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2022 Baseball Roster

Blake Osting
Blake Osting

25 Derek Drees

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 235
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Eden Prairie, Minn.
  • Highschool Benilde St. Margaret's
  • Prev School Virginia Tech

Biography

2022 – Redshirt Senior Season: All-BIG EAST Second Team selection... Led the BIG EAST with a 1.27 ERA… Tied for the team lead with 17 appearances… Led the team with four saves… Ended the year 4-3 on the mound… Started two games… Struck out 46 batters in 35.1 innings… Only allowed five earned runs… Walked 21 batters… Limited opponents to just 26 hits resulting in 12 runs… Opponents hit just .205 vs. Drees… Struck out a season-high eight batters in a win over Georgetown… Tossed five full innings, throwing a season-high 85 pitches vs. the Hoyas (4/15)… Threw three innings at Jackson State to pick up his first save of the season (2/25)… Struck out six that day without issuing a walk… Claimed his second save of the season vs. Western Illinois (3/13)… Closed out the game for his third save in a clean inning vs. Eastern Michigan (3/20)… Found the win column vs. Northwestern by striking out five over 2.2 IP without issuing a walk (3/27)… Tossed two innings to pick up his fourth save of the year vs. Eastern Illinois (4/3)… Moved to 2-0 on the mound with a win at Villanova (4/10)… Made his first start of the season at St. John’s (4/22)… Finished the season with a win on the mound vs. Seton Hall (5/19).

2021 - Redshirt Junior Season: Made eight appearances out of the bullpen... Went 1-0 on the mound with a 6.48 ERA and a 1.92 WHIP... Struck out 14 batters in 8.1 innings... Walked eight batters... Limited opponents to just eight hits resulting in six earned runs.

2020 - Redshirt Sophomore Season: Did not see game action.

2019 – Redshirt Freshman Season: Made eight total appearances with one start… Ended the year 0-1 with a 7.56 ERA… Threw 8.1 innings… Struck out seven… Walked eight… Made his BU debut on the road at Indiana (Feb. 27)… Struck out two in one inning of work… Lone start came at Eastern Illinois (May 14)… Struck out at least one batter in each of his first five appearances.

High School: 29th-best player out of the state of Minnesota in 2017 and the 14th-best pitcher (Perfect Game)... Team captain... Helped the Red Knights finish fourth in the State AAA Tournament during the 2016 season... Only allowed 11 earned runs that season in 27 innings of action... Limited the opposition to just 24 hits and did not give up a single run in the postseason... Held onto a 2.82 ERA... Highlighted the postseason with a complete game against Hutchinson in the Section 6 AAA Championship Game.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'6" 215 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'6" 215 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2021Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'6" 215 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'6" 235 lbs
    25
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