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2023 Baseball Roster

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12 Blake Malatestinic

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 170
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Major CI: Curriculum Development
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Cardinal Ritter HS

Biography

2023 (GRADUATE): Appeared in 16 games making 11 starts during the season... posted a 3-5 record with a 6.55 ERA for the year... pitched 55 innings with 40 strike outs... had three starts lasting six innings during the year against Arkansas Pine Bluff, Butler and SIUE... had first win of season against Arkansas Pine Bluff adding wins against Bellarmine and against Tennessee Tech in the OVC Tournament... pitched 1.1 innings of relief with two strike outs against Vanderbilt in the NCAA Regional... finished career with 222 innings pitched which ranked sixth on the EIU career record book list... had 71 career pitching appearances which ranked ninth on the EIU career record book list... 

2022 (SENIOR): Appeared in 16 games making 10 starts on the mound for EIU during his senior season...finished the 2022 season with a 5-4 record tossing 52.2 innings...he held a 6.32 ERA with 48 strikeouts... recorded at least four strikeouts in eight games... posted a season high six strikeouts twice at Tarleton State (Feb. 27) and at UT Martin (Mar. 27)... he posted his longest start during his first two outings of the season when they both went 6.0 innings (Feb. 18 at Little Rock / Feb. 27 at Tarleton State)...

2021 (JUNIOR): Missed season due to injury using medical redshirt year... 

2020 (JUNIOR): Started in three of the four games he saw time in... held a perfect 3-0 record as a starter for EIU... pitched a team-high 26.2 innings for the Panthers in which he recorded 23 strikeouts in comparison to his six walks allowed... finished the season with a 1.69 ERA, and had a career-high nine strikeouts against Northwestern State on Feb. 29th...

2019 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 19 games making two starts on the mound for EIU during his sophomore season... finished the 2019 season with a 2-4 record tossing 42.1 innings...he held a 5.10 ERA with 41 strikeouts..he recorded his longest outing against SIUE on May 4th tossing 5.2 innings..had a season-high eight strikeouts against UT Martin on April, 26th.

2018 (FRESHMAN): Made 16 appearances including five starts during the season... posted a a 1-3 record while ranked second on the team with three saves... finished season with 34 strikeouts in 45.1 innings of work... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Right-handed pitcher that played for Dave Scott at Cardinal Ritter High School in Indianapolis...  three-time All-Conference, two-time All-City, All-City Player of the Year 2017, District L Player of the Year 2017, All-State, North-South All-Star 2017, and 2017 MaxPreps Small School All-American honoree... helped lead Cardinal Ritter to a pair of sectional championships during sophomore and junior seasons... as a sophomore recorded a 10-3 record on the mound with an ERA of 2.58 and 83 strikeouts... followed that with a 5-2 record his junior season and an ERA of 3.29 with one save.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2018Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'9" 170 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2019Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'9" 170 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2020Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9" 170 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2021Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9" 170 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9" 170 lbs
    30
  • 12

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Pitcher
    5'9" 170 lbs
    12
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