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2013 Baseball

8 Michael Amaturo

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rye, NY
  • Highschool Rye

Biography

Game-by-game statistics (2013)

Four-time letterman who made 58 career starts in 79 gamesplayed. ... Had 73 career hits, including 19 doubles. ... Scored 36runs and drove in 29. ... Finished with a career batting average of.349 with an on-base percentage of .426.

Senior Year (2013): Earned all-LandmarkConference first-team honors after leading the Royals with a .381batting average and .485 on-base percentage. ... Played in 29games, including 25 starts, all at catcher. ... Had six doubles, 14RBIs and 12 runs scored. ... Struck out just 11 times in 84 at batswhile walking 10 times and being hit by a pitch seven times. ...Had nine multi-hit games and had a seven-game hitting streak at onepoint in the season. ... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI in a 5-4 loss toAlbright in the second game on March 2 at Diamond Nation inFlemington, N.J. ... Doubled, drove in a run and scored a run in a6-1 win in the second game against Merchant Marine Academy on March23. ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in a 12-11 victoryover Western Connecticut State in the first game on March 26 inAuburndale, Fla. ... Came off the bench to deliver a clutch RBIdouble in a come-from-behind 11-9 win over Western ConnecticutState in the second game that day. ... Went 3-for-5 with a double,three runs and an RBI in a 26-0 win over Crown on March 27 inWinter Haven, Fla. ... Singled, doubled, drove in two runs andscored a run in an 8-5 loss to Misericordia on April 4. ... Singledtwice, drove in three runs and scored a run in an 11-5 win atJuniata on April 10. ... Had an RBI single and scored a run in a7-4 win over Catholic in the second game on March 27. ... Deliveredthe biggest hit of the season, a two-out, RBI double that scoredthe tying run with two outs in the ninth inning in a LandmarkConferece playoff elimination game against Catholic on May 5. TheRoyals went on to win, 6-5, in 11 innings to reach thechampionship. ... Singled and drove in a run in an 8-5 loss toMoravian in the first game of the championship on May 6.

Junior Year (2012): Played in a career-high 26games, including 23 as a starter at catcher. ... Hit .305 withcareer highs in doubles (7), RBIs (8) and runs (15). ... Had sevenmulti-hit games, including a 2-for-3 day in the season opener, an8-5 win over Albright on March 3 at Diamond Nation in Flemington,N.J. ... Went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs scored in an11-0 win over Arcadia on March 4 at Diamond Nation. ... Went2-for-3 with a run scored in a 5-3 loss to Neumann in the firstgame of a doubleheader on March 10 in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Went2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in a 10-4 win over Juniata onMarch 18 at Connell Park. ... Doubled twice, drove in a run andscored a run in a 17-3 loss to Lehigh on April 10 in Bethlehem, Pa.... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scoredto help the Royals defeat King's, 16-13, on April 17 at ConnellPark. ... Had two hits and an RBI in a 16-6 win over Marywood onApril 18 at Connell Park.

Sophomore Year (2011): Appeared in 17 games,including eight starts ... Hit .406 (13-for-32) with five doubles,eight runs scored and four RBIs ... Had three multi-hit games,including a 2-for-4 day with two doubles in an 18-4 victory againstPSU-Wilkes-Barre at Connell Park on April 29 ... Singled, doubledand scored a run in a 4-3 win over Western Connecticut on March 24in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Had a hit, scored three runs and drove in arun in a 30-7 win over Baptist Bible College at Connell Park on May2. ... Also had two hits in a 14-6 loss to Wisconsin-Osh Kosh onMarch 26 in Fort Myers, Fla.

Freshman Year (2010):  Appeared in sixgames and started twice-vs. St. John Fisher in the second game of anon-conference doubleheader on March 28 at Connell Park and againstWilkes University on April 29 in Kingston, Pennsylvania...batted.273, with a double and three RBI...his first career hit was adouble during a 9-run rally in the fifth inning in a 20-5 victoryover Minnesota-Morris in the second game of a non-conferencedoubleheader in Ft. Myers, Florida, on March 16...drove in two runswith a single in the fourth inning in a 10-3 loss to St. JohnFisher in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader atConnell Park on March 28...also drove in a run in a 21-1 win overDrew University on April 18 in Madison, New Jersey.

Awards & Honors
D3baseball.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region 3rd-Team Selection(2013)
Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2013)
University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (April 1, 2013)
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012, 2013)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Senior

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