Andrew Politi

Position:
Right-handed Pitcher
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Long Valley, N.J.
High School:
West Morris

** 2018 BIG EAST CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM **

2018: Selected in the 15th round (460 overall) by the Boston Red Sox of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft...Named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team... Appeared in 17 games, making six starts... Pitched to a 5-4 record with a 5.44 ERA and 67 strikeouts with 29 walks in 48.0 innings pitched... Opponents hit just .203 against him... Tied for the team lead in strikeouts... Tied for second on the team in wins... Had one save... Allowed only one hit over 3.1 scoreless innings of relief with six strikeouts and one walk in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Allowed one run over 5.2 innings of relief with nine strikeouts and one walk vs. Butler in the BIG EAST Championship on May 24... Pitched 1.1 perfect innings with three strikeouts vs. St. John’s on May 11... Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings at Creighton on May 4... Earned the victory with four hitless innings of relief with nine strikeouts and only one walk vs. Villanova on April 27... Earned the save with a perfect inning at Butler on April 21... Allowed only one run over four innings of relief with five strikeouts to earn the victory vs. Xavier in game two of a doubleheader on April 14... Allowed two earned runs over five innings with a career-high nine strikeouts and no walks in a no decision in game two of a doubleheader vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on April 8... Allowed just two earned runs over five innings with five strikeouts and only one walk in a no decision vs. Notre Dame on March 3... Allowed three runs in 4.2 innings at NC State on Feb. 16.

2017: Made 16 appearances, including two starts... Pitched to an 0-3 record with a 3.13 ERA, 41 strikeouts and 10 walks in 23.0 innings pitched... Opponents hit just .232 against him... Recorded one save... Tossed two scoreless innings with five strikeouts at Villanova on May 12... Pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts at St. John’s on April 30... Tossed two perfect innings with four strikeouts vs. Saint Peter’s on April 26... Allowed only one hit over three innings with five strikeouts vs. Georgetown on April 22... Allowed one run over three innings with five strikeouts and two walks at Rutgers on April 18... Pitched four perfect innings of relief with six strikeouts at Xavier on April 13... Tossed a perfect inning vs. Lehigh on March 19... Struck out the side after entering with the bases loaded and no outs in the eighth inning of a one-run game at Stetson on March 8 - also struck out the side in the ninth to earn the save... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2016: Made 17 appearances, including one start... Pitched to a 1-0 record with a 6.08 earned run average, 24 strikeouts and 15 walks in 23.2 innings pitched... Opponents batted .234 against him... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Saint Peter’s on April 27... Earned the victory with 3.2 innings of one-run relief vs. Villanova on April 23... Pitched a hitless inning vs. Monmouth on April 19... Tossed a perfect inning vs. LIU on April 17... Pitched a hitless inning at Rutgers on April 13... Tossed two scoreless innings at Creighton on April 9... Struck out four batters in only two-thirds of an inning vs. Lafayette on March 16... Made his first start vs. Ohio State on March 4... Made his collegiate debut with 2.0 innings of scoreless relief with three strikeouts vs. Missouri on Feb. 21... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015: Did not see game action.

High School/Personal: Attended West Morris Central High School in Chester, New Jersey... Three-year letter-winner as a right-handed pitcher... Named team captain as a senior... Named All-Conference and All-Area in 2014... Threw a no-hitter in 2014... Threw two shutouts in the Morris County Tournament in 2014... Pitched to a 0.94 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 2014... Led West Morris to the Morris County title game in 2014... Participant in the N.J. Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game in 2014... Born June 4, 1996.