2018 LMU Baseball Game Notes - UCI 2

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LMU BASEBALL NOTES

2018 SCHEDULE

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Date Day Opponent

LMU LIONS (12-11) AT UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (12-10) Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | Anteater Ballpark | Irvine, Calif. GAME 24 OF 52

ROAD GAME 11 OF 26

LMU: Carries an RPI of 62 into the week ... 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 is now 9-1 since the 3-10 start this year) ... is outscoring opponents 26-5 in the first inning this year ... is 27-for-37 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 3-4 in one-run games this season and 2-2 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: LMU went 3-1 last week, including earning a series win over Pepperdine in WCC play to earn a point in the PCH Cup standings ... the Lions opened the week with a 5-4 walk-off win over Long Beach State in 10 innings on Tuesday before dropping the opener to Pepperdine on Friday, 6-2 ... the Lions rebounded nicely to take the final two games of the series, with Jamey Smart proving pivotal in both ... Smart batted .364 with two doubles and six RBI in the series win over Pepperdine, and all six were critical to LMU’s series win ... he came up with two out, the bases loaded and LMU trailing 3-2 in the seventh inning on Saturday, and delivered a bases-clearing three-RBI double to hand LMU the 5-3 win to even the series ... in the rubber game of the set on Sunday, Smart punched home the first two runs of the game in the first inning, and added an RBI-double in the seventh that proved to be the game-winner as LMU held off Pepperdine, 4-3, to earn the series win.

THIS WEEK: LMU will hit the road this week, traveling to UC Irvine for a Tuesday tilt at 6:30 p.m. before opening a three-game West Coast Conference series at Pacific on Thursday ... live links to follow the action can be found at LMULions.com. NIKO DECOLATI: Has managed six multi-hit games ... leads the team in stolen bases (6) and doubles (5), and is second in runs scored (15) and triples (2). NIKO PACHECO: Is hitting .467 (7x15) with five runs scored, three doubles and six RBI over his last five games played. JAMEY SMART: Has hit safely in 19 of 23 games this year, and has hit in a season-best 10 straight games ... is second on the team in multi-hit games (8) ... has managed multiple hits in six of his last 10 overall ... batting .381 (8x21) with seven RBI over the last five games and .435 (20x46) with 16 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 ... 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 (22) ... batting .407 with 10 RBI through six WCC games ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017. nick sogard: Batted .692 (9x13) with three runs scored, a homer and two RBI while stealing a pair of bases in the four games last week ... hit .455 (5x11) with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBI in the sweep of Valpo ... batting .611 (11x18) with a double, a homer, five runs scored and two RBI over the last five games, and .459 (17x37) with nine runs scored, three doubles, a homer and six RBI over the last 10 ... has hit safely in 17 of his 21 games played this year, and leads the team in multi-hit games (9) and is second in homers (2) ... has a hit in 15 of his last 17 games overall, batting .406 (26x64) with 14 runs scored, three doubles, two homers and 10 RBI ... has reached in 17 straight games ... batting .409 through six WCC games.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

LMU PROBABLE

OPPONENT PROBABLE

Tue., 3/27 Thu., 3/29 Fri., 3/30 Sat., 3/31

at UC Irvine at Pacific at Pacific at Pacific

6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

LHP Mark Finkelnburg (0-0, 5.00 ERA) RHP Codie Paiva (2-3, 3.18 ERA) RHP Josh Agnew (3-1, 3.86 ERA) RHP Nick Frasso (3-2, 3.34 ERA)

RHP Louis Raymond (1-3, 3.86 ERA) TBA TBA TBA

PRESEASON POLL

AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 27

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

Santa Clara at Nevada 2:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at Pepperdine 3:00 p.m. BYU at Utah Valley 5:00 p.m. Saint Mary's at San Jose State 5:00 p.m. San Diego at Stanford 6:05 p.m. LMU at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 30

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

2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL

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

WCC %

GB

6-0 1.000 5-1 .833 3-3 .500 3-3 .500 3-3 .500 3-3 .500 2-4 .333 2-4 .333 2-4 .333 1-5 .167

- 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5

OVERALL % STRK

16-8 .667 W4 12-11 .522 W2 14-7 .667 L2 12-8 .600 W2 12-10 .545 W1 12-12 .500 L1 12-10 .545 L1 10-13 .435 L2 8-15 .348 L3 8-15 .348 W1

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

1:00 p.m. 3:00 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

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

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

ALL: 12-11 | WCC: 5-1 | HM: 7-4 | RD: 5-5 | NEU: 0-2

Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU) Ken Waldichuk (SMC) Daniel Bies (GON) Chris Murphy (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. 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 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. UC IRVINE

OVERALL HOME ROAD

All-Time Record 37-44-3 15-24-2 19-18-1 Current Streak L1 L3 W3 Last 5 2-3 1-4 3-2 Last 10 4-6 2-8 5-5 Notable LMU is 2-10-1 over L13 at home vs. UCI DATE SITE RESULT

2/20/18 3/28/17 3/7/17 3/22/16 3/1/16 5/12/15 4/15/14 2/25/14

LMU UCI LMU UCI LMU UCI LMU UCI

L, 6-5 (11) W, 4-2 L, 7-6 W, 7-2 L, 5-1 W, 5-1 W, 7-2 L, 3-2


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