2022 Youngstown State Baseball Roster
Alex Cardona
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 175
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Boardman, Ohio
- High School:
- Boardman
- Position:
- RHP
- Major:
- General Studies
2022 (R-Junior): Made 21 appearances out of the bullpen… Finished with a 1-1 record and a 7.47 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched… Struck out 17 batters while walking 25… Opponents batted .200 against him… Made 11 relief appearances in Horizon League play… Finished with a 0-0 record and a 15.43 ERA in 4.2 innings pitched during league action… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief at New Orleans (3/11)… Worked 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout at Pittsburgh (3/16)… Earned his victory after striking out a season-high three batters over 1.1 scoreless innings of relief at Penn State (3/22)… Pitched a scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout at West Virginia (3/24)… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout at Michigan State (3/30)… Pitched 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout at Oakland (4/2)… Worked 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout vs. UIC (5/21).
2021 (Junior): Did not see action in any games... Redshirted.
Mercyhurst North East: Posted a 4-2 record and a 5.32 ERA in 44.0 innings over nine starts and two relief appearances in 2019... Tossed three complete games and posted 12.27 K/9... Struck out 60 batters while walking 31... Posted a 8.00 ERA in nine innings over two relief appearances in 2020... Fanned 14 batters while issuing seven walks.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Boardman High School... Posted a 6-0 record as a senior... Threw a no-hitter that featured 16 strikeouts... Accumulated 59 strikeouts and finished with a 1.17 ERA as a senior... Named First-Team All-AAC... Shared AAC Player of the Year honors.
Personal: Parents are Lou and Jen... Older brother Lou was a member of the YSU baseball team in 2017... Major is general studies.
