| Anthony Lauretto |
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NOTABLES - Selected a Quad-Captain ... Will see time as a starter and reliever ... Throws a fastball with a real good slider and will add a changeup ... Has increased his velocity ... Could vie for a starting spot vs. conference opponents.
2008 - Ranked third on the team with 13 appearances and owned a 7.12 earned run average in a career-high 30 1/3 innings ... Led the staff with a 3.1/1 strikeout to walk ratio and fanned 25 batters for 7.42 per nine innings pitched to rank fourth on the squad ... Finished five games to rank 14th in the Little East Conference ... Made four starts and posted a 1-2 record ... Allowed just one earned run in seven and a third innings at MIT on May 1, while striking out a career-high five batters and allowing just one walk ... Pitched one-third of a scoreless inning to earn a save at Johnson & Wales on March 26 ... Threw one and a third innings, yielding one earned run and striking out four batters to earn his first career
victory vs. Framingham State on April 8. Allowed one or fewer earned runs in 10 appearances and threw three and two-thirds innings of scoreless ball over three appearances from March 26 to April 1 ... Held runners better than any pitcher on the team with 38% of would-be-basestealers being thrown out ... Allowed just two inherited runners out of nine to score ... Very stingy against leadoff hitters, holding them to a paltry .167 (4-24) batting mark ... Held batters to just a .250 (6-24) mark with runners in scoring position and two outs.
2007 - Topped the pitching staff with 16 appearances, including four starting assignments ... Registered a 4.85 earned run average in 29 2/3 innings of work ... Recorded a save, while striking out 11 batters and walking eight on the season ... Surrendered just one home run and uncorked just one wild pitch ... Gave up just one run on four hits and a walk, while fanning two batters in five innings vs. Williams College in his UMB debut on March 19 ... Spun six scoreless relief outings ... Allowed just one unearned run on three hits and two walks to go with three strikeouts in four and two-thirds innings of relief at University of Southern Maine on April 29.
2006 - Made eight appearances out of the bullpen for Eastern Nazarene College ... Owned a 4.05 earned run average in six and two-thirds innings of work ... Struck out four, while walking just one ... Earned one save on the year ... Faced 28 batters and allowed just one extra-base hit (a double).
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Played baseball at Pembroke High School ... Selected as a Patriot League All-Star for the Titans ... Named team captain for PHS ... Elected Senior Class President at PHS ... Born September 7, 1986 ... Son of Colette and Richard Lauretto ... Majoring in marketing