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2017 Baseball Roster

Mike Radomski
Lindsay Synek

28 Connor Strain

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Shelburn, Ind.
  • Highschool North Central HS

Biography

2014-15    MVC Honor Roll
2013-14    MVC Honor Roll
 
2016: Started five games before season was cut short due to injury … Put together 3-1 record with team-best 0.68 ERA over 26.1 innings … Allowed just two earned runs on the year, striking out 26 while holding opposing hitters to a .180 batting average … Did not allow an earned run over final 23.2 innings of the season … Picked up first win after allowing just two hits over 5.1 innings against Southern Indiana (March 18) … Struck out eight a week later, allowing just three hits over six innings in a win over Eastern Kentucky (March 25) … Finished season with seven shutout frames versus Florida Gulf Coast (April 1).

2015: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 12 games, making 12 starts … Concluded the season 3-6 with a 6.43 earned run average … Finished first in the Missouri Valley Conference in doubles allowed (seven), third in hits allowed (63), and ninth in sac bunts allowed (seven) ... In league play, ranked first in games started (seven), first in losses (five), seventh in sac bunts (four), and ninth in strikeouts looking (10) ... Earned first win of the season with 6.0 innings of three run baseball at Ohio State (Mar. 14)…Fired a complete game, mercy rule shortened 7.0 innings, yielding just two hits at Bradley (Apr. 26)…Season-high seven strikeouts at Wichita State (May 10) … Posted six quality starts on the season.
 
2014:  Made 12 appearances on the mound, including 10 starts as Evansville’s primary Saturday starter … Finished 3-4 with a 4.21 ERA, notching 31 strikeouts against 29 walks in 51.1 innings with a .266 opposing batting average … Tossed 11 wild pitches and hit 10 opposing batters to lead the staff in both categories … Went 1-3 with a 4.97 ERA in seven MVC appearances, including five starts … Registered a season-high seven strikeouts vs. Eastern Kentucky (Mar. 29), allowing just one unearned run on seven hits over 7.0 innings … Logged a season-high 7.2 innings of work in a win at Charlotte (Apr. 4) … Pitched around six walks to earn a win at Dallas Baptist (Apr. 19), after surrendering just one run on three hits over 6.0 innings.

2013:  MVC Honor Roll ... Made eight appearances on the mound, including a start … Finished the year with an 0-1 record and a 9.00 ERA … Struck out seven in his 9.0 innings of work and held opponents to a .194 batting average … Was involved in a pair of combined shutouts … Tossed a scoreless inning of relief and struck out two in his collegiate debut at UALR (Feb. 16) … Threw 3.0 innings and allowed four runs with a strikeout and three walks in his only start of the year at Western Kentucky (Mar. 27) … Tossed 2.0 innings out of the bullpen at SIU Edwardsville, allowing just one hit with a strikeout (May 15).

PREP: Two-sport athlete and three-year baseball letterwinner at North Central High School for head coach Craig Grow ... Named all-state, all-conference and team MVP ... Finished his senior campaign with a 1.30 ERA in 60 innings and also hit .398 ... Posted a .451 average as a junior and finished with 1.54 ERA in 70.1 innings on the mound ... Led the Thunderbirds to runner-up finish in the state finals and a 25-7 record.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2012-13 Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 185 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2013-14Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'1" 185 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2015Junior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2016Senior

    RHP
    6'1" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2017Redshirt Senior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 180 lbs
    28
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