LMU BASEBALL NOTES
2018 SCHEDULE
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Date Day Opponent
LMU LIONS (13-14) VS #20 UCLA BRUINS (16-7) Tuesday, April 3, 2018 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 28 OF 52
HOME GAME 12 OF 24
LMU: Carries an RPI of 103 into the Tuesday game with #20 UCLA ... 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 outscoring opponents 27-5 in the first inning this year ... is 28-for-40 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 3-5 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 hit the road last weekend, dropping two-of-three to Pacific in West Coast Conference play ... the Lions opened the series with a convincing 13-4 victory, but suffered 3-2 and 7-5 losses to close the series on Friday and Saturday ... the Lions hit .262 behind a .364 average from Nick Sogard, but LMU's pitching staff registered a 4.32 ERA ... the series loss to Pacific was the first in LMU history (7-1).
JAMEY SMART: Named a candidate for Senior CLASS Award ... has hit safely in 22 of 27 games this year with 10 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 ... batting .381 (8x21) with four doubles and eight RBI over the last five games and .364 (16x44) with 15 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 (27) and doubles (7) ... batting .390 with 13 RBI through nine WCC games ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017. nick sogard: Has posted multiple hits in 6 of his last 9 games and has collected team-best 11 multi-hit games overall ... has hit safely in 19 of his 25 games played this year ... batted .692 (9x13) with three runs scored, a homer and two RBI while stealing a pair of bases over four games against Long Beach State and Pepperdine from 3/20 - 3/25 ... hit .455 (5x11) with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBI in the sweep of Valpo ... batting .400 (6x15) over the last five games, and .432 (16x37) with eight runs scored, a double, a homer and two RBI over the last 10 ... hit safely in six straight from 3/16-3/25 (.500 (12x24), 6 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) ... batting .394 through nine WCC games.
BILLY WILSON: Has been hit 12 times this year, and 48 times in his LMU career THIS WEEK: LMU will host #20 UCLA at 6 p.m. on Tuesday before returning to - one behind record held by Jim McAnany - 49 from 1984-87 ... batted .455 (5x11) West Coast Conference play on the road at San Diego this weekend ... live links to with four runs scored, two triples and six RBI in the sweep over Valpo ... posted a pair follow the action can be found at LMULions.com. of triples in the final game against Valpo on 3/11, and currently owns 14 in his career to tie Ikaika Hoopii (1993-96) and Russ Noah (1971-73) for fifth in LMU’s record book NIKO DECOLATI: Has managed seven multi-hit games ... second on the team in ... has hit safely in 19 of 27 games this year, including posting seven multi-hit games ... runs scored (19), doubles (6), triples (2), homers (2) and stolen bases (6). leads the team in triples (3) and runs scored (20), and is second in RBI (17).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
Tue., 4/3 Fri., 4/6 Sat., 4/7 Sun., 4/8
#20 UCLA at San Diego at San Diego at San Diego
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
RHP CJ Fernandezees (0-1, 4.50 ERA) RHP Codie Paiva (3-3, 3.51 ERA) RHP Josh Agnew (3-2, 3.89 ERA) RHP Nick Frasso (3-3, 3.93 ERA)
RHP Kyle Mora (1-1, 4.70 ERA) TBA TBA TBA
PRESEASON POLL
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TUESDAY, APRIL 3
Pepperdine at CSUN BYU at Utah Gonzaga at Washington State Saint Mary's at Sac State UC Irvine at San Diego UCLA at LMU
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
Santa Clara at BYU
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
5:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
Pacific at Pepperdine San Francisco at Saint Mary's Santa Clara at BYU LMU at San Diego Portland at Gonzaga
3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
Santa Clara at BYU 12:00 p.m. Pacific at Pepperdine 1:00 p.m. San Francisco at Saint Mary's 1:00 p.m. LMU at San Diego 5:00 p.m. Portland at Gonzaga 6:00 p.m.
Fresno State at San Francisco 2:00 p.m.
2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
San Francisco LMU Saint Mary's Santa Clara Gonzaga San Diego Pepperdine Portland BYU Pacific
WCC %
8-1 6-3 5-4 4-5 4-5 4-5 4-5 4-5 3-6 3-6
.889 .667 .556 .444 .444 .444 .444 .444 .333 .333
GB
- 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
OVERALL % STRK
18-10 .643 13-14 .481 15-11 .577 15-10 .600 13-13 .500 13-15 .464 12-14 .462 10-16 .385 14-12 .538 11-16 .407
L2 L2 L1 L1 L2 W1 W1 W1 L1 W3
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
2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19 3/26 4/2
Jake Brodt (SCU) Tora Otsuka (USD) Brock Hale (BYU) Beau Brundage (POR) Jake Brodt (SCU) Jamey Smart (LMU) Riley Helland (USF)
ALL: 13-14 | WCC: 6-3 | HM: 7-4 | RD: 6-8 | NEU: 0-2
Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU) Ken Waldichuk (SMC) Daniel Bies (GON) Chris Murphy (USD) Alek Jacob (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 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. UCLA
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record 43-45 21-16 21-25 Current Streak L4 L1 L3 Last 5 1-4 3-2 2-3 Last 10 3-7 5-5 4-6 Notable 7 of last 9 have been decided by 3 runs or less DATE SITE RESULT
3/6/18 4/12/16 4/22/14 4/1/14 3/4/14 4/14/13 4/13/13 4/12/13
UCLA UCLA UCLA LMU UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA
L, 12-1 L, 6-5 L, 3-0 L, 5-3 W, 6-1 W, 4-1 L, 3-1 L, 2-0