Baseball Profile 2006-balash - Guilford College
Mike BalashPitcher, Sr., 6-1, Mars, PA
2005: Returned to Guilford and finished third on the team in strikeouts. allowed just one home run in 36.2 innings. pitched complete-game victory with career-high eight strikeouts versus league-rival Emory and Henry (4/9) . 2004: Transferred to Denison, where he appeared in three games. 2003: Appeared in 23 games for Guilford as a freshman, the third-highest mark in team history. earned win in his first collegiate outing, hurling one-hit ball over three scoreless innings versus Savannah A&D (2/9). set career highs with 4.2 innings of scoreless ball with five strikeouts versus Villa Julie (3/17). notched first save with a three-inning stint versus Bridgewater (3/29).High School: Lettered three times for Coach Andy Bednar's Mars Area H.S..winner of the Coaches' Award and Team MVP. Personal: Five-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll. two-time Academic All-ODAC pick. born 2/15/83 in Syracuse, NY. son of Robert and Carmen Balash. dean's list sport management major.
| Year | GP/GS | W-L | CG | IP | H | R | ER | BB |
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| 2003 | 23/0 | 2-0 | 0 | 41.0 | 53 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 27 | 5.05 |
| 2004 | 3/0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.79 |
| 2005 | 13/4 | 2-2 | 1 | 36.2 | 52 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 5.15 |
| Totals | 39/4 | 4-2 | 1 | 82.1 | 111 | 68 | 47 | 23 | 55 | 5.14 |