WCC Rawlings Pitcher/Player of the Week

LMU baseball swept the weekly Rawlings West Coast Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week awards, it was announced by the conference office on Monday. Cory Abbott was named WCC Pitcher of the Week, while second baseman Phil Caulfield took home his second WCC Player of the Week award of the year.

Abbott, who has also garnered National Pitcher of the Week, threw the first perfect game in LMU and West Coast Conference history on Saturday afternoon, proving perfect in a 2-0 LMU victory over BYU. The right-hander struck out a career-high 13 hitters and used 106 pitches to dispatch of the Cougars. The perfect game was the first at the Division I level this year, and was the 26th since 1957. Abbott, who improved to 4-1 with the victory, sealed the perfect game with a strikeout of pinch hitter Tanner Chauncey, striking Chauncey out on a 3-2 pitch. Abbott found himself in only four three-ball counts all day, and had only one real scare on a hard hit ball, with Niko Decolati diving forward to steal a potential hit from shortstop Daniel Schneemann with one out in the seventh. LMU had thrown two previous no-hitters, including current volunteer assistant Matt Florer's hitter against Cal State Northridge on April 23, 2013.

Caulfield batted .571 (7x12) with three runs scored, a double, a homer and four RBI to help guide LMU to a 2-1 series win over BYU in WCC play. The native of Burlingame, Calif. had multiple hits in all three contests, including going 3-for-3 with two runs scored, his first career homer, and four RBI on Friday night.

LMU has a busy week ahead, as it will visit UC Irvine on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. before hosting CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Lions will then return to WCC play at home on Friday, opening a three-game series with Pacific at 6 p.m.