3 at UC Irvine L, 10-2 at Pacific * W, 13-4 at Pacific * L, 3-2 at Pacific * L, 7-5 #20 UCLA L, 13-1 at San Diego * W, 4-3 at San Diego * L, 11-4 at San Diego * L, 18-6 at UC Santa Barbara L, 13-4 San Francisco * W, 6-3 San Francisco * W, 6-3 San Francisco * W, 4-3 (11) at Long Beach State L, 9-6 USC L, 6-1 Portland * L, 6-1 Portland * L, 2-1 Portland * W, 8-2 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. CSU BAKERSFIELD

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 8-2 4-1 4-1 Current Streak W5 W2 W3 Last 5 5-0 4-1 4-1 Last 10 8-2 8-2 5-5 Notable LMU has W 7 straight; only Ls came in 2010 DATE SITE RESULT

5/10/17 3/29/17 4/26/16 4/20/16 5/9/11 5/8/11 5/7/11 5/26/10

CSUB LMU LMU CSUB LMU LMU CSUB LMU

W, 8-2 W, 10-7 W, 7-3 W, 17-5 W, 8-2 W, 11-1 W, 5-2 L, 13-9


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