Blake Espinal

Position:
Left-handed Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
190
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bronx, N.Y.
High School:
Cardinal Spellman

2020: Made three appearances in relief ... Tossed a scoreless inning and struck out two batters in his first appearance of the season at Liberty on Feb. 23 ... Recorded two outs including a strikeout to help seal the win at USC on Feb. 28.

2019: Made 22 appearances, all in relief... Pitched to a 3-4 record with a 4.54 ERA and 32 strikeouts with 13 walks in a career-high 35.2 innings pitched... Opponents hit just .213 against him... His 22 appearances were third-most on the team... Tossed two shutout innings with only one hit at St. John’s on May 18... Earned the victory with two scoreless innings at Saint Peter’s on April 30... Pitched a scoreless inning with three strikeouts vs. Butler on April 28... Tossed a perfect inning with two strikeouts vs. Creighton on April 19... Allowed only one run in three innings of relief in game one of a doubleheader at Villanova on April 6... Tossed two perfect inning with three strikeouts and earned the victory at Iona on March 31... Allowed one run on no hits over three innings of relief at Iona on March 29... Pitched a scoreless inning at FDU on March 27... Tossed a scoreless eighth inning vs. Wagner on March 23... Didn’t allow a hit over two scoreless innings with four strikeouts and one walk vs. Bucknell on March 12... Tossed two scoreless innings with out surrendering a hit in game two of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... Scattered three hits over four scoreless innings with three strikeouts and no walks at FDU on Feb. 22... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Made 16 appearances, all in relief... Pitched to a 3-0 record with a 2.08 ERA and 15 strikeouts with eight walks in 21.2 innings pitched... Opponents hit just .171 against him, second-lowest on the team... Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings with one strikeout in the title game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Tossed a scoreless inning of relief vs. Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Pitched a perfect inning vs. Rider on May 8... Tossed a perfect inning vs. Saint Peter’s on May 1... Allowed just one hit over two scoreless innings with two strikeouts vs. Monmouth on April 18... Picked up the victory with a perfect inning with two strikeouts at Princeton on April 11... Allowed just two earned runs over a career-high 5.2 innings pitched at Florida Atlantic on March 11... Pitched to two batters, retiring both, including a strikeout, at Wofford on Feb. 24... Made his collegiate debut with two perfect innings of relief at NC State on Feb. 18, which included two strikeouts and gave him the win... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Did not see game action... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School / Personal: Attended Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, New York... Four-year letterwinner as a left-handed pitcher and first baseman... Named team captain as a senior... Named Second Team All-League as a senior... Participated in the Mayor's Cup All-Star Game as a senior... Earned Second Honors academically as a senior... Four-year letter-winner in basketball... Born May 20, 1998.