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Junior
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| Hometown:
Miami, Fla.
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| High School:
Christopher Columbus HS
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 195
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| Position:
RHP
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| Bats/Throws::
R/R
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At Miami
Enters his third season as a starting pitcher in the Hurricane rotation...named a First-Team Preseason All-American by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger...has compiled a 14-9 career record with a 4.01 ERA...logged 33 career starts in 38 overall appearances
...in 197.2 career innings pitched, has recorded 158 strikeouts with 203 hits and 72 walks
...played for the second straight summer with the USA National Team on the Red, White and Blue Summer Tour...was a third round draft pick out of high school by the Kansas City Royals...was the fourth-highest drafted player in 1999 to forgo professional baseball to enroll in college...this past academic year, he was named to the Provost's and AD Honor Roll, as well as Dean's List.
USA National Team
Selected to play with USA Baseball following his freshman and sophomore seasons...has a career record of 6-1 with Team USA along with a 0.61 ERA in 59.0 combined innings pitched
...made six starts in 2001 with a 3-1 record and 0.92 ERA in 39.0 innings...assisted team to a 2001 record of 21-7-1 and a 1.78 ERA
...earned wins over collegiate summer teams Anchorage (AK) Bucs and Torrington (CT) Twisters, plus a victory over the Taiwan National Team...had a complete game win pitched over Anchorage...threw 7.0 scoreless innings in his win against Torrington and 8.0 scoreless innings vs. Taiwan...in 2001, went 3-0 for Team USA with a 0.00 ERA in 20.0 innings...was the first pitcher in USA National Team history in 2000 to go an entire summer without allowing an earned run...assisted the team to a 27-3-1 2000 record with an all-time best 1.56 team ERA.
As a Sophomore in 2001
Compiled a 9-4 record with five no-decisions in 18 starts...had a 4.10 ERA in 107.2 innings pitched, along with 106 hits, 89 strikeouts and 38 walks...recorded the lone complete game for the Hurricanes this season, a 2-0 shutout of FIU on February 24...
the complete-game shutout over the Golden Panthers was the first by a UM pitcher under Jim Morris (since 1994)...set new career single-game highs this season in innings pitched (9.0 vs. FIU, 2/24) and strikeouts (9 vs. Savannah State, 4/6)...
scored a no-decision in his season-opening debut against Florida Atlantic...earned his first win of the season at FIU going 5.1 innings with one hit, three runs (two earned), three walks and three strikeouts...threw a complete-game shutout victory (2-0) over FIU, allowing four hits, one walk and eight strikeouts...
scored the win vs. San Diego State with 7.0 innings, seven hits, four runs (one earned), one walk and eight strikeouts...won in his outing vs. Rutgers and ace pitcher Bobby Brownlie with 6.1 innings pitched, seven hits, two earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts...defeated Northeastern with 7.2 innings pitched, six hits, two runs (one earned), two walks and seven strikeouts...won his sixth game and threw a career-high nine strikeouts in 6.0 innings vs. Savannah State...earned win No. 7 vs. Florida Southern with six hits, one earned run, one walk and three strikeouts in 7.0 innings...scored win No. 8 with a pre-game determined 3.0 innings vs. New York Tech. At the 2001 Coral Gables Regional: Earned the win vs. Bucknell in game #1 with 7.0 innings pitched, 11 hits, six runs (all earned), four walks and five strikeouts. At the 2001 Coral Gables Super Regional: Did not make an appearance. At the 2001 College World Series: Took a no-decision in the 12-6 win over Tennessee with 2.0 innings pitched, five hits, four earned runs and four walks.
As a Freshman in 2000
Went 5-5 with a 3.90 ERA...started
15-of-20 games with 90.0 innings pitched...allowed 97 hits, 56 runs, 39 earned runs, 34 walks, 69 strikeouts...opponents batted .276 against him...made his collegiate debut in 1.1 innings of relief vs. Clemson, allowing two hits, one walk and one earned run...took a no-decision in his first collegiate start in game #3 against South Florida, leaving the game after 4.1 innings pitched, leading 3-0 with three hits, one earned run, four strikeouts...earned his first win as a Hurricane with seven innings pitched in game #2 against Eastern Michigan as he struck out nine and gave up just two hits and one run with zero walks
...picked up his second straight win in game #2 against C.W. Post with 6.0 innings pitched, five hits, two runs, none earned, no walks and seven strikeouts...earned his third straight win in game #3 against Rutgers with 7.0 innings pitched, six hits, three runs, two earned, three walks and two strikeouts...earned his fourth straight win in game #3 against Dartmouth with a season-high 8.0 innings pitched, one hit, one earned run, four walks and eight strikeouts. At the 2000 Coral Gables Regional: Scored his final win of the season in the regional opener vs. Wagner with 8.0 innings pitched, 11 hits, five runs, three earned, one walk and seven strikeouts. At the 2000 Tallahassee Super Regional: Started game #3 allowing seven hits, four earned runs in 3.0 innings.
Christopher Columbus High School
Coached by Joe Weber...three-year letterman...holds the Columbus strikeout record...lists his top games as a one-hitter against South Dade in 1999, 13 strikeouts and two hits allowed against Miami Senior in 1998, and 14 strikeouts against Coral Gables in 1997. Senior Year, 1999: Compiled a 10-1 record with a 1.06 ERA...totaled 92 strikeouts...named to the All-State and All-Miami-Dade County First Team by the Miami Herald...also the Miami Herald 1999 Player of the Year...assisted team to the Greater Miami Athletic Conference championship. Junior Year, 1998: Named a Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American...
selected to the Miami Herald All-Miami-Dade County Second Team.
Personal
Majoring in Finance...born December 4, 1980...full name is Enrique...last name pronounced bang - oh - CHAY - uh...full name is Enrique Jose Bengochea...son of Modesto and Blanca Bengochea...has one brother, Alex (16) and one sister, Christy (13)...named the 1999 Columbus High School Scholar Athlete of the Year as well as a candidate for Miami Herald Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Highs
Innings Pitched: 9.0 vs. FIU, 2/24/01
Hits: 12 (6.1 IP) at Florida State, 4/9/00
Earned Runs: 8 (5.1 IP) vs. Cal State Fullerton, 3/31/01
Walks: 4 (8 times), last vs. Tennessee (2.0 IP), 6/14/01
Strikeouts: 9 (twice), last time vs. Savannah St. (6.0 IP), 4/6/01
Totals at Miami
| YR | W-L | SV | ERA | G-GS | CG-SH | IP | H | R-ER | BB | SO | HBP | WP | 2B | 3B | HR | AVG | PO | A | E | FLD |
| 00 | 5-5 | 0 | 3.90 | 20-15 | 0-0 | 90.0 | 97 | 56-39 | 34 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 7 | .264 | 8 | 11 | 6 | .760 |
| 01 | 9-4 | 0 | 4.10 | 18-18 | 1-1 | 107.2 | 106 | 65-49 | 38 | 89 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 11 | .255 | 6 | 18 | 8 | .750 |
| Total | 14-9 | 0 | 4.01 | 38-33 | 1-1 | 197.2 | 203 | 121-88 | 72 | 158 | 20 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 18 | .260 | 14 | 29 | 14 | .755 |
