June 9, 2010
Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina freshman right-handed pitcher Matt Price has earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. Price is among the top relievers in the country with a 3-1 record with a 2.72 ERA in 25 appearances and is among SEC leaders with eight saves. He has hurled 43 innings and has 64 strikeouts to 17 walks. Opponents are batting just .187 against him.
PRICE’S SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
2010 – Earned second-team All-SEC honors and named to SEC All-Freshman Team … Earned a save with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief and two strikeouts in 9-4 win over The Citadel in NCAA Regional (6/5) … Quality outing out of bullpen despite a loss in 3-1 defeat vs. Auburn at SEC Tournament (5/27); allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits in 3.1 innings with five strikeouts … Closed out 11-6 win vs. Florida with 2.2 innings of work allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks (5/22) … Earned a save with a perfect 1.1 innings of relief in 5-3 win at Arkansas (5/16) … Earned a save with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts in 3-2 win at Arkansas (5/14) … Picked up a save with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts in 13-9 win at Kentucky (5/7) … Key relief performance in 20-15 win over Alabama (5/2); allowed three runs on four hits with four strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work … 1.1 perfect innings of relief with three strikeouts in 5-4 loss to Ole MIss (4/18) … 0.1 scoreless inning of relief with a walk and a strikeout in 9-5 win over Ole Miss (4/18) … Pitched two perfect innings of relief with three strikeouts in 2-0 win at Vanderbilt (4/11) … Pitched 0.2 perfect innings of relief with a strikeout in 3-2 win at Vanderbilt (4/9) … Strong relief performance to earn win vs. Mississippi State (4/4); pitched five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits while striking out six batters in 14-2 victory (4/4) … Hurled a perfect inning of relief and struck out the side in 10-1 win over The Citadel (3/30) … Pitched 1.1 perfect innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts in 2-0 win at Auburn to earn save (3/27) … Pitched two perfect innings of relief with three strikeouts and earned first career save in 4-0 win vs. Tennessee (3/21) … One scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts in 8-4 win over Brown (3/13) … PIcked up second win of the season with four scoreless innings of relief with just one hit and one walk allowed and a career-high eight strikeouts in 7-3 victory over Valparaiso (3/10) … Earned win with one inning of relief with two srikeouts and one run allowed on two hits in 7-5 victory over Clemson (3/6) … Pitched one scoreless inning of relief in 15-0 win over Presbyterian (3/3) …. Hurled one inning of relief and allowed one run on two hits with two strikeouts and a walk in 10-3 win over Duquesne (2/19).
