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Meet the 2021 Spiders - Pitchers

02/25/2021 | Baseball

RICHMOND, Va. – One of the most important aspects of baseball, is pitching. The Spiders bring in 12 new pitchers to this year's staff. Returning for the Spiders include all four starting pitchers, as well as the two most frequently used relievers from 2020.

Brenden Argomaniz (Claremont, Calif.)

Transfer from Orange Coast College
Career 4.27 ERA in 40 innings
Helped OCC win a California State Championship in 2019

Dane Armson (Montoursville, Pa.)

Three-year varsity letterwinner at Loyalsock Township
Earned All-Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference honors
Led his team to a PIAA District 4 AAA runner-up finish in 2018

Antonio Balducci (Mechanicsville, Va.)

One of the most durable relievers in the bullpen, leading the team in appearances each of the last three seasons
Team captain for the 2021 season
Threw 11.2 innings with a 2.31 ERA in 2020
Struck out a career-high five in relief against Georgetown

Jack Buckley (Bronx, N.Y.)

Graduate transfer from Franklin and Marshall
Missed 2020 due to injury and will miss 2021 after cancer diagnosis
Career 13-7 record with three complete games

Harrison Clifton (Henrico, Va.)

Earned five varsity letters at Steward High
Four-time All-State honoree
Two-time team captain

Nolan Collins (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)

Graduate transfer from Bates College where he was a team captain
Started three games, earning a 1-1 record in 14 innings in 2020
2019 First Team All-NESCAC, leading the league in strikeouts (64)
Earned a 3.10 ERA in 66.2 innings in 2018, finishing with a 7-2 record

Jack Corkery (Tega Cay, S.C.)

Graduate transfer from Swarthmore College
Swarthmore's all-time leader in saves
Earned a 2.01 ERA in 31.1 innings in 2018, recording the lowest single-season ERA at Swarthmore since 1978

Vincent Corso (West Harrison, N.Y.)

Earned three varsity letters at Harrison High
2019 All-League and All-Section
2019 Section One Pitcher of the Year Class A and AA

Jarrad DeLarso (Marlton, N.J.)

Appeared in a team-high nine games in 2020
Finished the season 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA
Worked 11.1 innings with 11 strikeouts last year

Sage Dobbs (Gaithersburg, Md.)

Three-year letter winner at Georgetown Prep
Named team captain as a senior
Two-time Interscholastic Athletic Conference Champion

Matthew Haines (Mechanicsville, Va.)

Redshirted as part of the Richmond baseball program last year
Four-time letterwinner at Maggie L. Walker Governor's school
Two-time team captain

Cole Hentschel (Pine Bush, N.Y.)

Will miss 2021 due to injury
Two-year varsity letterwinner at Pine Bush high
Struck out 32 hitters in 19 innings as a junior

Eli Kimbell (New York, N.Y.)

Graduate transfer from Princeton
Missed 2020 with injury and appeared in just two games in 2019
Threw in 11 games in 2018, earning two wins and two saves
Made 14 appearances out of the bullpen as a freshman, striking out 21 hitters

Dallas Lind (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Did not appear in a game during the 2020 season
Earned four varisty letters at Millenium High
Led his division by averaging 2.02 hitters per inning at Millennium

Collin Lowe (Ridgefield, Conn.)

Threw a team-best 23.0 innings as a weekend starter in 2020
Richmond's most dominant starter in 2020, throwing 6.0 innings or more in three of four starts
Struck out a career-best seven against Ball State in his final outing

Mason Majors (Kansas City, Mo.)

Seven career appearances, six coming in 2020
Worked 5.0 innings with five strikeouts in 2020
Struck out at least one hitter in his final three appearances last year

Jacob Marcus (Malvern, Pa.)

Started in the weekend rotation last season
Struck out a team-high 23 hitters in 20.0 innings in 2020
Worked into the weekend rotation as a freshman and ranked 128^th nationally in Ks per nine innings
Earned his first collegiate win after throwing a complete game against Norfolk State in 2019

Alden Mathes (Broomall, Pa.)

Made three appearances on the hill as a freshman
Struck out 11 hitters in 6.0 innings and earned a save
Made his collegiate debut on the hill against No. 4 Georgia in Athens, striking out four in 3.1 innings
Earned the save after throwing 1.2 innings, striking out four against Lehigh

Tim Miller (Wayne, Pa.)

Three-time Richmond baseball team captain
Three-time opening day starter
Earned a 2-0 record in 20.2 innings in 2020
Started 34 games in his career with one complete game

Kent Morrison (Herndon, Va.)

Did not appear in a game in 2020
Made five starts and appeared in 11 games in 2019
Earned a 5.90 ERA in 29.0 innings
Recorded a win and two saves, striking out 20 hitters in 2019

Jeremy Neff (West Palm Beach, Fla.)

Worked as the midweek starter in 2020
Threw 17.0 innings in his four starts as a freshman
Struck out 16 hitters in 2020

Matthew Plisko (Alpharetta, Ga.)

Graduate transfer from Macalester College (MN)
Earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors
Started 10 games, finishing 8-2 in 2018
Career 3.01 ERA and 15-5

Jordan Schulefand (Parkland, Fla.)

Made three appearances out of the bullpen last year
Logged 3.1 innings with six strikeouts and earned a save
Did not pitch during his sophomore season
Made four relief appearances as a freshman in 2018

Sammy Senders (Potomac, Md.)

Appeared in six games as a sophomore, making one start in 2020
Threw in 6.0 innings, striking out 10 hitters in 2020
Logged 10 appearances, earning a 3.72 ERA as a freshman

Josh Willitts (Southampton, N.J.)

Competed at Seneca High, earning three varsity letters
Earned All-Olympic Conference honors
Two-time team captain
Earned varsity letters in basketball and football

Colby Wyatt (Glendale, Ariz.)

Graduate transfer from Cornell University
Opening day starter for the Big Red in 2020
Worked his way into the weekend rotation in 2019, leading his team with four quality starts
Led Cornell with 63.2 innings pitching in 2019

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