IRVINE, Calif. --- Andrew Morales and Sam Moore are two of 47 pitchers who have been selected the 2014 Pitcher of the Year watch list, sponsored by Diamond.
Morales and Moore are representing the Anteaters in fine fashion in 2014 with both right-handers topping the national charts.
Morales leads the country in ERA at 0.61 and is eighth with 80 strikeouts. The senior is 7-0 this year after posting a 10-0 mark last season for the Anteaters. He has made 10 starts this year to sit 30th in the country and is sixth with a WHIP of 0.78. He is averaging 9.73 strikeouts per nine innings to sit 33rd among the national leaders and is holding teams to 5.11 hits per nine innings, 14th-best in the country. Morales is a 2014 Golden Spikes and Senior CLASS Award candidate and was named a preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
Moore is currently tied for the national lead in saves with 16. In his first year as the team's closer, Moore was recently named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list and holds a 1.67 ERA. He has struck out 29 batters in 32.1 innings of work while yielding six earned runs and is holding teams to a .175 batting average. Moore has made 20 appearances to tie for first in the Big West.
The Pitcher of the Year Award will be presented during the National College Baseball Hall of Fame's annual Night of Champions on June 28 in Lubbock, Texas.
Pitcher of the Year Watch List:
NAME TEAM CONFERENCE
Gage Smith Florida State ACC
Bryan Garcia Miami ACC
Nick Howard Virginia ACC
Nathan Kirby Virginia ACC
Nick Burdi Louisville American Athletic
Michael Murray Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun
Brendan McCurry Oklahoma State Big 12
Vince Wheeland Oklahoma State Big 12
Brandon Finnegan TCU Big 12
Nathan Thornhill Texas Big 12
Josh Prevost Seton Hall Big East
Trey Lambert Liberty Big South
Casey Bloomquist Cal Poly Big West
Matt Imhof Cal Poly Big West
Thomas Eshelman Cal State Fullerton Big West
Sam Moore UC Irvine Big West
Andrew Morales UC Irvine Big West
Chase Mallard Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA
Brett Mabry East Carolina Conference USA
Ryan Williams East Carolina Conference USA
Mike Franco Florida International Conference USA
Christopher Mourelle Florida International Conference USA
Blake Fox Rice Conference USA
Kyle Freeland Evansville Missouri Valley
Michael Cederoth San Diego State Mountain West
Jeff Gold Oregon Pac-12
Jace Fry Oregon State Pac-12
Ben Wetzler Oregon State Pac-12
David Berg UCLA Pac-12
Tyler Davis Washington Pac-12
Thomas Burrows Alabama SEC
Danny Young Florida SEC
Aaron Nola LSU SEC
Chris Ellis Ole Miss SEC
Christian Trent Ole Miss SEC
Joel Seddon South Carolina SEC
Jack Wynkoop South Carolina SEC
Andy Cox Tennessee SEC
Walker Buehler Vanderbilt SEC
Ryan Thompson Campbell Southern
Andres Garcia Samford Southern
Carson Baranik Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt
Ryan Wilson Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt
Sam Street UT-Pan American WAC
Aaron Brown Pepperdine West Coast
Eric Karch Pepperdine West Coast
Corey Miller Pepperdine West Coast
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