2015 Baseball Roster
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Kyle Friedrichs
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Major:
- Communications
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
- Prev School:
- San Clemente HS
2015 SEMIFINALIST FOR GREGG OLSON AWARD
2015 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
2012 SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2015 (Senior): Chosen by the Oakland A's in the seventh round of the MLB Draft, 218th overall ... Selected as 1-of-32 semifinalists for the Gregg Olson Award, honoring college baseball's Breakout Player of the Year ... Named honorable mention All-Conference ... Racked up 109 strikeouts on the year, including a league-best 57 strikeouts in Big West games, while walking only 12 ... His 109 punch outs ranked second overall and were the most for a Dirtbag since 2004 ... Was 6-4 on the year with a 2.79 ERA ... His year included a complete game shutout at UC Santa Barbara, leading the Dirtbags to a 1-0 win.
2014 (Junior): Came on in relief in 23 games and tossed 26.1 innings ... posted a 4.10 ERA on the year while owning a 2-1 record and a team-leading six saves ... recorded 24 strikeouts compared to just six walks ... allowed a run in each of his first two appearances but rebounded in his first save situation ... tossed a scoreless inning to get that save against Wright St. (2/22) ... struck out two in pitching a perfect ninth against USC to get his second save (2/25) ... pitched another perfect ninth at Arizona for his third save (3/4) ... had a nine-inning scoreless streak from Mar. 15-Apr. 13, collecting three more saves during the streak ... held Cal State Fullerton scoreless in the ninth on Mar. 22 for a save ... limited CSUN to one hit on Mar. 29 for a save ... tossed two scoreless innings on Apr. 4 against UCLA ... struck out one in the ninth to preserve a shutout of UC Davis and get his sixth save on Apr. 12 ... gave up an unearned run against UCSB to snap his scoreless streak (4/17) but picked up the win ... took his only loss at San Diego after surrendering three runs in an inning ... struck out two to complete a 7-2 upset of Cal Poly (4/26) ... walked one and struck out one in a 6-1 win over UC Riverside (5/17) ... gave up a pair of hits but fanned two and held UC Irvine scoreless in a blowout win (5/23) ... tossed a season-high three innings, allowing one run, to get the win over North Carolina in the Gainesville Regional (6/1).
(2013): Redshirted during the 2013 season due to injury.
2012 (Sophomore): Earned second-team All-Big West honors as a closer ... Finished with 10 saves, second in the Big West and 45th nationally ... Made a team-high 29 appearances, posting a 1.88 ERA with 39 strikeouts and 10 walks ... Had seven saves in Big West play ... Allowed just eight earned runs over the course of the season ... Made four scoreless appearances to start the season ... Struck out four over 2.2 innings against Cal, a season high in both (2/24) ... Struck out three in 1.2 hitless innings against Arizona State (3/10) ... Took over as the closer at Wichita State, earning his first save with a scoreless inning (3/25) ... Had a two-inning save at UC Riverside, his third of the year (4/6) ... Earned saves in four straight appearances from April 14 to April 24 ... Allowed just one run in those four games ... Three hitless inning in three straight games against UCLA and Loyola Marymount (5/1, 5/5, 5/6) ... Made his 10th save of the season to force a winner take all game against Cal State Fullerton for the Big West championship in the penultimate game of the season (5/26) ... Threw 1.2 hitless innings in the season finale against the Titans (5/27).
2011 (Freshman): A versatile pitcher that filled many roles out of the bullpen as a freshman ... Posted a 4-2 record with a 3.99 ERA ... Was sixth on the team with 47.1 innings pitched, and was second on the team in appearances with 20 on the season ... Made two starts in 2011 .... Debuted with two innings against Loyola Marymount (2/22) ... Threw 1.2 scoreless innings in relief against Arizona (2/26) ... Made his first start against USC, pitching 4.2 innings and allowing one earned run, striking out a season-high four (3/1)... Pitched two innings of hitless relief in a win over Oregon, earning his first win (3/5)... Made a long relief appearance against Hawaii, striking out three and allowing one run on one hit in 3.1 innings for his second straight win (3/7) ... Threw two hitless innings at Pepperdine in another comeback win for the Dirtbags (3/15) ... Had another lengthy relief appearance with 4.1 innings in relief of a 3.2 inning effort from the starter at UC Davis (4/8) ... Allowed no earned in a three inning appearance at UCLA (4/12) ... Pitched 2.2 innings of relief and allowed just one hit to pick up his first career save at UC Santa Barbara (4/23) ... Earned his third win while throwing a perfect inning at Cal Poly (4/30) ... Made one more start, going 4.0 innings against Pepperdine, striking out three and allowing one run in a no-decision (5/18) ... Picked up his final win against Cal State Northridge, throwing 3.2 hitless innings in a 4-3 win (5/22) ... Scored a key out in Long Beach State[apos]s 8-6 win at UC Irvine (5/28).
High School: Played baseball at San Clemente High School ... Led team to a 19-11 record as a senior ... Earned first-team All-South Coast League honors ... Went 8-5 with 70 strikeouts in 77 innings pitched.
Personal: Parents are Charles and Rebecca Friedrichs ... Also recruited by USC, San Diego State and Oklahoma State ... Majoring in communications.
