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2019-20 USCI Baseball

9 John Michael Sabatino

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Manalapan, N.J.
  • High School Manalapan

Biography

Career Honors

2x Dean’s List Honors

 

Career-Highs (Entering 2019)

IP: 8.0 (at Concordia, 3/30/19)

Ks: 8 (at Bloomfield, 5/2/18)

 

2020 (Game-by-Game): Sabatino was tied for fourth on the team with four appearances in the shortened 2020 season, all of which came out of the bullpen, as his 17.0 innings pitched and 15 strikeouts were third-most for USciences. He was one of two Devils to win a game as he finished 1-1, allowing 19 hits and issuing eight walks. 

  • Picked up the win with a quality outing in relief, limiting West Virginia Wesleyan to three earned runs on eight hits, while tying a career-high with eight strikeouts against just two walks (3/1)

 2019 (Game-by-Game): Sabatino appeared in 10 games as a sophomore and made six starts, which ranked fourth on the team. He was tied for third on the team with two wins and was fourth with 39.1 innings pitched. He pithced to a 6.41 ERA and had 18 strikeouts.

  • Threw five scoreless frames before surrendering one earned run in the sixth. He gave up just four hits, while striking out three, in game two win over Caldwell(4/13)
  • Held Concordia scoreless for the first six innings of an eventual win (3/30)
  • Prodcued a quality start against No. 24 Wilmington, scattering six hits over his six frames (3/22)

2018 (Game-by-Game): Sabatino threw 41.1 innings in 10 appearances, second and third on the team, while starting five games in 2018. He finished second on the team with 35 strikeouts, and was fourth with a 6.10 ERA, as he finished the year with a 1-3 record. 

  • Picked up his first career win by tossing seven innings of one-run ball, in which he scattered seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks, in game two of a doubleheader against Concordia (4/23)
  • Gave up just one earned run on seven hits in seven innings of work at Wilmington, striking out a career-high six and walking just two (4/18)
  • Threw 5.1 innings of relief, surrendering just one earned run of four hits, against Nyack (4/14)
  • Struck out three in two innings of work for the second consecutive outing at defending national champion West Chester. He did not allow an earned run, working around four hits while not issuing a walk (2/28)
  • Struck out two in his first collegiate inning against Saint Anselm. He ended up striking out three in two innings, in which he allowed one run on two hits without walking a batter (2/25)

Prior to USciences:

  • Manalapan High School’s Pitcher of the Year

Personal:

  • Son of Christine Sabatino

Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2017-18Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 185 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2018-19Sophomore

    RHP
    6'4" 185 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019-20Junior

    RHP
    6'4" 185 lbs
    9