Trivino Gets First Pro Start

Ex-Rock standout pitcher Lou Trivino set for first professional start

Former Rock pitching standout Lou Trivino, the 11th-round pick of the Oakland Athletics in this year's amateur baseball draft, is scheduled to make his first professional start tonight (Monday) at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio

7/15/2013

NILES, Ohio – Former Slippery Rock University pitching standout Lou Trivino said Sunday he's "eager and excited, but not anxious" to make his first professional start.

First pitch for tonight's New York-Penn League, short-season Class A game between the Trivino-led Vermont Lake Monsters and hosting Mahoning Valley Scrappers at Eastwood Field is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Vermont is the short-season Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, while the Scrappers are members of the Cleveland Indians' organization.

Trivino said he will be limited to 65 pitches or five innings, whichever comes first, in his initial pro start.

Trivino prepared for tonight's start by pitching four and one-third innings in his last outing, a July 10 relief performance at Batavia (N.Y.). He allowed two earned runs on two hits, struck out three and walked one in that outing.

A 6-foot-5, 225-pound right-hander who pitched three seasons at SRU, Trivino has compiled an 0-1 record and 3.86 earned run in four relief appearances to date. He has recorded eight strikeouts and walked six in 11.2 innings thus far.

The 11th-round (341st overall) pick of the A's in this year's amateur baseball draft, Trivino made his professional debut June 23 in a home against the Boston Red Sox's single-A affiliate, the Lowell(Mass.) Spinners. He struck out one and gave up one hit in two innings.

"I was working on pure adrenalin that night," Trivino said. "I was throwing hard, but I really didn't know where the pitch was going. I was too excited. The next game, I settled down and I've been fine ever since."

Coming out of the bullpen has "definitely been a different experience" for Trivino, who said "I think I've pitched in relief maybe three times before this summer."

The biggest difference, according to Trivino, is the amount of time he gets to warm up. "You have to make sure you're always stretched and ready to go. Thus far, I've been able to do that."

The bottom line, Trivino said, is "no matter whether you are the starter, reliever, closer or middle-inning guy, you're living the dream. You're playing professional baseball."

Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

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A's Take Trivino in 11th Round

Athletics select SRU's Lou Trivino in 11th round

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Oakland Athletics on Saturday made Slippery Rock University junior pitcher Lou Trivino their 11th-round pick in the 2013 amateur baseball draft.

Trivino, the 341st player selected in this year’s draft, was the first Rock baseball player drafted since catcher-first baseman Matt Adams was selected in the 23rd round (699th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2009 draft.

Adams is currently a member of the Cardinals’ Major League Baseball team.

Trivino was the second Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference player selected in this year’s draft, behind only Mansfield University pitcher Nick Keener, the 10th-round pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

A native of Green Lane, Pa.,  and graduate of Upper Bucks Christian High School, Trivino has one collegiate season of eligibility remaining, but is expected to sign a professional contract in the next few days.

Trivino will probably start his pro career as a member of the Athletics’ rookie-league team in Arizona. But the 6-foot-5, 225-pound right-hander may instead be assigned to the Burlington-based Vermont Lake Monsters, Oakland’s short-season Class A, New York-Penn League team, or the Beloit Snappers, Oakland’s long-season Class A, Midwest League team based in Wisconsin.

As a member of The Rock last spring, Trivino compiled a 7-5 win-loss record with a 1.83 earned run average and set SRU single-season (92) and career (227) strikeout records.

Trivino pitched eight complete games, one no-hit shutout and five total shutouts in 12 starts as a junior and led the PSAC in opposing hitters’ batting average (.193) while ranking second in ERA and third in strikeouts

Those numbers earned Trivino first-team Daktronics, Inc., All-Atlantic Region, second-team American Baseball Coaches Association all-region, honorable mention National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association all-region and second-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division honors in 2013.

Trivino was a first-team NCBWA and Daktronics all-region, first-team All-PSAC-West and honorable mention NCBWA All-America selection as a sophomore in 2012 after he completed an 8-3 record with a 1.78 ERA. He earned second-team All-PSAC-West and honorable mention NCBWA all-region honors as a freshman in 2011.

The highest-drafted Rock player since Gary Gill was an eighth-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982, Trivino was the fifth highest overall pick in SRU baseball history.

Right-handed pitcher Garry Grafton, a sixth-round selection by the Detroit Tigers in the 1976 draft, stands as SRU’s highest-picked player. Gill and Grafton’s teammate and fellow right-handed pitcher Kevin Keenan (1976, Texas Rangers) were both eighth-round picks and  in 1976. Right-hander Geoff Meadows was the 10th-round pick of the Houston Astros in 1981.

Trivino was the 19th Rock baseball player selected in the amateur baseball draft and the first since both Craig Petulla and Tom Sullivan were picked in the 2000 draft.

Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education

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