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against Texas-Pan American on Mar. 16 ... held UTPA scoreless over first six innings, but seemed to tire and did not get an out in the seventh inning (eventually was charged with two earned runs on nine hits) ... did not earn a decision despite leaving the game with the Irish ahead, 7-2 ... registered best start of career to date against Georgetown to secure a sweep of the three-game series ... threw 8.0 scoreless innings and limited the Hoyas to four hits ... he fanned five and walked two ... worked around three hits over the first three innings, inducing double plays in each frame ... would allow just one hit over his final five innings of work ... was charged with the loss against Cincinnati on Mar. 30 ... despite entering the outing with only five walks in 23.1 innings this season and just 12 in 67.2 innings over his career, issued a quartet of free passes (all of which came around to score) over his 2.0+ innings ... was charged with four earned runs on three hits ... had never walked more than two batters in an outing over his previous 24 career appearances, including five starts ... rebounded with a dominating outing against Rutgers on Apr. 6 and picked up second victory of the season ... allowed one earned run on seven hits in 8.0 innings of work (struck out four without a walk) ... picked up third win of the season with another shutout effort ... blanked Villanova on three hits over 7.0 innings ... struck out three and walked four ... improved to 4-1 following a gutsy start at West Virginia on Apr. 20 ... surrendered two runs in each of the first two innings, but settled down and blanked the Mountaineers over the next 5.0 innings ... struck out six and did not walk a batter ... made it victories in four consecutive starts following his outing against St. John’s on Apr. 27 ... pitched 7.2 innings and allowed four earned runs on seven hits (struck out four and walked four) ... extended winning streak to five straight starts with a near complete game versus UConn on May 4 ... was charged with three earned runs on eights hits in 8.2 innings of work ... streak came to a halt against Michigan on May 13 ... was roughed up for seven earned runs on nine hits in 1.2 innings ... dropped second consecutive and final start of the season in the BIG EAST Tournament against USF on May 20 ... surrendered seven earned runs on 11 hits ... walked three and fanned three ... pitched for Great Lakes League’s Delaware (Ohio) Cows during summer of 2007 ... went 1-2 with a 6.23 ERA and two saves in nine appearances ... surrendered 21 hits in 17.1 innings of work ... struck out 15 and walked nine. FRESHMAN SEASON (2007): Turned in one of the top control seasons ever by a Notre Dame pitcher, after averaging only 1.42 walks per 9.0 innings and posting a 4.57 K-to-walk ratio ... Proved to be one of team’s top pitchers, particularly in the areas of control and low walk totals ... averaged only 1.42 walks per 9.0 innings (7 BB, 44.1 IP), good for seventh place in the Irish record book and fourth-best since the mid-’90s, behind Tom Thornton (0.77, in ‘06), Scott Cavey (1.23, in ‘99) and Danny Tamayo (1.36, in ‘01) ... similarly posted a team-best 4.57 strikeout-to-walk ratio (32/7) that is ninth in ND history and fifth-best since the mid-’90s (behind Thornton’s 8.29 in ‘06, Tamayo’s 6.24 in ‘01, Cavey’s 5.88 in ‘99 and Chris Niesel’s 4.58 in ‘03) ... did not allow a home run all season (203 batters faced) ... only four pitchers in the Irish record book have logged more innings in a season without yielding a HR: Darin Schmalz (84.2, in ‘96), Tim Kraus (62.2, in ‘94), Thornton (54.2, in ‘03) and Peter Ogilvie (52.0, in ‘01) ... closed six games (second-most on staff) while ranking third on team in ERA (3.65) and appearances (15), fourth in innings (44.1) and fifth in Ks (32) ... his other ‘07 stats included a 2-0 record, one save, 58 hits allowed and a .307 opp. batting avg. (also three starts, three wild pitches, five hit batters) ...
