Thomas Piatt picked up Urbana’s only conference win of the weekend in a complete game shutout of Cedarville University, 6-0. His win was the first conference win in league history, was the first complete game, the first shutout, and established a conference-high with nine innings pitched and 12 strikeouts.
Piatt allowed a single to third base to Cedarville’s lead-off hitter, but retired him on a 5-4-3 double play ball. He didn’t allow another hit until the fifth inning, when he gave up back-to-back two-out singles, but left them stranded with a groundout to the mound. He didn’t allow another hit over the final four innings, and faced just 10 batters in the final three innings (six strike outs and one hit by pitch).
On the season, Piatt is conference best 4-1 with a 3.06 earned run average, which ranks fourth in the G-MAC. He has a team and league-high 32.1 innings pitched and his 25 strikeouts are second on the team and fourth in the conference. Hitters are now batting only .220 against the righty, which is third in the conference.
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Thomas Piatt’s bio (from Sports.Urbana.edu)