2021 Baseball
Marco DeFalco
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 185
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Niles, Ohio
- High School:
- Niles McKinley
- Position:
- LHP
- Major:
- Special Education
2021 (Junior): Made two appearances out of the bullpen… Finished with a 0-0 record and an 18.00 ERA over two innings pitched… Struck out two batters while walking three… Opponents batted .500 against him… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief at Wright State (3/12)… Allowed four runs on three hits in one inning of relief in the second game of a doubleheader against Wright State (3/27).
2020 (Sophomore): Did not see action in any games.
2019 (Freshman): Made nine starts and five relief appearances on the mound… Served as the primary Sunday starter for a majority of the season… Finished with a 1-3 record, a 7.91 ERA and one save in 38.2 innings… Struck out 16 batters while walking 32… Made nine starts in Horizon League play… Posted a 1-3 record and an 8.21 ERA in 34 innings during league action… Did not commit an error in six chances in the field and was credited with four assists… Earned his win after allowing three earned runs on five hits and striking out a pair over 5.2 innings at Wright State (3/30)… Earned his save by allowing just two hits over two scoreless innings of relief at Pittsburgh (3/13)… Surrendered only one earned run on three hits and matched his season high with three strikeouts over a season-high six innings in the second game of a doubleheader against Oakland (3/23)… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief at Miami (Ohio) on March 9.
High School: Three-year starter for Coach Mike Guarnieri at Niles McKinley High School... Two-time AAC Player of the Year... Three-time first-team all-conference selection... Three career no-hitters... Posted a 17-4 record, 209 strikeouts and a 1.97 ERA during his prep career... Opposing batters hit just .139 against him... Registered 101 hits, a .380 average and a .408 OBP as a hitter.... Played summer ball for the Astro Falcons of the Youngstown Class B League under Coach Andy Timko.
Personal: Parents are John and Kathy DeFalco... Major is special education.
