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Justin Robinson helped guide the Urbana baseball team to a 4-1 week, improving to 7-3 overall. For Robinson, he threw 10 innings over two games last week without allowing a run.
Robinson made one start, throwing a complete game shutout against Saginaw Valley State University. The 1-0 win for Robinson was his first of the season, as he went seven innings, allowing four hits and striking out eight hitters as he made the first inning run the Blue Knights scored enough in his outstanding performance.
Robinson also pitched in relief last week, throwing 3.1 innings against the University of Findlay after the starter left after five innings of work. Robinson allowed one unearned run in the top of the ninth on two hits, while striking out a pair to help preserve the win. He entered the game in the top of the sixth inning after Urbana took a 7-4 lead in the bottom of the fifth. The Blue Knights pushed the lead to 12-4 with five more runs in the seventh.
On the season, Robinson is 1-0 with a conference-low 0.00 earned run average. He has pitched 15 innings, allowing five unearned runs on nine hits. He has struck out a team-high 17 batters, who are hitting only .170 off the lefty.
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Justin Robinson’s bio (from Sports.Urbana.edu)