Mike Cisco

Mike Cisco Career Stats 2008 – Appeared in 16 games with 11 starts … Went 6-3 with a 4.82 ERA and two saves … Hurled 71.0 innings, struck out 40 batters and 14 walks, allowed 42 runs, 38 earned on 93 hits … 2008 MLB Draft Selection (36th round/Philadelphia Phillies) … Earned first career save with two scoreless innings of relief in 11-3 win over Florida at SEC Tournament (5/22) … Went 6.2 innings vs. Ole Miss and allowed just one run on eight hits with three strikeouts and two walks to pick up victory in 6-2 win over Ole Miss (4/18) … Worked 5.2 innings at Auburn and allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts and a walk (4/11) … Season-high eight innings; did not allow a run and just yielded six hits at Georgia (4/5/game one) … 7.2 innings vs. Mississippi State and allowed one run on five hits to pick up win (3/21) … Went six-plus innings at Vanderbilt and allowed two runs on nine hits in no-decision vs. Commodores (3/14) … Pitched seven innings and earned a win vs. Duquesne (3/10) … Pitched season-high 7.1 innings and allowed just one run on eight hits in 10-1 win vs. Clemson (3/1) … Pitched five innings and allowed one run on five hits with four strikeouts to pick up the win in season opener vs. East Carolina (2/23) 2007 – Appeared in 16 games with 14 starts compiling a 6-2 record with a 3.84 ERA in 86.2 innings pitched … Struck out 74 batters with only 18 walks allowed … Won SEC Tournament start vs. Florida; limited Gators to two runs on four hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts in a 5-3 win (5/25) … Pitched season-high eight innings and allowed just three runs on seven hits in 13-3 victory over Georgia (5/17) … Pitched seven innings and allowed just one run on four hits with career-high 10 strikeouts in 12-3 win over The Citadel (5/9) … Earned win with six innings of solid work in 4-2 victory over Clemson; allowed just one run on four hits with five strikeouts (4/18) … Picked up a victory vs. Brown (3/10) with six scoreless innings of work with just two hits allowed and eight strikeouts … Quality start in 3-2 win over Clemson (3/4); allowed just one run on five hits in 6.2 innings of work … Won first game of the season vs. Eastern Michigan (2/24); allowed one run on five hits with nine strikeouts in 4-1 victory … Pitched in the summer for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League … 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll member. 2006 – Appeared in 18 games with 14 starts compiling a 7-5 record with a 3.96 ERA in 88.2 innings pitched … Team leader in innings pitched and strikeouts with 76 … Named to 2006 SEC All-Freshman Team … Earned postseason honors as a member of the 2006 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (Charlottesville) … Pitched first career complete game in the NCAA Regional, a 4-2 win over Evansville (6/3), allowing just two runs on six hits … Named to SEC All-Tournament Team following eight innings of three-hit ball in 4-2 win over Kentucky (5/24), finished with five strikeouts and no walks allowed as Carolina won the opening game of the SEC Tournament … Earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors after hurling eight scoreless innings in 1-0 victory over Ole Miss tying his career-high with eight strikeouts (4/14) … Pitched solid seven innings allowing just two runs on three hits in 18-4 win at LSU (4/1) … Picked up a win over Florida with 5.1 innings of work allowing five runs on nine hits in 6-5 victory over Gators (3/25) … Won first career SEC game at Auburn in only third career start with 7.1 innings of work limiting the Tigers to three runs on two hits while striking out eight batters in a 7-3 USC win (3/18) … Opened the season with a scoreless inning streak of 17.2 innings that ended at Auburn … Pitched five scoreless innings in second career start, a 12-0 win over Quinnipiac (3/11) … Pitched three perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts in 8-3 win over Elon in first career appearance (2/12) … Pitched in the summer for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League, went 4-0 with a 2.90 ERA, played on the same team with Gamecock teammates Jay Brown, Reese Havens and Justin Smoak.

HIGH SCHOOL – Played four years at Wando High School under coach Percy Knight … Named to 2005 South Carolina AAAA All-State team … Member of 2005 SC/NC Select All-Star team … Played for South Carolina Diamond Devils and coach John Rhodes over the summer.

PERSONAL – Born Michael Galen Cisco 5/23/87 … Parents are Jeff and Janet Cisco … Grandson of former MLB player and pitching coach Galen Cisco … Chose South Carolina because ‘it was close to home, the baseball program and the great coaching staff’ … Hobbies include hunting and fishing … Favorite foods are crab legs and any kind of seafood … Favorite actor is Adam Sandler … Favorite actress is Jennifer Aniston.