2018 LMU Baseball Game Notes - UCI

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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 (0-3) vs. UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (2-1) Tuesday, February 20, 2018 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 4 OF 52 HOME GAME 1 OF 24 LMU: Is 0-3 to start a season for the first time since beginning the 2010 season 0-6 ... has dropped three straight games for the first time since losing the last four to finish 2016 ... 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 ffith according to D1Baseball.com ... is 6-4 on Opening Day under head coach Jason Gill (lost to #19 UCSB in 2017 & vs. Oregon this year).

was first in ERA, shutouts, WHIP and hits allowed per nine, and second in walks per nine and strikeout-to-walk ratio ... recorded its third of six shutouts this year on 3/25 vs. BYU as Cory Abbott tossed first perfect game in LMU and WCC history to beat Cougars, 2-0.

TONIGHT: LMU will open the home portion of the schedule tonight when it welcomes UC Irvine to Page Stadium for a 6 p.m. contest ... the Lions and Anteaters will meet twice this year, with the return trip to Irvine scheduled for March 27 ... links to LION TRACKS: LMU went 0-3 beginning the year at the 2018 Marucci Desert live stats and video can be found at LMULions.com. Classic hosted by UNLV over the weekend ... the Lions opened the year against Oregon, suffering a 6-1 setback before dropping a game to Indiana State, 8-2, on Saturday ... NIKO DECOLATI: Has been tabbbed a Perfect Game Preseason All-WCC selecLMU scored five runs in the first inning on Sunday at host UNLV, but the Rebels eventu- tion ... ranks #58 on the D1Baseball Top-100 Prospects list ... began the year 0-for-7, ally battled back to win, 11-10, in 10 innings following a bases-loaded balk committed but is 3 for his last 5 with a 2B, HR and 2 RBI. by junior Codie Paiva ... LMU scored first in two of the three games (Oregon and UNLV) ... the Lions allowed a .315 average against while hitting just .231 offensively ... CODIE PAIVA: Has been tabbbed a Perfect Game Preseason All-WCC selection. LMU's starting pitchers lasted a combined 11.1 innings, surrendering 14 runs en route RYAN RULEY: Began the year 0-for-5, but is 4 for his last 7 with 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 to being saddled with two losses and an ERA of 11.12. RBI ... launched LMU's first HR of the year (3-R HR) at UNLV on 2/18. IN 2017: LMU earned a share of the 2017 WCC Championship to record the program's seventh WCC title and the first since 2000 ... was picked to finish seventh in JAMEY SMART: Has been tabbbed a Perfect Game Preseason All-WCC selection the 2017 WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ... was ranked as high as #23 in the nation and was named to WCC's Preseason All-Conference by WCC coaches ... has hit safely according to D1Baseball on May 8 ... won 10 of last 14, 16 of last 21, 27 of last 35, in all three games this year ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017. and 30 of last 40 ... had seven players named to All-WCC teams, headlined by Cory Abbott being named WCC Pitcher of Year ... dropped one weekend series (11-1-1) and A WHOLE NEW STAFF: LMU returns just 154.2 innings from last year's pitchlost back-to-back games just three times ... did not lose consecutive road games all ing staff that logged a combined 502.1 (31%) ... in addition, 12 of those returning season ... 13 of 18 losses were decided by 3 runs or less, but one more loss came on innings came from players who are not expected to pitch in 2018 (Steven Chavez and a walk-off grand slam ... offensively, led the WCC in hit-by-pitches, stolen bases and Niko Decolati) ... LMU's staff also returns only nine of its 56 starts from a year ago, triples, and was second in batting average and on-base percentage ... on the mound, with all nine coming outside of a traditional three-game weekend series.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

Tue., 2/20 UC Irvine Fri., 2/23 Oregon Sat., 2/24 Oregon

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

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

LHP Holden Christian (Freshman | Oaks Christian HS) TBA TBA

RHP Alonzo Garcia (0-0, 32.40 ERA in 2017) TBA TBA

PRESEASON POLL

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Santa Clara at San Jose State Pepperdine at UCLA San Diego at San Diego State UC Irvine at LMU

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Oregon at Portland

6:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22

BYU at Hawaii

8:35 p.m.

Michigan State at Pepperdine Saint Mary's at Arizona State Michigan at San Diego Oregon at LMU Saint Joseph's at Portland San Francisco at Sac State Utah Valley at Pacific Wake Forest at Santa Clara Gonzaga at UC Irvine BYU at Hawaii

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:35 p.m.

2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

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

- - - - - - - - - -

OVERALL % STRK

3-1 .750 W2 2-2 .500 W2 2-2 .500 L1 2-2 .500 L1 2-2 .500 W1 1-2 .333 L2 1-2 .333 L1 1-3 .250 L3 0-3 .000 L3 0-3 .000 L3

San Jose St. at San Francisco 11:00 a.m. Saint Mary's at Arizona State 12:00 p.m. Michigan State at Pepperdine 1:00 p.m. Utah Valley at Pacific (DH) 1:00 p.m. Wake Forest at Santa Clara 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga at UC Irvine 2:00 p.m. BYU at Hawaii (DH) 2:05 p.m. Sac State at San Francisco 3:00 p.m. Saint Joseph's at Portland (DH) 3:00 p.m. Grand Canyon at San Diego 6:00 p.m. Oregon at LMU 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

2/19

Jake Brodt (SCU)

ALL: 0-3 | WCC: 0-0 | HM: 0-0 | RD: 0-1 | NEU: 0-2

Paul Richan (USD)

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. 10 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. 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. Sat. Sun. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tue. 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 6:00 p.m. Oregon 6:00 p.m. Oregon 6:00 p.m. Oregon 1:00 p.m. at USC 6:00 p.m. at Hawai'i 9:35 p.m. at Hawai'i 9:35 p.m. at Hawai'i 9:35 p.m. at Hawai'i 4:05 p.m. at UCLA 6:00 p.m. Valparaiso 6:00 p.m. Valparaiso 6:00 p.m. Valparaiso 1:00 p.m. USC 6:00 p.m. 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. 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. UC IRVINE

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 37-43-3 15-23-2 19-18-1 Current Streak W1 L2 W3 Last 5 3-2 1-4 3-2 Last 10 5-5 2-8 5-5 Notable LMU is 2-9-1 over L12 at home vs. UCI DATE SITE RESULT

3/28/17 3/7/17 3/22/16 3/1/16 5/12/15 4/15/14 2/25/14 2/26/13

UCI LMU UCI LMU UCI LMU UCI LMU

W, 4-2 L, 7-6 W, 7-2 L, 5-1 W, 5-1 W, 7-2 L, 3-2 L, 10-3


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