Alex Fagalde - 2017 - Baseball - UC Riverside Athletics

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14 Alex Fagalde

Position Pitcher
Height 6-3
Class Senior
Hometown El Dorado Hills, CA
Highschool Oak Ridge HS

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2017 Selected in the 30th round of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals (story) ... Named to the Big West All Academic Team ... Ranked seventh in the Big West in wins, 11th in strikeouts per game, 13th in strikeouts and ninth in ERA ... Led the Highlanders in wins, and innings pitched, while finishing second in strikeouts and first among starters in ERA ... Allowed opponents to hit .239 against him ... Struck out a career-high tying seven batters in 7.2 innings of work at CSUN on April 22 (box score/recap) ... Struck out six or more batters in five appearances, including two relief efforts ... Tossed a complete-game, 4-0 shutout at Cal Poly on May 27 allowing four hits (box score/recap) ... Won his first five decisions of the year ... Six of his 11 starts were Quality Starts (at least 6.0 innings pitched, and three or fewer earned runs allowed) ...

2016 Played in his first game as a member of the Highlanders against Kansas State on February 19 (box score/recap) ... Finished second on the team in ERA, second in strikeouts and third in opponent batting average ... Recorded his first career save at Portland on March 6 (box score/recap) ... Earned his first win at San Diego State on March 22 tossing 2.1 innings of scoreless relief (box score/recap) ... Made his first start at Arizona on March 29 (box score/recap) ... Struck out a career-high seven batters in 3.0 innings of relief work at Portland on March 4 (box score/recap) ...

2015 (Cuesta) Went 7-5 with a 2.95 ERA, striking out 56 and walking 23 in 85.1 innings of work ... Struck out a season-high eight on two occasions—vs. Fresno on April 2 and at Golden West on May 1 ... Advanced to the regional playoffs ...

2014 (Cuesta) Redshirted the season ... Pitched for the Victoria HarbourCats in the offseason going 3-0 with a 1.85 ERA in 12 games, striking out 35 and walking 11 in 34 innings of work ...

2013 (Cuesta) Went 1-1 with a 1.86 ERA, striking out 10 and walking five in 19.1 innings of work ... Won the league championship and advanced to the regional playoffs ...

High School Played baseball and football, and participated in track and field at Oak Ridge High School ...

Personal Alexander Glenn FaGalde is the son of Susan FaGalde ... Career goal is to play Major League Baseball ... Most memorable sports achievement was pitching a shutout against Golden West College in the 2015 postseason ... Career goal is to play Major League Baseball ... Roots for the Boston Red Sox and Sacramento Kings ... Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz are his favorite athletes ... Watches "SportsCenter" and "Sons Of Anarchy" on television ... Favorite movies are "The Guardian," "7 Pounds," and "Bull Durham" ... Enjoys eating Mexican food and tri-tip ... Likes to snowboard, swim, drive and golf in his spare time ... ...