2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Patrick Orlando
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Myrtle Beach, S.C.
- High School:
- Carolina Forest HS
2018 (Sophomore): Appeared in 18 games out of the bullpen for the Chants … Went 2-2 with a 3.73 ERA on the season … Struck out 20 batters compared to just 10 walks over 31.1 innings pitched … Posted a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the year … Held opponents to a .248 batting average on the season … Struck out a season-high four batters in a season-high 3.2 innings of work at UNC Wilmington (April 18) … Also struck out three batters in 2.0-scoreless innings in the 19-3 win over Wake Forest (March 7) … Picked up the win a 3.0 innings of relief work versus Ohio State (March 10) … Also earned the win out of the bullpen with 2.1-scoreless innings at Arkansas State (March 17) … Pitched 0.2-scoreless innings versus Kansas State (Feb. 18) and 2.0-scoreless innings versus Illinois (Feb. 24) … Also threw 1.1-scoreless innings at No. 6 Clemson (April 3), 0.2-scoreless innings versus South Alabama (April 6) and another 1.0-scoreless innings at Wake Forest (April 10) … Fanned two batters in just one inning in the 14-4 win over ULM (April 27) … Also recorded a 1.0-scoreless inning at Appalachian State (May 19) … Pitched 1.0 inning out of the bullpen in the 16-1 win over LIU Brooklyn (June 1) at the NCAA Conway Regional … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Freshman): Was 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA in 11 relief appearances ... Totaled 16 strikeouts and just six walks in 12.2 innings ... In his first seven appearances (10.2 innings) of the season, he only allowed three walks with 12 strikeouts ... Earned his first career win in the 9-8 victory over George Mason ... Entered the game in the ninth inning and allowed a hit before collecting three outs ... CCU scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth for the win ... Pitched two-hitless innings with a season-high four strikeouts to close the Wake Forest (March 8) game ... Worked 2.0-scoreless innings in game two of the Illinois doubleheader, striking out two ... In his last outing of the season, struck out the side versus College of Charleston (April 10).
High School: A two-time South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association AAAA all-state honoree ... Named to the SCBCA all-star team .... Served as the team's closer as a senior, picking up three saves and four wins ... Recorded a 1.61 ERA with 46 strikeouts in 39 innings ... Led team to the AAAA Lower State championship twice ... Recorded 43 strikeouts in 61 innings pitched with a 1.02 ERA while walking only seven his junior season.
