6/5/12

9th Round - #290 - 2B Richie Rodriguez - East Kentucky Univ.

2012 Baseball Roster



#3 Richie RodriguezPosition: InfielderHeight: 5-10
Class: Senior
Hometown: Miami, Fla.
High School: Christopher Columbus
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2011 (Junior): Named second team All-OVC for the second time in his career after leading EKU with a .357 batting average for the second consecutive season … also led the Colonels with 44 runs scored, five triples and 19 stolen bases … led the OVC with 82 hits … has started every game at shortstop for EKU since arriving on campus in 2009 … struck out only 21 times in 255 plate appearances … finished the season with 22 multiple-hit games and four four-hit games … delivered a couple of monster series, batting .692 (9-for-13) with two doubles, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI in a season-opening three-game series at Pepperdine, and then batting .750 (9-for-12) with eight straight singles in a three-game set at regular season OVC champion Austin Peay … batted 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and three runs scored in a home win over Marshall on April 5 … led EKU to a win over Dayton in the Colonels’ home finale, finishing the day 4-for-5 with two RBI, two runs scored, two triples and a bag short of the cycle … came to the plate in the bottom of the eighth of that game needing a home run for the cycle, but instead rocketed an RBI triple into deep center field that travelled an estimated 400 feet … batted .302 with a team-leading 20 stolen bases while winning the Valley Baseball League Championship with the Covington Lumberjacks over the summer.

2010 (Sophomore): Followed up a freshman campaign in which he was named second team All-OVC by leading the Colonels with a .357 batting average … started every game of the season at shortstop and in the leadoff position … led the OVC with 244 at-bats … was the fourth toughest batter in the OVC to strike out, registering just 0.31 strikeouts per game … finished sixth in the OVC in hits (87), fourth in stolen bases (21) and fourth in triples (four) ... also compiled 11 doubles, five home runs, 37 RBI and 55 runs scored … recorded 24 multiple hit games, including five four-hit games … posted the fifth-longest hitting streak in the OVC on the season (15 games) …batted 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in an OVC showdown with Southeast Missouri (April 3) … went 4-for-5 with an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in the Colonels’ near-upset of BIG EAST foe West Virginia (April 13) … paced EKU in a 4-3 win over Murray State on the opening day of the OVC Tournament by going 4-for-5 with a run scored and two stolen bases.

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