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David Gil
Right-Handed Pitcher * 6-4 * 220 * Sr
Miami, FL (Columbus HS)
AN ALL-AMERICAN AT MIAMI
In four seasons as a starting pitcher, has recorded an overall record of 29-4…currently is at 9-2…went 12-0 and earned All-American honors as a junior…was 3-2 in an injury-shortened sophomore season…began a promising career going 5-0 in nine starts as a freshman…currently places ninth all-time at the University of Miami with 298 career strikeouts…returned for his senior season after being selected in the seventh round by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1999 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft…was most recently honored in the latest issue of Baseball America as a mid-season Second-Team All-American for the senior class…rated as the top overall senior prospect in all of college baseball in the 2000 Baseball America preseason report…was a 2000 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American…named to the NCBWA and College Baseball Insider All-America teams following his undefeated junior season…named the Ron Fraser Pitcher of the Year, as determined by the UM coaching staff in 1999…highly confident player who thrives in big-game situations…among his 1999 victories were Ohio State, Clemson, N.C. State, Florida State(twice), Long Beach State, Florida International, Wake Forest and Rice…spent his senior offseason working on his conditioning and development…has increased his weight nearly 40 pounds since his freshman year.
2000 SEASON OVERVIEW
Team Captain…used solely as the No. 1 pitcher in the rotation…has recorded an overall record of 9-2…leads the team in wins (9), strikeouts (105) and innings pitched (92.2)…has recorded wins over nationally-ranked Florida State, Wake Forest, and Long Beach State among others…had a string of 17 consecutive wins that spanned from his 1998 sophomore year through this season…pitched his first complete game at Jacksonville on May 11 and first for UM since the 1996 season when J.D. Arteaga did so against Texas…tied his then-career-long in innings pitched (8.0) twice earlier this season against Long Beach State and then-No. 1 ranked Florida State.
AS A SENIOR IN 2000
Most recently, earned the win in UM’s 4-2 win at Jacksonville (5/11)…pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts against the Dolphins…took the loss in a 10-2 defeat to Georgia Tech (5/6)…pitched 6.1 innings against the Yellow Jackets, allowing seven hits, six runs, four earned, four walks and eight strikeouts…threw 8.0 innings for his team-high eighth win and fourth consecutive on the season against Long Beach State (4/28) with six hits, three earned runs, three walks and five strikeouts…vs. N.C. State (4/21) at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays AAA team, won his seventh game with 7.0 scoreless innings pitched, four hits, one walk and five strikeouts…tied his career-long with 8.0 innings pitched and picked up his sixth win against No. 1 Florida State (4/14) with six hits, three earned runs, one walk and 10 strikeouts…earned a no-decision at No. 1 Florida State (4/7) after leaving the game with UM leading 9-2…nearly no-hit Harvard (3/30) for his fifth win, going 6.0 scoreless innings with one hit, two walks and eight strikeouts…snapped a 17-game winning streak after picking up his lone loss of the season against Dartmouth (3/24)…with a 4-3 lead in the sixth, the UM defense allowed three unearned runs to score for the 6-5 loss…defeated Michigan (3/17) with 5.0 innings pitched with three hits, one earned run, four walks and eight strikeouts…took a no-decision against Rutgers (3/10), with 5.1 innings pitched, five hits, three earned runs, four walks and seven strikeouts in a 6-5 UM win…extended a 16-game winning streak against Villanova (2/25) pitched 5.0 innings with four hits, two runs (one earned), two walks and 10 strikeouts…has 22 strikeouts over his last two starts…extended a 15-game win streak against South Florida (2/18) with a team-season high 12 strikeouts in six innings of work…took a no-decision at Florida (2/12) as he left with UM leading 3-2 after seven innings, allowing five hits, two earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts…took a no-decision after pitching just four innings against Florida (2/4), while leaving with UM holding a 5-3 lead…won his 14th consecutive game in his season-debut against Wake Forest (1/28), holding the Demon Deacons scoreless over five innings with three hits and five strikeouts.
1999-2000 HIGHLIGHTS
Meet Hurricane David Gil – April 20, 2000Baseball Names Gil, Brown 2000 Team Captains – Dec. 6, 1999
