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 (3-10) vs VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (4-8) Friday, March 9 - Sunday, March 11, 2018 | Page Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. GAME 14-16 OF 52
HOME GAME 5-7 OF 24
LMU: Has started a season 3-10 for the first time since 2010 ... 2010 squad then won its next five straight and 10 of next 11 ... is 20-for-23 in stolen bases, and started the year 11-for-11 ... has had eight of the last 11 games decided by two runs or less (3-8 over the span) ... LMU is also 0-4 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.
THIS WEEK: LMU will host Valpo in a three-game series this weekend from Page Stadium ... the three games will be the first between the teams in program history ... live links to follow the action can be found at LMULions.com.
LION TRACKS: Playing at #11 UCLA on Tuesday night from Jackie Robinson Stadium, LMU suffered a 12-1 setback at the hands of the Bruins ... LMU managed just four hits, with two of the four coming in pinch-hit chances in the ninth ... Ryan Garcia got the start and turned in a great outing for UCLA, tossing 6.0 innings and allowing just one run on two hits and a walk while striking out nine to improve to 2-0 on the season ... freshman Holden Christian started and took the loss for LMU, surrendering five runs (three earned) on four hits over 2.2 innings ... the loss dropped Christian to 0-1 on the year ... freshman Jake Malloy and junior Rob Diaz both made their collegiate debuts on Tuesday, and both recorded a hit in their first career at bats ... Diaz, pinch hitting with two out in the ninth, singled in front of a Malloy double down the right field line.
JAMEY SMART: Has hit safely in nine of 13 games this year ... returns after being named first team All-WCC in 2017.
BORN TO RUN: LMU stole a season-best five bases at USC on 2/27 ... Nick Sogard led the way with three stolen bases, while Billy Wilson and Kenny Oyama both stole one ... the Lions began the year 11-for-11 in stolen bases, and are now 20-for-23.
SOGARD EXTENDS HIT STREAK: Sophomore Nick Sogard was one of two Lions to record a hit off of UCLA's Ryan Garcia on Tuesday, punching an RBI-single into centerfield to chase home Billy Wilson with two out in the third and extend his hit streak to seven games. NIKO DECOLATI: Began the year 0-for-7, but is 14 for his last 43 with three doubles, seven runs scored and a homer.
BILLY WILSON: Was hit three times in the Oregon series, and has now been hit 40 times in his LMU career - fifth-most in LMU history ... has hit safely in nine of 13 games this year, including posting three multi-hit games. IT’S JUST A NUMBER: LMU is 34-45-1 against ranked-opponents under head coach Jason Gill over his 10 years as head coach ... the Lions are also 8-10 in weekend series against ranked teams over that span ... LMU is currently 0-1 this year after finishing 2-2 last year ... LMU went 2-7 against ranked-foes in 2016 ... LMU’s best record under Gill against ranked-teams came in his first year (2009) when the Lions went 9-2.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE | PROBABLE STARTERS DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
LMU PROBABLE
OPPONENT PROBABLE
Fri., 3/9 Fri., 3/10 Sat., 3/11 Tue., 3/13
Valparaiso Valparaiso Valparaiso USC
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
RHP Codie Paiva (1-2, 3.18 ERA) RHP Josh Agnew (2-1, 2.75 ERA) RHP Nick Frasso (0-2, 5.17 ERA) TBA
RHP Jon Tieman (1-1, 8.59 ERA) RHP Trey Ferketic (2-0, 4.20 ERA) RHP Wes Gordon (0-2, 7.32 ERA) TBA
PRESEASON POLL
AHEAD IN THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE FRIDAY, MARCH 9
Xavier at San Francisco 1:00 p.m. CSUN at Pepperdine 2:00 p.m. Pacific at Indiana 3:05 p.m. Nebraska-Omaha at BYU 4:00 p.m. Saint Mary's at Washington St. 4:00 p.m. Gonzaga at Rice 4:30 p.m. San Diego at Houston 4:30 p.m. Sacramento St. at Santa Clara 6:00 p.m. UC Irvine at Portland 6:00 p.m. Valparaiso at LMU 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
Nebraska-Omaha at BYU 10:00 a.m. Pacific at Indiana 11:05 a.m. Gonzaga at Rice (DH) 12:00 p.m. CSUN at Pepperdine 1:00 p.m. Saint Mary's at Washington St. 2:00 p.m. Xavier at San Francisco (DH) 2:00 p.m. UC Irvine at Portland (DH) 3:00 p.m. San Diego at Houston 4:30 p.m. Santa Clara at Sacramento St. 6:00 p.m. Valparaiso at LMU 6:00 p.m.
2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL
Santa Clara Saint Mary's San Diego Gonzaga San Francisco BYU Pacific Pepperdine Portland LMU
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
8-3 .727 W4 7-3 .700 W3 8-5 .615 L2 6-4 .600 W4 6-5 .545 L1 5-6 .455 L4 6-8 .429 W2 5-8 .385 L2 4-8 .333 L2 3-10 .231 L3
SUNDAY, MARCH 11
Pacific at Indiana 10:05 a.m. Gonzaga at Rice 11:00 a.m. San Diego at Houston 11:00 a.m. UC Irvine at Portland 12:00 p.m. Pepperdine at CSUN 1:00 p.m. Saint Mary's at Washington St. 1:00 p.m. Santa Clara at Sacramento St. 1:00 p.m. Valparaiso at LMU 1:00 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
2/19 2/26 3/5
Jake Brodt (SCU) Tora Otsuka (USD) Brock Hale (BYU)
ALL: 3-10 | WCC: 0-0 | HM: 1-3 | RD: 2-5 | NEU: 0-2
Paul Richan (USD) Paul Richan (USD) Codie Paiva (LMU)
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 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 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. VALPO
OVERALL HOME ROAD
All-Time Record Current Streak Last 5 Last 10 Notable
0-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- -0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 First Meeting
DATE SITE RESULT
3/11/18 LMU 3/10/18 LMU 3/9/18 LMU
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