Ryan McLinskey

Position:
Right-handed Pitcher
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Pearl River, N.Y.

2021: The Pirates' Friday starter ... Finished second on the team with 66 strikeouts ... Ranked sixth in the BIG EAST with a 2.81 ERA and tied for fourth with 12 starts ... Had six strikeouts and allowed only one run in his first win of the season at Fordham on April 1 ... Went 6.2 innings allowing only one run and striking out five in the win over Butler on April 9 ... Fanned a career-best 10 batters and didn't allow an earned run in the win against Georgetown on April 30 ... Posted eight strikeouts and gave up one run in 6.2 innings against Xavier on May 7 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Went 2-0 in four starts as the team's Friday starter ... Struck out 22 batters in 21.1 innings of work, leading the Pirates in both categories ... Fanned eight batters in his first win of the season at Liberty on Feb. 21 ... Allowed only two earned runs and struck out six in four innings at No. 18 Wake Forest on Feb. 14 ... Went 5.2 innings and struck out six at USC on Feb. 28 ... Had a season-long outing of six innings at Saint Mary's on March 6.

2019: Made 21 appearances, all in relief... Pitched to an 1-3 record with a 4.63 ERA and 29 strikeouts with 13 walks in 23.1 innings pitched... Opponents hit .270 against him... One of four Pirate pitchers to appear in at least 20 games... Pitched a scoreless eighth inning at St. John’s with two strikeouts on May 18... Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings at St. John’s on May 16... Earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief vs. Georgetown on May 10... Tossed a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts at Saint Peter’s on April 30... Pitched a scoreless eighth inning at Monmouth on April 16... Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts and no walks in game two of a doubleheader at Villanova on April 6... Pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout at Iona on March 31... Tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. Ohio State on Feb. 17... Struck out the side in a perfect inning of relief vs. Ohio State on Feb. 15... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Made 17 appearances, all in relief... Pitched to an 0-1 record with a 5.19 ERA and 25 strikeouts with 10 walks in 26.0 innings pitched... Opponents hit .264 against him... Pitched three scoreless innings vs. Villanova on May 1.... Tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. Monmouth on April 18... Pitched a scoreless inning vs. Xavier in game two of a doubleheader on April 14... Allowed only one hit over three innings with three strikeouts and no walks at Hawaii on March 26... Turned in a career-best effort with 3.1 innings of scoreless relief, scattering just two hits, with five strikeouts and no walks at Florida Atlantic on March 10... Tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. Youngstown State on March 4... Made his collegiate debut at NC State in game one of a doubleheader on Feb. 16 with a scoreless eighth inning... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School / Personal: Attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J.... Three-year letter winner in baseball as a right-handed pitcher and infielder... Named to the All-Conference Second Team and the All-County Second Team as a senior... An All-State Honorable Mention as a senior... Played in the N.J. Senior All-Star Game as a senior... Went 2-0 with a 0.32 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 28 innings pitched, while also batting .320 as a senior... Named team captain as a senior... Had a 0.60 ERA in 15 innings pitched and played in the NJ Underclassman All-Star Game as a junior... First or Second Honor Roll in every high school semester... Member of the National Honor Society... Four-year letter winner in hockey... Born Nov. 18, 1998.