2011 Baseball - Creighton University Bluejays

This is Creighton Records and History 2010 in Review Opponents Meet the Players Meet the Staff Creighton BaseballCreighton BluejaysProfileBirthday: October 20, 1990Parents: Randy and KarenSibling: HayleeMajor: BusinessFavorite Athlete: Andres GallarragaFavorite Movies: The Rookie, RudyDream Vacation Spot: RomeFavorite Locations on Campus: The JesuitGardens and St. John’s ChurchPeople He Most Admires: His grandparentsand his parentsGameday Superstition: Eat a good breakfastand get to the field earlyFavorite Quote: “Champions are madewhen nobody is looking.”Innings Pitched8.0 (3x, 4/25/10)Hits8 (5/8/10)Doubles2 (5x, 5/15/10)Triples1 (4/25/10)Home Runs3 (5/8/10)Single GameHighsRuns5 (2x, 5/8/10)Earned Runs5 (5/8/10)Walks4 (3/14/10)Strikeouts7 (2x, 3/27/10)Hit Batsmen2 (5/1/10)2010 (Freshman)• Named third-team Freshman All-Americanby PingBaseball.com.• Made 14 appearances, starting 11 of them.• Was near the top of several statistical categoriesin the Valley, finishing third in ERA,second in opponent batting average, tied forfourth in hits allowed, tied for fifth in runs allowedand third in walks and runs allowed.• Led team in ERA and threw one of twocomplete games for the staff in 2010.• Finished season with 58 strikeouts and 75.1innings, good for third and second respectivelyin CU history among freshmen.31 • Ty BlachSo. • LHP6-1 • 200 • R/LCentennial, Colo.Regis Jesuit HSBlach’s Career Pitching StatisticsYear ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO2010 3.11 3-3 14 11 1 0 0 75.1 63 34 26 18 58Total 3.11 3-3 14 11 1 0 0 75.1 63 34 26 18 58• Made first career appearance at Stephen F.Austin (2/28), throwing 0.2 innings.• Made lengthy relief appearance vs. NorthernColorado (3/6), striking out seven in 6.2innings, while allowing just one run.• Started first game at Metrodome againstHarvard (3/14), striking out four, but walkingfour, in 5.0 innings.• Matched season-high with seven strikeoutsat SIU (3/27), taking a no-decision.• Made the first of three, 8.0 inning appearancesagainst Indiana State (4/4), whiffingfour in a no-decision.• Retired first 17 batters in start against IllinoisState (4/11), but suffered loss after allowingthree runs in the sixth.• Recorded first career win at Bradley (4/18),allowing two earned runs, while striking outsix in eight innings.• Threw CU’s first complete game of theyear at Missouri State (4/25), but sufferedthe loss, allowing three unearned runs on sixhits, with six strikeouts.• Picked up second win of season againstEvansville (5/1), throwing 6.0 innings andstriking out six.• Struck out six for the fourth time in fiveoutings in win against Seattle (5/15).Regis Jesuit High School (2006-09)• Played baseball and tennis for Regis JesuitHigh School in Aurora, Colo.• Named honorable mention all-state hissenior season in baseball.• Was also a first team all-conference andall-area selection his senior year.• Named to the All-State Academic FirstTeam his junior and senior season.• Played in the Colorado Senior All-StarGame.• Batted .545 with 31 RBI his senior year.• Put up a 7-1 record with a 3.42 ERA, and74 strikeouts in 45 innings on the mound.• Earned highest academic honors each semesterin high school, putting up a 4.2 GPA(4.0 scale).34