Jose Mata

Jose Mata Career Stats 2011 – SEC Academic Honor Roll … 23 relief appearances with a 3-0 record and a 1.76 ERA in 30.2 innings pitched and a save … One scoreless inning of relief in 8-2 win over Connecticut in NCAA Super Regional … 0.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in 11-5 win over Stetson (6/4) … Retired lone batter he faced in 7-2 loss vs. Vanderbilt (5/26) … 2.1 scoreless innings for a save in 9-5 win over UNC Asheville (5/17) … 2.1 scoreless innings in 6-1 win over Presbyterian (5/10) … 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in 9-3 win at Wofford (5/4) … Allowed two runs on one hit with two walks in two innings of work; picked up the win in 9-6 victory vs. Liberty (4/26) … Retired lone batter he faced in 8-2 win at Mississippi State (4/22) … 1.2 scoreless innings in 6-4 loss to Vanderbilt (4/16) … 0.1 scoreless innings in 2-0 loss at The Citadel (4/12) … Hurled three scoreless innings of relief with just one hit allowed and a strikeout in 6-4 win over The Citadel … Season-high four innings and allowed just one run on two hits to pick up victory in 17-8 win over Rhode Island (3/23) … Retired both batters he faced in 4-2 loss to Georgia (3/18) … Pitched three innings of relief in 4-2 loss vs. Furman (3/15); allowed two runs on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks … Worked 2.2 scoreless innings, did not allow a hit, run or walk and struck out three batters in 8-3 loss to CSU Bakersfield (3/13) … 0.2 scoreless innings of relief and earned win in 6-0 win over Santa Clara (2/20). 2010 – Worked two scoreless innings with a strikeout in 2-1 win over UCLA in the national championship series victory at the College World Series (6/29) … Earned seventh win of the season with 4.1 scoreless innings of relief with a career-high five strikeouts in 10-2 win over Virginia Tech in NCAA Regional (6/6) … 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts in 3-1 loss to Auburn at SEC Tournament (5/27) … Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts in 3-0 loss to Ole Miss at SEC Tournament (5/26) … Hurled 0.2 scoreless innings of relief in 3-2 loss vs. Florida (5/20) … Hurled 1.2 scoreless innings of relief in 5-3 win at Arkansas (5/16) … Picked up win with on perfect inning of relief in 10-2 win over Charleston Southern (5/12) … Worked 3.2 innings of relief and picked up fifth win of the year in 14-6 victory over Winthrop (5/5); allowed two runs on five hits in the win … Struck out lone batter he faced and picked up win in 9-7 victory over Alabama (4/30) … Hurled 4.2 scoreless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts and earned a win in 4-2 victory over USC Upstate (4/20) … 0.2 perfect inning of relief in 5-4 loss to Ole Miss (4/18) … 0.1 perfect inning of relief in 10-4 win at The Citadel (4/14) … Hurled 4.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts and one walk in 8-2 loss at Vanderbilt (4/10) … Struck out lone batter he faced in 6-3 win over College of Charleston (4/7) … A perfect 0.1 inning of relief in 8-7 loss to Mississippi State (4/3) … Struck out one batter in 0.1 scoreless innings of relief in 10-6 loss to Auburn (3/28) … Hurled 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout and a walk in 8-5 win at Georgia Southern (3/23) … 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout in 4-2 win over Tennessee (3/19) … Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and earned win in 8-3 victory over Davidson (3/17) … Strong relief outing in 12-4 win over Valparaiso, earned first career victory with six innings of relief allowing just one run on two hits with four strikeouts and two walks (3/9) … 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout vs. Clemson (3/7) … One inning of scoreless relief with a strikeout and a pickoff in 5-3 win over Duquesne (2/21). JUNIOR COLLEGE – 2009 All-Southern Conference Fireman of the Year … Hurled 45 innings and finished with a 1.20 ERA and seven saves, tied for 21st in NJCAA in saves in 2009 … Struck out 37 and walked just six, finished with 3-2 record in 2009 … Compiled a 5-0 record with a 2.51 ERA in 46 innings in 2008 as a freshman. PERSONAL – Born Jose Rafael Mata, Jr. on 8/24/88 … Parents are Grisel and Omar Perez and Jose Mata, Sr.