2016 Baseball Roster
Matt Foster
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Valley, Ala.
- Prev School:
- Gulf Coast State CC
JUNIOR (2016)
Maryland (2/19): Tossed 1.0 inning with two strikeouts to earn the hold. Maryland (2/21): Notched his second hold of the season with 1.0 inning of work that included one walk and one strikeout. North Dakota (2/26): Worked 1.0 inning, striking out two to earn his first career win as the Tide walked it off in the ninth. North Dakota (2/28): Added 1.0 inning to his season total, notching a pair of strikeouts for the third time in four outings. Troy (3/1): Tossed 0.2 IP, with one hit and one strikeout to earn the hold. Notre Dame (3/4): Entered for the final inning, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one Fighting Irish batter. Houston (3/11): Suffered his first loss of the season, allowing two runs on three hits with a walk across 1.1 innings of work. Houston (3/13): Went 0.2 of an inning with one hit allowed. Tennessee (3/26): Suffered his second loss of the season in game two, allowing three runs on four hits with a walk and a strikeout over 2.0 innings pitched. Georgia (3/31): Tossed a season-high 4.0 innings for the win over the Bulldogs … allowed only two hits while walking two and striking out six … his relief effort provided the Tide the time to score three runs in the 13th inning to claim the series-opening victory. Alcorn State (4/5): Collected his third win of the season, working a 1-2-3 inning in game one. Kentucky (4/8): Went 1.0 inning and struck out one Wildcat hitter. UAB (4/12): Notched his fourth win of the season, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts in the effort. Ole Miss (4/15): Allowed three runs on three hits in his 1.0 inning of work. Texas A&M (4/22): Tossed 2.2 innings, allowing three hits and a walk while punching out five across 51 total pitches. Texas A&M (4/24): Suffered the loss, allowing one run with a walk and a strikeout in 0.2 of an inning. Mississippi State (4/30): Picked up his team-leading fifth win of the year in game one of the doubleheader, throwing 2.2 innings and allowing one run (unearned) on a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.
Top junior college transfer in 2015 coming out of Gulf Coast State College, where he tossed 105.1 innings and struck out 115 over 16 games of work … as a sophomore, owned a 3-1 record across nine appearances, including seven starts and tossed 38.2 innings with 46 strikeouts over that time while maintaining at 2.09 ERA to earn Pitcher of the Year for the Panhandle Conference … named first team All=Panhandle Conference ... was drafted in 29th round of the MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks following his senior season … prior to attending junior college, excelled at Valley High School, where he was named team MVP and Silver Slugger during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... pitched in 12 games, starting 10, logging 65.1 IP and owning a 0.96 ERA while accumulating 115 strikeouts as a senior ... batted .352 with 27 RBI, 24 runs scored and accumulating 73 total bases in his final high school seasons ... his efforts during his senior year earned him All-Area Team honors as well as All-State honors for a third baseman and as a pitcher ... struck out 21 batters in his final game at VHS … as a junior, went 4-2 over 38.0 innings while fanning 56 batters and issuing only five walks … was a member of the National Honor Society at VHS … son of Tim and Daphne Foster … has two brothers, Michael and Will … born Matthew James Foster on Jan. 27, 1995 … majoring in exercise science.