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10 of his strikeouts were “looking” (fourth-most on staff) ... ranked fifth on team in low opp. leadoff on-base percentage (.378) and opponent 2-out batting average (.237) ... pitched in opening win over Prairie View (4 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 HB, 2 Ks; 15-8, in San Antonio) ... closed pitchers’ duel with Sacred Heart (2 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks), as Irish dropped 3-0 game to national ERA leader Jay Monti (in Clearwater, Fla.) ... had similar stint later on Spring Break trip, in 11-4 win over Dayton (H, K; at Florida Gulf Coast) ... became first ND freshman since 2003 to start the home opener and responded with win over Cleveland State (5 IP, 2 R/1 ER, 6 H, 3 Ks, HB, BK; 5- 3) ... went on to win his second start, versus Chicago State (6 IP, 4 H, 5 Ks; 14-4) ... logged 2.0 shutout innings in 7-3 win over Oakland (3 H, 3 Ks) ... credited with save after closing final 4.0 innings of series finale with Georgetown (UER, 5 H, BB, 4 Ks; 11-2) ... helped secure 6-4 series-clinching win at Rutgers (0.2 IP, H, BB, 2 Ks) ... turned in 4.0 solid innings versus UConn (R, 4 H, WP, 3 Ks; 0-5) ... had rough relief outing in BIG EAST Tournament loss to Rutgers (1.1 IP, 4 R, 8 H, BB; 2-13). WITH ND FOOTBALL (2009): Punted 19 times and averaged 35.8 yards per punt ... dropped four inside the 20-yard line and registered a season-long punt of 49 yards ... also completed a 25-yard pass to Robby Parris for a first down on a fake punt against USC to set up a touchdown ... also scored a touchdown on a fake field goal attempt, but play was called back due to a holding penalty ... 29 of 94 career punts landed inside the 20-yard line. WITH ND FOOTBALL (2008): Punted 54 times and averaged 41.1 per boot ... had eight punts of 50+ yards and 16 were pinned inside the 20-yard line ... had a punt blocked for the first time in his career ... had gone 45 career punts without a block ... also served as the holder on Irish extra-point and field goal attempts. WITH ND FOOTBALL (2007): Registered 21 punts for 884 yards ... averaged 42.1 yards per punt ... booted a career-long 53-yarder against Air Force ... dropped nine (nearly half) of his punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line. PREP & PERSONAL: Football and baseball standout at Blessed Trinity High School ... four-year baseball letterwinner, as pitcher and centerfielder ... named Georgia Dugout Club 2006 player of the year, after leading team to state title in senior season that saw him set team records for wins (12), Ks (83), innings (85) and ERA (1.35) ... had strong 2006 offensive season, with his 56 hits setting a BTHS record while his batting avg. (.496) was second-best in program history and his 46 runs were third (also had 13 doubles) ... team MVP and all-state as a junior and senior ... first team all-state centerfielder in ‘06, also received Golden Glove Award ... all-conference and all-city each of final three seasons ... earlier set BTHS record for wins in season (nine) as a junior, earning first team all-county honors for ‘05 regional runner-up team that reached state final-16 ... tossed shutout in first game of 2005 state tournament ... played for elite East Cobb Braves summer team that won 2005 NABF World Series ... named BTHS pitcher of the year in 2004, also second team all-county while leading team to regional title and state round-of-16 (he won regional title game) ... had impressive outing on 2004 spring break trip to Puerto Rico, when Blessed Trinity played Puerto Rico Baseball Academy High School team featuring 11 MLB draft picks (he allowed only four hits in a 3-1, game-1 loss) ... member of dominant East Cobb Astros that won AAU Junior Olympics, CABA national title and Triple Crown national title (all in summer of ‘04) ... first set BTHS record for season ERA (2.14) as a freshman in ‘03, when he won regional title game ... four-year football monogram winner, primarily as a QB and safety (he began punting in final season) ... set team records for career passing yards (1,743) and passing TDs (11), season punting avg. (39.8) and longest punt (68) ... totaled 1,145 career rushing yards (15 TDs) ... two-time football MVP who captained ‘05 team to conference and regional titles ... all-conference, first team all-area and honorable mention all-state in senior season, when he completed 37 passes for 555 yards (5 TDs) ... completed 33 passes as a junior (425 yards, 3 TDs) and sophomore (561 yards, 3 TDs) ... lettered final three years as shooting guard/forward on basketball team ... graduated with 91 grade average ... served as student ambassador ... received Hugh O’Brien Leadership Award ... member of National Honor Society ... entered ‘08 spring semester with 3.27 cumulative GPA ... father, Fred Maust, wrestled at Central Florida ... sister, Clair, was an All-American swimmer at Georgia and received an NCAA Post Graduate scholarship ... born Jan. 19, 1988, in Atlanta ... son of Fred and Deanna Maust ... full name is Eric Tindal Maust ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.
Maust’s Career Highs Innings Pitched (Starter): 9.0, April 18, 2009 vs. West Virginia (game two) Innings Pitched (Reliever): 6.0, May 2, 2007 vs. Franklin Strikeouts: 6 (twice), last: April 20, 2008 at West Virginia Winning Streak: 5, April 6-May 4, 2008
Maust’s Career Stats YEAR GP/GS/CG IP H R ER 2007 15/3/0 44.1 58 24 18 BIG EAST 6/1/0 15.1 23 12 9 2008 14/10/0 69.2 75 37 35 BIG EAST 7/7/0 48.1 39 17 16 2009 14/14/2 85.2 104 56 47 BIG EAST 9/9/1 53.1 76 38 34 TOTALS 43/27/2 199.2 237 117 100 BIG EAST 22/17/1 117.0 138 67 59
BB 7 4 23 16 28 18 58 38
K WP 32 3 13 2 46 2 27 1 26 3 19 3 104 8 59 6
HB 5 1 6 3 5 3 16 7
BK 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
AVG HR W-L SV ERA .307 0 2-0 1 3.65 .338 0 0-0 1 5.28 .278 6 6-3 0 4.52 .223 3 6-1 0 2.98 .295 6 6-3 0 4.94 .329 3 3-3 0 5.74 .292 12 14-6 1 4.51 .291 6 9-4 1 4.54