ECC PITCHER & ROOKIE OF THE WEEK –FIVETOOLER MICHAEL VILARDI (MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. ) | FRESHMAN | RHP
Earnings two starts in ECC play last week Vilardi would deliver for the Knights pitching 12.2 innings, allowing 16 hits, six earned runs, two walks, and eight strikeouts, and earned two wins. Against Lincoln on Monday the Massapequa native pitched 5.1 innings allowing eight hits, two earned runs with a walk, and a career-high five strikeouts as Queens clinched the series with a 6-3 victory.
While on Saturday afternoon and pitching on four days rest Vilardi pitched his first complete game victory as he went a career-best 7.0 innings allowing eight hits, four earned runs, one walk, and three strikeouts to keep the hots bats of the Mavericks to four runs to clinch the second ECC series of the year for Queens in the 10-4 game four victory. Vilardi became the first freshman since the 2017 season to pitch a complete game victory in ECC and earned his second ECC victory of the year and team-high fourth victory on the mound.
ERA 3.75 WHIP 1.42 W-L 4-0 CG 1 IP 24 H 25 R 13 ER 10 BB 9 SO 16
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