USD Baseball 2005

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO BASEBALL

NATE BOMAN Position: Pitcher Class: Sophomore Throws: Left Bats: Left

JUSTIN BLAINE Position: Pitcher

Class: Junior Throws: Left Bats: Left

Height: 6-4 Weight: 188 Hometown: Westlake Village, Calif.

Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 Hometown: San Diego, Calif.

-Baseball America's No. 4 overall pro prospect in the wee -3.67 GPA Business (WCC All-Academic)

-8th-best single-season ERA (2.26) in USO history as a freshman -Perfect 6-for-6 in save situations as the USO closer in 2004 -Struck out 69 batters in 51.2 innings last season -Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim out of high school Freshman in 2004 Impressive as a true freshman in 2004... Untouchable in 12 relief appear– ances within WCC play, allowing just one earned run as USD's closer posting a 1.16 ERA and a 3-1 record in 23. 1 innings... Boman saved a total of 6 games on the year in 6 chances... Struck out 69 batters in 51 .2 innings... Fanned a season-high 7 twice, first against Houston (3-1 3-04) in three full innings in front of 25,175 at San Diego's new downtown stadium Petco Park... Also punched-out 7 in three-plus innings of work against Santa Clara (4-8-04)... Allowed just four extra-base hits (no homeruns) with in league play... Was 3-1 with a team-leading 2.26 ERA in 22 appearances and four starts .. . Made three starts early in the season and one at No. 21 UC Irvine (5-11-04)... 11 of his 13 earned runs were scored during his four starts... Limited opponents to 40 hits in 51.2 innings... Fanned 4 or more batters in nine of his 22 outings... Issued 34 walks... Also started seven games as the DH , hitting .182 (6-for-33) with a double. Prep Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 39th round of the 2003 MLB First-Year Player Draft after starring at San Diego's Patrick Henry High School. .. Two-way standout at Patrick Henry posting a 9-3 record with 96 K's on the mound and hitting .360 with 5 homeruns as a prep senior... Helped the Patriots reach post season play for three consecu– tive seasons... Hit .443 with 3 HR and 39 RBIs as a junior leading Patrick Henry to a 22-10 record .. . Twice named a First Team All-Eastern League player.. . Also played for San Diego's Dugout Club program, being named an all-tournament player twice. Personal Born on February 4, 1985 in Grand Forks, North Dakota... Son of Rick and Lorraine Boman... Heavily recruited by UC Riverside, San Diego State, Arizona , Santa Clara and Long Beach State... Chose to attend USO for the academic programs and the great baseball program.

Sophomore in 2004 Solidified USD's weekend rotation as the Toreros' Sunday starter... Hurled six innings of three-run baseball against then-No. 9 Long Beach State (3-14-04) in front of 20,737 fans at San Diego's new downtown stadium Petco Park... Also shutdown conference rival Pepperdine (4-18-04) in front of a national TV audi– ence courtesy of College Sports TV, pitching into the eighth inning allowing just five hits and two runs... Made a total of 13 starts and 20 appearances... Posted a season record of 4-3 with an ERA of 5.10... Struck out 58 in 77.2 innings of work... Fanned a season-high six on three different occasions... Started and al– lowed USO a 7-4 victory at Cal State Fullerton (3-9-04)... Also picked up a pair of saves, his first coming in two-plus innings of work in the front end of a double– header sweep over Santa Clara (4-10-04) and then made the start in game two, going three full innings in a 12-1 USO rout. .. Earned his second save, closing out PAC-10 member California (5-12-04)... Went through a stretch in mid-April going 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in five appearances and three starts... Shutdown Portland (4-25-04) in one of his strongest outings of the season, allowing just one run and punching-out six in seven full innings... Recorded a strikeout in every start and in all but two appearances... Was 2-1 with 35 K's and a 4.66 ERA in 48.1 innings within wee play... Honored as a 2004 wee All-Academic Team selec– tion (3.67 GPA; Business). Freshman in 2003 Led the Torero staff with a 3.10 ERA in West Coast Conference play... Bounced back from a slow start to become one of the best left-handed starters in the West Coast Conference... Was roughed up by Texas and Texas Tech in two of his first three collegiate starts and was resigned to the bullpen for the better part of the non-conference schedule... Took advantage of a mid-week start, throwing four scoreless innings against USC (4-8-03), earning his second win of the season... Never left the starting rotation after that win, turning in six strong performances in a row- propelling USO into the WCC Championships and NCAA Regionals... Was 3-1 with a 2.48 ERA during that six game span .. During a three week stretch in April the Torero offense provided little to no run support for Blaine, going scoreless through 16 plus innings... Struck out 17 in his first 19 innings of work as a freshman ... Worked a season-high six and a third innings twice, vs. Loyola Marymount (5-4-03) and at Portland (5-1 1-03).. Struck out a career-high seven against Portland (5-11-03)... Posted a record of 4-5, 52 K's and an ERA of 4.28. Prep Attended Westlake High School and was named the Warriors Pitcher of the Year as a senior... Compiled a 19-6 overall record as a prep junior and senior... Helped the Warriors reach postseason play for three straight seasons, making a CIF Finals appearance as a junior... Honored as an All-County and AII-Mar– monte League player as a junior and senior... Coached by Chuck Berrington at Westlake High School.

Boman's Collegiate Pitching Record year g-gs era w-1 sv ip er

cg!sho

h

opa

so 69 69

bb 34 34

6*

.215* 0/0

40 40

2214 2214

13 13

2004 USO

51.2 51.2

3-1 3-1

2.26*'

0/0

.215

2.26

6

* Team Leader ' USO all-time top 10

Blaine's Collegiate Pitching Record year g-gs era w-1 sv ip er

cg!sho

opa

so 52 58

h

bb 46 37

0/0 0/0 0/0

.288 .310 .299

84 98

36 44 80

75.2 77.2

0 2 2

4-5 4-3 8-8

4.28 5.10 4.69

21/12 20/13 41/25

2003 2004 USO

182 110 83

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