TicketsCINCINNATI – Sophomore right-handed pitcher Tommy Boba was named the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Boba was magnificent last week across two outings, one of which was a near no-hitter on Saturday vs. Kansas. Boba held the Jayhawks hitless through eight innings, finally surrendering his first hit of the day to the leadoff hitter in the top of the ninth. He struck out a career-best eight and retired 11 straight batters at one point from the end of the fourth inning to the beginning of the eighth. Five of Boba's eight strikeouts were inning-ending, capping each of the first five innings with a punchout. His start vs. KU is tied for the longest start by a Big 12 pitcher this season.
D1Baseball ranked the Top 100 pitching performances from this past weekend by game score, and Boba's mark of 86 was the highest in the country for this weekend's slate of games.
Earlier in the week, Boba struck out two in 1.1 innings against Western Illinois in midweek action.
Boba and the rest of the Bearcats will face the Miami RedHawks in Oxford on Wednesday before heading to St. Louis this weekend for a three-game series vs. the Billikens.
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Boba was magnificent last week across two outings, one of which was a near no-hitter on Saturday vs. Kansas. Boba held the Jayhawks hitless through eight innings, finally surrendering his first hit of the day to the leadoff hitter in the top of the ninth. He struck out a career-best eight and retired 11 straight batters at one point from the end of the fourth inning to the beginning of the eighth. Five of Boba's eight strikeouts were inning-ending, capping each of the first five innings with a punchout. His start vs. KU is tied for the longest start by a Big 12 pitcher this season.
D1Baseball ranked the Top 100 pitching performances from this past weekend by game score, and Boba's mark of 86 was the highest in the country for this weekend's slate of games.
Earlier in the week, Boba struck out two in 1.1 innings against Western Illinois in midweek action.
Boba and the rest of the Bearcats will face the Miami RedHawks in Oxford on Wednesday before heading to St. Louis this weekend for a three-game series vs. the Billikens.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For up-to-the-minute updates, follow @GoBearcatsBASE on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
NOTE: All dates and times are subject to change due to weather. All schedule changes will be announced on Twitter at @GoBearcatsBASE.