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Loyola Marymount at Titans (Tuesday 6 p.m., Goodwin Field)

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LMU has started put on fire at 7-1. The Lions won 3 out of 4 against Riverside. They won 4-1 at home, split a DH at Riverside (0-3, 4-2) and won 2-1 at home to win the series. LMU followed that up last week by winning 5-1 at Long Beach and they swept Nevada at home (8-5, 7-3, 8-3).

Last year LMU hit .295 as a team, averaged 6.4 runs per game, hit 46 HR and had 37 SB. This year the Lions are hitting .287 and averaging 4.8 runs per game with 0 HR and 15 SB. Why are they 7-1?

Last year LMU had a team ERA of 7.21, allowed teams to hit .336 and had a .963 FLD %. This year the Lions have a team ERA of 2.03, opponents are hitting .220 and they have a FLD % of .984. Much of the credit for the pitching improvement has to go to new pitching coach Ted Silva. Also, they are being much more aggressive on the bases and fielding the ball much better.

Lineup

1 - LF #25 Lowenstein (LH) - .519/.611/.593, 0-5-2

2 - 2B #8 Johnson (LH) - .259/.344/.333, 0-5-3

3 - C # 4 Koch (RH) - .357/.382/.464, 0-6-0

4 - RF #28 Simonitsch (RH) - .281/.344/.333, 0-3-3

5 - 3B #16 Guthrie (RH) - .143/.273/.214, 0-2-0

6 - SS #3 Roe (RH) - .226/250/.387, 0-4-1

7 - DH #23 Devian (RH) - .300/.300/.300, 0-1-3

8 - CF #5 Fujimoto (LH) - .346/.414/.346, 0-4-2

9 - 1B #9 Dahlson (RH) - .176/.222/.176, 0-1-0

Pitchers

SP - LHP #36 Lally - 0-0, 1.35 ERA, 3 apps, 1 GS, 6 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 4 K, .261 BA, 0 HR, 2 HBP, 1 WP.

Closer - RHP #2 Hawthorne - 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 apps, 3 saves, 3 1/3 IP, 0 H, 3 BB, 5 K, .000 BA, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 WP.

RP - RHP #34 Griffin - 2-0, 2.61 ERA, 4 apps, 1 GS, 10 1/3 IP, 10 H, 1 BB, 12 K, .250 BA, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 0
WP.

RP - RHP #17 Eusebio - 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 apps, 4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, .250 BA, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 WP.

RP - RHP #41 Smigelski - 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 apps, 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, .250 BA, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 WP.

RP - LHP #13 Florer - 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 apps, 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 K, .154 BA, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 WP.