2018 LMU Baseball Game Notes - LBSU

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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 (9-10) VS LONG BEACH STATE DIRTBAGS (8-12) Tuesday, March 20, 2018 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 20 OF 52

HOME GAME 8 OF 24

LMU: Carries an RPI of 42 into Tuesday's game ... 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 6-0 since the 3-10 start this year) ... is outscoring opponents 23-4 in the first inning this year ... is 25-for-33 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 1-4 in one-run games this season ...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.

NIKO DECOLATI: Is tied for second on the team in multi-hit games with six ... leads the team in runs scored (15), stolen bases (6), and doubles (5), and is tied for the team lead in triples (2) ... has driven in five runs over the last five games. JAMEY SMART: Has hit safely in 15 of 19 games this year ... has managed multiple hits in five of his last six overall ... batting .440 (11x25) with six RBI over the last five games and .395 (17x43) with 10 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 ... leads the team in RBI (15) ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017.

nick sogard: Hit .455 (5x11) with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBI in the sweep of Valpo ... batting .381 (8x21) with three doubles and four RBI over the last five games ... has hit safely in 13 of his 17 games played this year ... has a hit LION TRACKS: LMU posted a sweep of BYU on the road last weekend, marking in 11 of his last 13 games overall, batting .333 (17x51) with 11 runs scored, three just the second series win over the Cougars ... the sweep was the first suffered by BYU doubles, a homer and eight RBI. at home since March 13-15, 2014 when San Diego took all three from the Cougars ... LMU took the opener, 7-4, before claiming a 9-8 victory in 12 to clinch the series ... COOPER UHL: Is hitting .556 (5x9) with three RBI over the last five games. looking to post the sweep, LMU batted around in the first en route to scoring five times BILLY WILSON: Was hit twice in the opener against Valpo, and has now been hit and never looking back in a 9-4 Saturday finale. 45 times in his LMU career - second most in LMU history ... has been hit 9 times this TONIGHT: LMU will host Long Beach State on tonight at 6 p.m. ... following the year ... has driven in seven runs over the last five games ... batted .455 (5x11) with midweek affair, the Lions will return to West Coast Conference play, hosting PCH Cup four runs scored, two triples and six RBI in the sweep over Valpo ... posted a pair of rival Pepperdine for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 6 p.m. ... live links to triples 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 14 of 19 games this year, including follow the action can be found at LMULions.com. posting six multi-hit games ... tied for the team lead in triples (2), and is second in runs scored (14) and RBI (13).

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

Tue., 3/20 Fri., 3/23 Sat., 3/24 Sun., 3/25

Long Beach State Pepperdine Pepperdine Pepperdine

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

LHP Mark Finkelnburg (0-0, 3.86 ERA) RHP Codie Paiva (2-2, 2.57 ERA) RHP Josh Agnew (3-1, 3.73 ERA) RHP Nick Frasso (2-2, 4.10 ERA)

LHP Adam Seminaris (1-2, 3.38 ERA) RHP Wil Jensen (3-0, 0.52 ERA) RHP Christian Stoutland (3-0, 3.08 ERA) RHP Johnathan Pendergast (0-3, 4.03 ERA)

PRESEASON POLL

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 20

FRIDAY, MARCH 23

Nevada at San Francisco 2:00 p.m. Fresno State at Pepperdine 3:00 p.m. Sac State at Saint Mary's 3:00 p.m. Utah at BYU 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State at LMU 6:00 p.m. San Diego at Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m.

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

SATURDAY, MARCH 24

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

Gonzaga at BYU 12:00 p.m. Saint Mary's at Santa Clara 1:00 p.m. San Diego at Pacific 1:00 p.m. San Francisco at Portland 3:00 p.m. Pepperdine at LMU 6:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 22

Gonzaga at BYU

5:00 p.m.

2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

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

WCC %

GB

3-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 1-2 .333 1-2 .333 1-2 .333 0-3 .000 0-3 .000

- - 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

OVERALL % STRK

9-10 .474 W6 12-7 .632 W3 13-5 .722 W1 11-8 .579 W1 8-12 .400 W1 10-7 .588 L1 10-10 .500 L1 9-11 .450 L1 9-9 .500 L3 7-13 .350 L5

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

2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19

Jake Brodt (SCU) Tora Otsuka (USD) Brock Hale (BYU) Beau Brundage (POR) Jake Brodt (SCU)

ALL: 9-10 | WCC: 3-0 | HM: 4-3 | RD: 5-5 | NEU: 0-2

Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU) Ken Waldichuk (SMC) 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 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. LONG BEACH STATE

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 46-68 21-30 23-34 Current Streak L2 L1 L1 Last 5 3-2 3-2 2-3 Last 10 5-5 6-4 4-6 Notable LMU has lost last 2 after winning previous 4 DATE SITE RESULT

5/17/16 3/15/16 4/21/15 3/3/15 4/8/14 3/18/14 4/30/13 3/12/13

LMU LBSU LMU LBSU LBSU LMU LBSU LMU

L, 5-4 L, 6-4 W, 4-2 W, 7-6 W, 8-2 W, 4-3 L, 3-1 W, 4-1


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