2014 Baseball Roster
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Ino Patron
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Recreation Studies
- Hometown:
- Livermore, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Granada HS
2014 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2014 (Senior): A first-team All-Conference selection ... became the 11th Dirtbag to record 200 hits ... finished his career with 238 hits, which ranked third all-time in LBSU history ... broke the school record with 220 starts and finished third with 224 games played ... took 814 career at-bats, which ranked second all-time ... One of three Dirtbags to play and start in all 60 games ... went on a team late to finish with a team-best .308 batting average ... had 70 hits on the year, including a team-best three home runs and 13 doubles ... also legged out three triples and had 36 RBI ... started the season in a slump but recorded his first hit at Pepperdine while also driving in a run (2/18) ... went 3-for-5 with three RBI and his first homer against Arizona St. (2/21) ... had a hit and an RBI in each of the next two games for a four-game streak with at least one hit and one RBI ... doubled, singled and drove in two runs in the first game of a doubleheader at Wichita St. while also singling, scoring and driving in another run in the nightcap (2/28) ... drove in three runs with two hits at Arizona (3/5) ... went on a nine-game hitting streak from Mar. 8-23 with two hits in three consecutive games against Utah Valley and Indiana from Mar. 9-15 ... hit a two-run homer in the first inning at LMU (3/18) ... scored twice at CSUN without recording a hit (3/28) ... went 2-for-4 at USC (4/1) ... doubled in three consecutive games against UCLA and LMU from Apr. 5-8 ... scored in all three of those games and drove in a run in the latter two ... recorded his 200th hit with an infield single at UC Davis (4/12) ... doubled, scored and drove in a run in the finale at UC Davis (4/13) ... went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a double against UCSB (4/18) ... went 2-for-4 in the opener against then-No. 1 Cal Poly (4/25) ... had a career-best day at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI to lead the Dirtbags to an upset of Cal Poly ... drove in two runs against Pepperdine (4/30) ... went 2-for-4 with a triple in the Cal State Fullerton series finale (5/4) ... kicked off a stretch of five multiple hit games out of the next six ... had multiple hits in each game of the Hawaii series from May 9-11 with a 3-for-6 performance on Saturday ... drove in a run and scored a run while collecting two hits against San Diego ... tripled and scored at UC Riverside (5/17) ... went 2-for-5 with an RBI the next night at UC Riverside (5/18) ... drove in two runs and doubled in a Dirtbag win over UC Irvine (5/23) ... after going hitless in the first game of the NCAA Regionals, went on to collect six hits in the next three games ... was 2-for-4 in the winner's bracket game against the Col. Of Charleston ... went 3-for-3 and drove in five runs with his third homer of the year in the elimination game against North Carolina ... went 1-for-4 in the regional championship game against Col. Of Charleston.
2013 (Junior): Played in a team-leading 55 games, starting in all 55 ... a constant in the heart of the lineup and mainly hit in the cleanup spot ... ranked fourth on the team and hit a career-best .301 ... was third on the team with a .359 on-base percentage ... scored 26 runs on the year ... led the team with 30 RBI and 21 extra-base hits ... had multiple RBI in a team-leading eight games ... had 15 doubles, five triples and a home run ... had a team-best 11 game hit streak from Apr. 9-28 and ended the season on a nine-game hit streak ... opened the season going 1-for-4 at Vanderbilt (2/15) ... started a nine-game hit streak in the finale at Vanderbilt (2/17) with a pair of hits to go along with an RBI and a run scored ... had one hit in six straight games against Arizona (2/19-2/20), Valparaiso (2/22-2/24) and at USC (2/26) ... in the last three games of that stretch, each hit was a double ... also drove in a pair of runs against Valpo (2/23) ... had back-to-back multi-hit games against Seattle (3/1-3/2) ... had another six-game hit streak from Mar. 9-19 with one hit in each game... had his first three-hit performance with a 3-for-4 day against Cal State Fullerton (3/23) ... also drove in four runs and hit a double and a triple on Mar. 23 ... went 1-for-3 in the finale with a run-scoring double ... had two doubles and a triple in a 3-for-5 performance at CSUN (3/28) ... had another double and walked twice while driving in three runs in a 2-for-2 performance the next day against CSUN (3/29) ... scored a run in five consecutive games from Apr. 7-14 ... had three triples during his 11-game hit streak and three doubles ... drove in two RBI against UC Davis (4/13) ... went 3-for-5 in the finale at UC Santa Barbara (4/21) with two RBI and a run scored ... drove in four runs at UCLA (4/23) and smashed a three-run homer ... went 5-for-13 in the series against Cal Poly (4/26-4/28) with a pair of RBI and three runs ... had back-to-back 2-for-4 performances at Cal State Fullerton (5/4, 5/5) ... opened his season-ending hit streak with a 1-for-4 game against Hawaii (5/11) ... had three consecutive two-hit games against Pepperdine (5/14) and UC Riverside (5/17, 5/18) ... finished the season going 2-for-4 with a double and run scored at UC Irvine (5/25).
