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21 Brian Rodriguez

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Yonkers, N.Y.
  • Highschool Berkshire School

Biography

AWARDS
  • CAA All-Rookie Team (2017)
2021:
  • Recorded a 1.55 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 29.0 innings pitched
  • Opponents batted .192 against (20-104)
  • Tallied 13 scoreless appearances
  • Struck out 2+ batters in eight of 16 games played
  • Pitched two scoreless innings allowing one hit and one strikeout in Northeastern's 5-1 win over COFC (5/29)
  • Recorded his third win of the season, pitching two scoreless innings allowing one hit and one strikeout in Northeastern's CAA Championship clinching win over UNC Wilmington (5/30)
2020:
  • Pitched in four games before season canceled due to Coronavirus
  • Struck out five over four innings and got the save in 10-0 win over South Florida (2/22)
  • Had two strikeouts against Villanova (2/28) and Florida Atlantic (3/6)
2019:
  • Had three strikeouts against Houston Baptist (2/16), South Dakota St. (2/23), UConn (3/1), Hartford (3/13) and Rhode Island (3/27)
  • Struck out five over 3.1 innings in 3-2 win vs. UMass Lowell (4/30)
  • Got the win in 12-8 victory over Houston Baptist (2/16)
2018:
  • Struck out two in 1.1 innings of relief against Presbyterian (3/2)
  • Struck out three in two and two-thirds scoreless innings at Auburn (3/9)
  • Picked up his first win of the season against Rhode Island after giving up just three hits in two innings (3/28)
  • Credited with the win at Brown after striking out four in one and one-thirds scoreless innings pitched (4/17)
  • Threw 4.1 innings, giving up three hits and just one run while walking two and striking out three against Towson (4/28)
  • Threw 0.2 innings of relief the second game of a doubleheader against UNCW (5/11)
  • Struck out three in 1.1 innings pitched against UNCW (5/13)
  • Threw 3.0 scoreless innings against Delaware (5/18)
  • Struck out seven in 6.0 innings pitched against UNCW in a CAA tournament elimination play victory (5/26)
2017:
  • Pitched a scoreless inning and recorded a strikeout in his collegiate debut (2/17)
  • Threw a scoreless ninth inning in a win over North Florida (2/24)
  • Registered two strikeouts and zero earned runs in an inning pitched against North Florida (2/26)
  • Threw four scoreless innings in a win over Cincinnati (3/18)
  • Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings to push his scoreless innings streak to 12 straight to start the season (3/24)
  • Had two punch-outs in as many innings in a win over Towson (4/1)
  • Picked up the win after throwing two shutout innings in a game against Connecticut (5/15)
Before Northeastern: Attended Berkshire High School, where he was a four-year letter winner in baseball ... Brian batted .338 while achieving a 1.5 ERA as a pitcher and was named the team MVP during his senior year ... Brian was part of the Aviation Program at Berkshire.

Personal: Father Reynaldo and mother Ingrid ... Has one sister ... Born in Washington Heights, New York ... Served as a Prefect in high school ... Business administration major ... Class of 2020.
CAREER PITCHING
SEASON AP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AVG WP HBP
2017 21-0 3.07 4-3 1 29.1 26 11 10 20 27 2 2 1 .252 6 7
2018 15-6 7.06 2-1 0 29.1 32 23 23 22 23 9 0 5 .278 5 3
2019 15-1 7.16 1-3 0 27.2 42 23 22 14 27 11 0 6 .353 6 4
2020 4-0 2.38 0-0 1 11.1 10 4 3 5 10 2 0 0 .233 5 0
2021 17-1 1.55 3-0 0 29.0 20 5 5 9 24 3 1 1 .192 3 0
CAREER 72-8 4.48 10-7 2 126.2 130 66 63 70 111 27 3 13 .269 25 14
CAA PITCHING
SEASON AP-GS ERA W-L SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AVG WP HBP
2017 7-0 1.80 1-1 1 10.0 7 2 2 9 11 0 1 1 .212 2 3
2018 4-1 2.89 0-0 0 9.1 4 3 3 6 7 2 0 0 .125 1 1
2019 2-0 5.40 0-1 0 3.1 4 2 2 2 3 1 0 2 .286 0 0
2020 0-0 0.00 0-0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
2021 7-1 0.71 2-0 0 12.2 8 1 1 5 10 2 0 0 .174 2 0
CAREER 20-2 2.04 3-2 1 35.1 23 8 8 22 31 5 1 3 .184 5 4

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2017Freshman

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'0" 193 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    4
  • 21

    2020Senior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2021Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'0" 215 lbs
    21