TAT: Familiar Faces in MLB Playoffs

This article originally appeared on October 9, 2013 on The Arkansas Traveler website, uatrav.com.

The Major League Baseball playoffs are in full swing and as students and Arkansas fans watch their favorite teams, they are likely to see some familiar faces on the pitcher’s mound.

Seven pitchers that have appeared in this year’s playoffs faced the Razorbacks while in college. There was a stretch from 2005 to 2012 in which Arkansas faced at least one of these pitchers.

Together, they have appeared in 19 games and have a 7-3 record with a 2.34 ERA against the Razorbacks.

Here is a look at each pitcher and how they did versus Arkansas.

Photos from thegoldensombrero.com (top) and bleacherreport.com (bottom)

Sonny Gray - Oakland Athletics (Vanderbilt)

• 5/20/10: Win, 8 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
• 5/26/10: Win, 7 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• 5/25/11: Loss, 8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 12 K
  TOTALS: 2-1, 23 IP, 20 H, 5 ER (1.96 ERA), 8 BB, 29 K

  

  Photos from spokeo.com (left) and zimbio.com (right)

Lance Lynn - St. Louis Cardinals (Ole Miss)

• 5/14/06: ND, 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• 5/18/07: ND, 7 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• 4/25/08: Win, 5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 6 K
  TOTALS: 1-0, 17.2 IP, 18 H, 4 ER (2.04 ERA), 8 BB, 20 K

  

  Photos from t-g.com (top) and usatoday.com (bottom)

Mike Minor - Atlanta Braves (Vanderbilt)

• 3/24/07: Save, 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• 3/29/08: ND, 5 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
• 4/10/09: Win, 8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 11 K
  TOTALS: 1-0, 1 save, 14.2 IP, 10 H, 6 ER (3.68 ERA), 6 BB, 22 K

  

  Photos from vucommodores.com (top) and msn.foxsports.com (bottom)

David Price - Tampa Bay Rays (Vanderbilt)

• 4/10/05: Loss, 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
• 4/7/06: Win, 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 17 K
• 3/23/07: ND, 6 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
  TOTALS: 1-1, 20 IP, 15 H, 7 ER (3.15 ERA), 11 BB, 31 K

  

  Photos from gatorcountry.com (left) and zimbio.com (right)

Steven “Paco” Rodriguez - Los Angeles Dodgers (Florida)

• 4/27/12: Relief, 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• 4/29/12: Relief, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
  TOTALS: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 2 BB, 4 K

  

  Photos from tigalaya.com (top) and nydailynews.com (bottom)

Brian Wilson - Los Angeles Dodgers (LSU)

• 5/5/01: Relief, 0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• 5/6/01: Relief, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• 4/27/02: Win, 9 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
  TOTALS: 1-0, 11 IP, 5 H, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 6 BB, 9 K

  

  Photos from bleacherreport.com (top) and chattanoogan.com (bottom)

Alex Wood - Atlanta Braves (Georgia)

• 4/29/11: Loss, 5.1 IP, 11 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

• 4/6/12: Win, 9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 11 K

TOTALS: 1-1, 14.1 IP, 18 H, 5 ER (3.14 ERA), 5 BB, 15 K

COMBINED: 7-3, 1 save, 104 IP, 88 H, 27 ER (2.34 ERA), 46 BB, 130 K