2012 (Sophomore): Played in all 55 games during 2012 and started 52, splitting time between first base and designated hitter ... Led the team in starts at both positions ... Batted either third or fourth all season ... Led the team with 30 starts in the three hole ... Hit .279 and was third on the team with 53 hits .. Had 16 multiple hit games, the most on the team ... Walked 28 times, leading Long Beach State and was seventh in the Big West ... On-Base Percentage was .379, second-best on the team ... Went 3-for-3 in the season opener, reaching base four times and scoring a run (2/17) ... 2-for-4 with a run scored in the finale with VCU (2/19) ... Had two RBI in a 1-for-5 day against Cal (2/24) ... Drove in two RBI with a pair of hits at Oregon (3/2) ... Made two hits in four straight games, starting with a 2-for-3 day against Arizona State (3/11) ... Had two hits in all three games at Cal State Fullerton (3/16, 3/18) ... Tied two career highs with three hits and three runs scored at Wichita State (3/24) ... Hit a triple and drove in two runs in that contest ... Started a five-game hitting streak against Washington State with a hit and two walks (3/26) ... 2-for-3 with a run scored at Cal Poly (3/31) ... Scored twice in a 4-0 win to take the series at Cal Poly (4/1) ... Hit a triple in a 3-for-4 day at UCR, with three runs scored (4/7) ... Drove in two RBI in a 2-for-5 day against UCSB (4/15) ... Tied a career-high with six at-bats at Cal State Northridge (4/28) ... Singled and scored in a pinch-hit appearance against UCLA (5/1) ... Started the LMU series with two hits (5/5) ... Drove in a run as a pinch hitter in the third game against the Lions (5/7) ... 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and a sacrifice against Pacific (5/19) ... Hit singles in the last two games of the season to end the year with a two-game hitting streak (5/26, 5/27).
2011 (Freshman): Played in 54 games and started 53 as a true freshman, both fourth-most on the team ... Hit in the heart of the lineup all season, batting cleanup 20 times, hitting fifth 16 times, and third 10 times ... Started 24 games at DH and 23 at first base ... Led the Dirtbags in home runs with three on the year ... Third on the team in hitting at .277, third in slugging at .372, and third in on-base percentage at .363 ... Also third on the team with 24 RBI ... Scored 22 runs, had seven doubles, and was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts ... Walked 18 times, second on the team and was hit eight times ... Tied for the team lead with four multiple-RBI games ... Was second on the team with 16 multi-hit games ... Picked up a pair of hits against Cal State Fullerton (2/21) ... Finished with three against LMU, going 3-for-4 with a triple (2/22) ... 2-for-2 with a walk in the series opener with Oregon (3/4) ... Followed that with two more hits while tying a season high for at-bats, going 2-for-6 with double and two runs scored in a comeback extra-inning win (3/5) ... 2-for-3 with an RBI in LBSU[apos]s win over Rice (3/11) ... Reached six at-bats a second time, going 1-for-6 at Pepperdine (3/15) ... Had three hits and two RBI over the Oregon State doubleheader (3/19) ... Tied a season high with two runs scored at Stanford, while driving in a pair of runs (5/25) ... Reached base five times, scoring twice at Pacific in game one (4/1) ... Was 3-for-3 with a walk and a HBP, and had three RBI ... Followed that game with a 2-for-3 day against the Tigers (4/2) ... Went 1-for-3 in the finale at Stockton (4/3) ... Finished that five-game span with nine hits after going 2-for-3 with a double against San Diego State (4/5) ... Started a nine-game hitting streak with a 3-for-4 day against UC Davis (4/10) ... That also started a streak of four straight games with multiple hits ... Hit his first home run of the year at UC Santa Barbrara (4/21) ... Hit two more two games later against the Gauchos, driving in a season-high four RBI (4/23) ... Finished the streak with a 2-for-4 day at USC (4/26) ... Had two hits at San Diego State, going 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI (5/3).
High School: A three-year letterwinner in baseball at Granada High School ... Led team to their first playoff appearance in eight years in 2010 ... A two-time first-team all-league selection ... Hit over .390 all three years, including a .425 batting average as a senior.
Personal: Born in Fremont, Calif. ... Parents are Ino and Diana Patron ... Honor Roll student at Granada HS ... Major is recreation studies.
