2018 Baseball Roster
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Eli Villalobos
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Business Management
- Hometown:
- La Habra, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Golden West College
2018 (Junior): Selected in the 14th round of the MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins ... Led all Dirtbags pitchers with 28 appearances, entering 26 games out of the bullpen ... As a reliever, Villalobos was 2-2 with a 2.25 ERA, striking out a batter per inning in 36.0 innings of work while allowing opposing batters to hit just .185.
2017 (Sophomore): Made 24 appearances in relief, going 3-1 with a 3.48 ERA and three saves ... Recorded 27 strikeouts in 31.0 innings and opposing batters hit .212 against him ... Pitched 1.1 perfect innings with three strikeouts in his home debut vs. Fordham (Feb. 26) ... Picked up his first victory against No. 3 TCU (Mar. 14) with 2.0 scoreless innings pitched with three strikeouts ... Earned another win in his next outing vs. Grand Canyon (Mar. 18) with three perfect innings of relief ... Improved to 3-0 with a win at California (Mar. 27) to give head coach Troy Buckley his 200th career win ... Earned the save in LBSU's first Big West victory of the season at UC Santa Barbara (Apr. 1) by pitching the final three innings of the game ... Picked up another save on Apr. 22 at UC Irvine, pitching the final 3.1 innings in a season-long outing while allowing just one walk ... Had a tough outing at Minnesota (May 13) when he allowed seven earned runs, and his season ERA excluding that appearance was a solid 1.47 ... In the Long Beach Regional against San Diego State (June 4), tossed 2.2 scoreless innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts in a Dirtbags victory.
Prior to LBSU: Was a catcher for Golden West College, appearing in nine games during his freshman season ... hit .444 with eight hits in 18 at-bats, scoring twice and driving in four runs ... had a 1.000 fielding percentage in 37 chances behind the plate.
High School: Played for head coach Patrick Tellers at Sonora High School ... was a catcher and first baseman for the Raiders, hitting .292 his senior season ... played in 29 games, recording 21 hits, 14 runs scored and 10 RBI ... also played travel ball with Impact Player Baseball, and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2014 Perfect Game/EvoShield National Upperclass Championship.
Personal: Parents are Daniel and Jill ... majoring in business management.
