Jesus Izarra

Jesus Izarra

  • Award
    Pitcher of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/18/2011
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Baruch College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Pitcher
  • Hometown
    Caracas, Venezuela
  • High School
    Josefa Irausquin Lopez

In his only appearance of the week, Baruch junior Jesus Izarra struck out 14 Lightning batters in the opener of a doubleheader sweep en route to a complete game victory yielding no walks and three earned runs.

It makes Izarra a two-time CUNYAC/MCU Pitcher of the Week, as he was also named two weeks ago. For the year, the native of Caracas, Venezuela is 5-2 with a 4.56 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 49 innings of work for the second place Bearcats.