2014 Nebraska Baseball 12 ncaa tournaments
THREE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES
Zach Hirsch
98 all-america certificates
#57
Sr. | LHP | 6-4 | 220 | B/T: L/L | St. Charles, Ill. (North) Honors & Awards
• Three Letters (2011, 2012, 2013) • Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013) • First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2011) • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011, 2012; Spring 2012, 2013)
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2013: Zach Hirsch was developing into a solid left-handed pitcher out of the bullpen in 2013, but then missed the final 31 games of the season with a wrist injury to his non-throwing hand • Finished the year with a 3-2 record in 11 appearances, including one start • Struck out 19 and walked six in 26.1 innings of work • Lowered his ERA from 7.53 to 4.78 over his final five appearances • Gave up just two earned runs over his final 12.0 innings of action • Delivered 2.2 innings of shutout relief and earned the win on March 31 against Northwestern with four strikeouts • Picked up his second win of the season on March 29 in a 16-inning marathon with Northwestern at Hawks Field • Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief to earn the win, gave up two hits and struck out two • Gave NU 3.1 innings of shutout relief at Illinois on March 23 • Nebraska went on to win the game, 6-4, to clinch the series • Took the loss at No. 8 Cal State Fullerton on March 20 • Was tagged for four runs on four hits in 0.1 innings of work • Picked up his first win of the year after throwing 3.2 innings of relief at No. 25 UC Irvine on March 16 • Retired the first 10 Anteaters he faced, while giving up one run on a pair of hits • Pitched 4.0 shutout innings of relief against Northern Colorado on March 6 and matched a career high with six strikeouts • Gave NU a perfect 0.2 inning of relief at Texas on Feb. 22 • Made his lone start of the season at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 16 • Was touched for a career-high tying seven runs (all earned) on eight hits over 4.1 innings • Gave up three of his six walks on the year in the loss to the Titans at Goodwin Field. 2012: Hirsch started a team-high 13 games in 2012 after not starting a game and making 13 appearances out of the bullpen during his first season of action at Nebraska as a redshirt freshman in 2011 • Posted a 4-5 record on the year with a 5.52 ERA over a team-high 60.1 innings of work • Struck out 32 batters, while issuing just 14 walks • Made his first and only relief appearance against Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament • Threw 2.0 innings of scoreless relief against the Spartans • Earned his fourth win of the season in the second game of a doubleheader sweep at Ohio State on April 15 • Struck out two and gave up two runs over 6.0 innings against the Buckeyes • Gave NU a career-high tying 7.0 innings against Illinois on March 25, as he gave up just three hits in a 13-3 win • Registered three strikeouts and gave up five hits over 5.1 innings in a win over Louisiana Tech on March 15 • Went a career-high 7.0 innings and punched out six batters for the second straight start in a 4-1 loss to West Virginia during the Dairy Queen Classic at the Metrodome on March 2 • Set a career-high in strikeouts with six and earned his first career win against Utah in 6.0 innings of work at the Kleberg Bank College Classic on Feb. 24 in Corpus Christi, Texas • Started the season opener against Gonzaga in Peoria, Ariz., on Feb. 17 and wasn’t a factor in the decision after striking out two and giving up two runs on five hits over 4.2 innings of work. 2011: Hirsch appeared in 13 games and posted a 2.04 ERA in his first season of action in 2011 • Pitched 17.2 innings, giving up 15 hits and four earned runs, while striking out 13 • Had two or more strikeouts five times • Came in against No. 11 Texas A&M on May 14 and held the Aggies scoreless for 3.2 innings, as he gave up two hits and struck out three • Pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless ball with two strikeouts against No. 5 Texas on May 7 • Went 6.2 innings over six games without giving up a run after giving up two to Texas State in his Husker debut on Feb. 18. 2010: Hirsch took a redshirt season after undergoing elbow surgery in February of 2010.
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Category Innings: Longest Start: Shortest Start: Longest Relief: Hits: Runs: Earned Runs: Walks: Strikeouts:
Hirsch’s Career Highs
High 7.0 7.0 1.2 4.0 9 7 7 3 6
Opponent (Last time) 2x (Illinois) 2x (Illinois) Indiana Northern Colorado California 2x (Cal State Fullerton) 2x (Cal State Fullerton) 3x (Cal State Fullerton) 2x (Northern Colorado)
Date 3/25/12 3/25/12 5/6/12 3/6/13 3/9/13 2/16/13 2/16/13 2/16/13 3/6/13