COLUMBIA, Mo – Jack Leiter is used to being stingy on the mound and spotless on the scoreboard.
Vanderbilt, second from the right, threw seven innings unsuccessfully in the Commodores’ 11-3 victory over Missouri on Friday night – after launching a nine-hitter without a nine innings against South Carolina last Saturday.
The scary part? Leiter said he didn’t even think he had his “A” material in his last two starts.
“Today I didn’t have all the pitches right where I like to be and I think it’s encouraging for me,” he told SportsCenter on Friday night. “There are always things to work on and that’s the fun part of pitching.”
The son of the former major league player, Al Leiter, is the number 2 of the ESPN team in the perspective of the MLB project. The second year he eliminated 10 and went two against Missouri. He has not allowed a hit since giving up two in the fifth inning against Oklahoma State on March 13 – a duration of 16 2/3 innings.
Leiter said he understood manager Tim Corbin’s decision to lure him on Friday, despite being two innings away from his second straight, who described their conversation before the eighth inning as “quite friendly.” “.
When asked what Corbin told him, Leiter told SportsCenter, “It was a great job, I’m looking for you here in the long run here, it’s a long season, it’s still early in the season.” And I fully understood. Of course I was tired, you’re always tired, and you’re always looking to go further. I wanted to throw the whole game, of course. But I understood. “
Leiter is 6-0, with an ERA of 0.25, 59 hits and 13 walks in six starts (36 innings) this season. He only allowed one run to win and seven shots.
The 20-year-old Leiter broke out 16 in a 5-0 victory over South Carolina last week, while withdrawing his last 27 fights after allowing a walk to lead the game.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have the first pick in the draft this year, followed by the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox.
Leiter’s teammate Kumar Rocker, the son of former NFL defensive lineman Tracy Rocker, is ranked 3rd in the latest MLB rankings on ESPN. Junior straight improved to 6-0 with an ERA of 0.73, after allowing two rounds – one won – and five rounds with five hits and two walks over six innings in a 10-2 victory over Missouri on Thursday night. .
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.