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Junior
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| Hometown:
Miramar, FL
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| High School:
Chaminade-Madonna Prep
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 215
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| Position:
RHP
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| Birthdate:
06/14/1979
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| B/T:
R/R
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At Miami
Redshirt junior who recently earned his degree in Finance on 5/10...a two-time Team Captain...along with Javy Rodriguez, are currently the only two players in the country to have participated and won two College World Series titles...was the 2001 team captain with Greg Lovelady and was once again named the team captain...redshirted the 2000 season after elbow surgery and saw limited action as a sophomore in 2001...was a preseason Third Team All-American by the NCBWA heading into 2000...drafted out of high school in the eighth round by the New York Mets.
As a Junior in 2002
Enters the New York Tech series having appeared in 19 games...took the loss at North Carolina (4/28) after allowing one earned run on three walks...went 1.2 innings in game No. 3 vs. Long Beach State with no hits or runs allowed...pitched a season-high 3.0 innings at Florida State (4/5) with three hits, two earned runs, two walks and one strikeout...pitched one scoreless inning vs. Elon (3/29)...held UW-Milwaukee and Rutgers scoreless in back-to-back outings of 1.0 inning each...had back-to-back outings with three strikeouts each vs. Ball State (3/13) and South Florida (3/9)...saw action in both Florida games, scoring his first loss in game No. 1...starred in the season-opening series vs. Tennessee...pitched 1.0 inning in game No. 3 vs. UT with one hit, two walks and one strikeout...pitched 1.1 innings in game No. 1 vs. UT with two strikeouts to earn the save.
As a Sophomore in 2001
Returned to action vs. Albany on February 25 after missing the entire 2000 season and first month of 2001 recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery...
saw action in 15 games (14.0 IP) and had a 2-1 record...his two wins came against Florida State and Pittsburgh and lost vs. Rutgers...in 0.2 innings of game No. 3 vs. New York Tech, allowed one hit and two walks...
pitched 1.1 innings of game No. 2 vs. Florida Southern with one hit, one walk and two strikeouts...
pitched 1.0 inning in game No. 2 vs. Jacksonville with two strikeouts...allowed two earned runs and two walks in 0.1 inning in game No. 2 vs. Virginia...struck out two and allowed one hit for his second win of the season in game No. 2 at Florida State...pitched 1.0 inning with one hit and one strikeout in game No. 3 vs. Savannah State...tied a season-high with three strikeouts in game No. 2 vs. Cal State Fullerton with one walk...
pitched 0.2 innings in game No. 1 at South Florida with two hits, one earned run and one walk...
allowed his first hits (3), earned runs (4) and walks (2) in his 0.1 inning out in game No. 1 vs. Rutgers...struck out three with one hit in 1.0 inning vs. Pittsburgh...struck out one in 1.0 inning at Minnesota...struck out two in his season-debut and first since 1999 in 1.0 inning vs. Albany. At the 2001 College World Series: Pitched vs. Tennessee in the opener allowing three hits, two earned runs with two strikeouts in 1.0 inning. At the 2001 Coral Gables Super Regional: Pitched 0.2 inning in game No. 2 vs. Clemson with two hits and one earned run. At the 2001 Coral Gables Regional: Pitched the final 1.0 inning of the regional championship game vs. Stetson with two strikeouts.
As a Freshman in 1999
Emerged as the Hurricanes top set-up pitcher out of the bullpen...went 5-1 with two saves and a 4.02 ERA...got stronger as the season went along...
made five appearances in the postseason, striking out nine in 7.0 innings pitched...finished second on the team in appearances (31) and appearances in relief (29)...held opponents to a .227 batting average...made his first appearance against Stetson, striking out two...recorded his first win against James Madison...earned his first save in a 14-11 win at Clemson...in 3.0 innings over two games against Georgia gave up zero runs and struck out three, while earning a win in his second appearance...struck out four batters in 2.0 innings at South Florida...
in three games against Florida State, pitched 7.1 innings, allowed just three runs off of four hits...earned wins in two of three appearances against FSU...struck out a total of 14 Seminoles, including a season-best six on 4/23...to close out the regular season at Long Beach State, allowed zero runs off of one hit in 3.2 innings of work...earned his second save in the second game against Long Beach State. At the 1999 Coral Gables Regional: Made one appearance against Florida Atlantic. At the 1999 Coral Gables Super Regional: Pitched 1.0 innings in game No. 1 against Wake Forest...struck out one batter. At the 1999 College World Series: Saw action against Rice, Alabama and Florida State...in the series opener against Rice, came in the 7th and 8th innings...after forcing a ground out in the top of the 7th, proceeded in striking out the next five Owl batters...struck out one Alabama batter in 2.0 innings...came into the championship game against FSU in the top of the 6th inning...forced to fly outs and struck out All-American Marshall McDougle to close out the inning...
pitched his way out of a 7th inning jam that gave FSU two runs.
Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Coached by Mike Mominey...was at Flanigan High School as a junior, coach by Ray Romero...spent freshman and sophomore years at Miramar High School...four-year letterman. Senior Year, 1998: USA Today honorable mention All-USA selection...Class 3A Baseball Player of the Year...
one of six finalists for the Florida Mr. Baseball Award...first-team All-State...Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel All-Broward First Team...went 11-0 with a 1.15 ERA, 90 strikeouts and 19 walks in 61 innings pitched...hit .512 with four home runs and 32 RBI...played right field when not pitching...pitched a complete game no-hitter vs. old school Flanigan...combined for another no-hitter striking out every batter he faced over three innings...in one game from the plate, went 3-of-3 with 18 runs scored vs. University High...named Most Valuable Player of South team in FACA All-Star Classic after pitching four shutout innings striking out seven and going 2-of-4 at the plate...named to All-tourney team of the Fort Myers Bishop Verot Easter Tournament that team won pitching complete game shutout while hitting over .500 team finished season ranked No. 2 in state's final rankings, while claiming the District and Conference titles...senior season highlights included a complete-game shutout with 12 strikeouts over Gulliver Prep. Junior Year, 1997: Earned letter at Flanigan...registered an ERA of under 2.00 spent summer playing for the Cooper City team of the Connie Mack League...named team MVP in Connie Mack League.
Personal
Enrolled in School of Business with a major in Accounting...born June 14, 1979...full name is Vincent Raul Vazquez...son of George and Edith Vazquez...has one brother, George (28).
Career Statistics
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
1999.... 4.02 5-1 31 2 0 0/0 2 47.0 39 25 21 28 55 6 2 2 208 .227 4 3 1 2 3
2001.... 6.43 2-1 15 0 0 0/1 0 14.0 15 10 10 9 20 7 0 1 66 .268 4 1 0 0 0
2002.... 7.58 0-2 19 0 0 0/0 1 19.0 27 21 16 14 18 3 0 3 97 .338 3 0 1 0 3
TOTALS.. 5.29 7-4 65 2 0 0/1 3 80.0 81 56 47 51 93 16 2 6 371 .263 11 4 2 2 6
