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2012 Baseball Roster

29 Alexander Zarate

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orland Park, Ill.
  • Highschool Carl Sandburg

Biography

At Western Illinois
2012 (Senior): Appeared in 12 games and made three starts... suffered the loss going 1.2 innings in game two of the Georgia State series... four runs allowed on five hits, walked two and struck out one... pitched a scoreless inning at WKU on Sunday... started vs. SLU on March 20... threw two scoreless innings on 4/4 vs. Culver-Stockton and picked up three strikeouts... was sharp in relief vs. SUU on 4/7 and was impressive out of the bullpen at Iowa with five innings... got the win on 4/24 vs. EIU going six innings and allowed just one hit... tossed 1.2 innings at Oakland on 4/28 and allowed two earned runs... pitched 1.2 innings vs. IPFW on 5/6 with three strikeouts... went a season-high 6.2 innings in relief on 5/19 at South Dakota State to pick up the win while allowing two runs, both unearned, and striking out one with no walks.

2011 (Junior): Made 14 appearances on the season including 10 starts... in his Leatherneck debut he went 4.0 innings and did not allow an earned run... picked up his first Leatherneck victory at Eastern Illinois where he pitched 6.0 scoreless innings and only allowed three hits... collected his second quality start with a career best 7.2 innings vs. Oral Roberts... struck out seven at Southern Utah and picked up the victory with 6.0 innings and allowed four earned runs... picked up the win at IPFW...  went a career-high 8.1 innings against Centenary on May 15 with nine punch outs.

At Heartland CC
In 2010 he threw 53.1 innings and struck out 35 batters... Finished with a 3.54 ERA and a 5-2 record...In 2009 tossed 9.2 innings and recorded a 1-0 record.

Personal
Son of Al and Judy Zarate... born March 9, 1990... majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in Business Management.

Career Statistics

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha
2011.... 5.20 4-5 14 10 0 0/1 0 55.1 72 48 32 32 45 15 1 8 268 .314 5 4 3 2 1
2012.... 4.19 2-3 12 3 0 0/1 0 34.1 36 26 16 20 26 4 1 1 161 .269 6 2 0 3 2
TOTAL... 4.82 6-8 26 13 0 0/2 0 89.2 108 74 48 52 71 19 2 9 429 .298 11 6 3 5 3

Statistics

Season:
2012

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2011Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2012Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
    29