2018 LMU Baseball Game Notes - at CSUB

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2018 SCHEDULE ALL: 20-24 | WCC: 12-9 | HM: 12-8 | RD: 8-14 | NEU: 0-2

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Date Day Opponent

LMU LIONS (20-24) AT CSU BAKERSFIELD ROADRUNNERS (17-29) Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | Hardt Field | Bakersfield, Calif. GAME 45 OF 52

ROAD GAME 23 OF 26

LMU: Has dropped six of the last nine, and 12 of the last 19, games ... 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-57 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.

TREVIN ESQUERRA: Has managed 11 runs scored, six doubles, two homers and eight RBI while hitting .306 in WCC play. NIKO PACHECO: Has managed three doubles, two homers and 11 RBI in WCC play ... batting .357 (5x14) with two runs scored, a double and two homers over the last five games.

JAMEY SMART: Named a candidate for Senior CLASS Award ... has hit safely in 33 of 44 games this year with 12 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 ... 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 (37), and is second in doubles (9) and third in batting average (.287) ... batting .315 with six doubles, two homers and 22 RBI in LION TRACKS: LMU had last week off from competition as it was finals and WCC play ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017. graduation week ... the Lions had previously dropped two-of-three at Gonzaga in WCC nick sogard: Has collected team-high 14 multi-hit games ... has hit safely in play from April 27-29. 29 of his 42 games played this year ... is hitting .412 (7x17) over the last five games ... THIS WEEK: LMU will return to action this week, completing the road portion of batted .692 (9x13) with three runs scored, a homer and two RBI while stealing a pair the schedule with a midweek game at CSUB on Tuesday, followed by a three-game of bases over four games against Long Beach State and Pepperdine from 3/20 - 3/25 WCC set at Santa Clara over the weekend ... live links to follow the action can be ... hit .455 (5x11) with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBI in the sweep of Valpo ... team leader in average (.333), on-base percentage (.455) and stolen bases found at LMULions.com. (10), and is third in runs scored (26), slugging percentage (.424) and RBI (18) ... hit NIKO DECOLATI: Has managed 12 multi-hit games ... batting .333 (13x39) with safely in six straight from 3/16-3/25 (.500 (12x24), 6 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) ... batting .333 10 runs scored, two doubles, a triple, two homers and four RBI over the last 10 games with 16 runs scored, three doubles and seven RBI in WCC play. ... first on the team in runs scored (29), and second in homers (4), slugging percentage (.436), triples (3) and doubles (9), and is third in steals (6).

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

Tue., 5/8 Fri., 5/11 Sat., 5/12 Sun., 5/13

at CSU Bakersfield at Santa Clara at Santa Clara at Santa Clara

6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.

LHP Holden Christian (0-2, 7.06 ERA) RHP Codie Paiva (5-4, 3.80 ERA) RHP Tyler Cohen (1-2, 2.20 ERA) TBA

RHP Kevin Altamirano (0-0, 9.77 ERA) TBA TBA TBA

PRESEASON POLL

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MAY 8

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9

FRIDAY, MAY 11

Pepperdine at UC Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. San Francisco at Nevada 3:00 p.m. BYU at Utah 5:00 p.m. Portland at Seattle University 5:00 p.m. LMU at CSU Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. UC Riverside at San Diego 6:00 p.m. Santa Clara at Stanford 6:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle University 3:00 p.m. Arizona State at San Diego 6:00 p.m.

BYU at San Francisco Pepperdine at Saint Mary’s LMU at Santa Clara New Mexico State at Gonzaga San Diego at Portland

THURSDAY, MAY 10

BYU at San Francisco

3:00 p.m.

2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

WCC %

GB

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

14-7 .667 13-8 .619 14-10 .583 14-10 .583 12-9 .571 9-12 .429 10-14 .417 8-13 .381 8-13 .381 9-15 .375

- 1 1.5 1.5 2 5 5.5 6 6 6.5

OVERALL % STRK

24-18 .571 29-18 .617 24-20 .545 25-23 .521 20-24 .455 17-26 .395 21-27 .438 22-23 .489 19-23 .452 19-27 .413

W2 W5 L1 L2 L2 W1 W1 W2 L6 L2

3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 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 4/30 5/7

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) Jay Schuyler (USD) Jackson Thoreson (SMC)

2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19 3/26 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7

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) Shelby Lackey (PAC) Kevin Milam (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 * 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 W, 4-1 at Gonzaga * W, 5-2 at Gonzaga * L, 5-3 at Gonzaga * L, 11-1 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 9-2 5-1 4-1 Current Streak W8 W5 W3 Last 5 5-0 4-1 4-1 Last 10 8-2 5-1 4-1 Notable LMU has W 8 straight; only Ls came in 2010 DATE SITE RESULT

4/24/18 5/10/17 3/29/17 4/26/16 4/20/16 5/9/11 5/8/11 5/7/11

LMU CSUB LMU LMU CSUB LMU LMU CSUB

W, 4-1 W, 8-2 W, 10-7 W, 7-3 W, 17-5 W, 8-2 W, 11-1 W, 5-2


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