Conor Larkin Season 2020

Drafted in 2021 by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 9th round (272nd overall)

2021 (SENIOR)
Awards: Notched Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Made 13 appearances, including 12 starts…Earned three wins…Struck out 69 batters in 63.2 innings...Graduated in May 2021 with bachelor's degree in business managment.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Northwestern (3/6): Threw four innings, allowing two runs on six hits…Struck out eight batters. at Indiana (3/13): Struck out seven and allowed two hits and a run in five innings. Maryland (3/21): Pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two earned runs…Struck out eight. Michigan (3/27): Recorded seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings. at Rutgers (4/3): Notched six scoreless innings, giving up three hits, and struck out seven to earn the win. at Michigan State (4/9): Struck out four in 5.2 innings, allowing three runs…Picked up the victory. at Ohio State (4/24): Went five innings and struck out seven batters. Michigan State (5/1): Allowed six hits and two runs in seven innings…Recorded six strikeouts to earn the win. at Iowa (5/8): Registered five strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Rutgers (5/15): Threw 6.2 innings, giving up one run, and struck out four.

2020 (JUNIOR)
Awards: Selected Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Led the team with a 1.69 ERA and 28 strikeouts…Went 1-0 in four starts, working 21.1 innings…Season canceled on March 12 after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Rankings: Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in ERA (1.69), seventh in strikeouts (28) and eighth in strikeouts per nine innings (11.81).

Game-by-Game: vs. Monmouth (2/16): Won season debut pitching 5.2 innings, allowing no earned runs and striking out six. vs. Wagner (2/23): Struck out seven in 5.0 innings, allowing one run on five hits and a walk. vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (3/8): Struck out 10 over 6.2 innings, allowing one earned run on four hits and a walk.

2019 (SOPHOMORE)
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades.
 
Season: Posted a 3.14 ERA and 4-2 record in 13 appearances with five starts…Struck out 56 and only walked 11 in 48.2 innings pitched.
 
vs. Fairfield (2/24): Earned win in relief, pitching one inning with a run and two hits allowed and one strikeout. at UCF (3/10): Started and pitched four innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits with no walks and three strikeouts. UMass Lowell (3/10): Started and pitched five innings, allowing just one run on four hits and four walks and striking out three. Minnesota (3/23): Pitched the final 3.0 innings and struck out five...Allowed one run on two hits and a walk. Bucknell (4/2): Earned the win in relief, working 2.2 innings and allowing just one run on three hits with three strikeouts. Pittsburgh (4/10): Struck out a career-high eight in 4.2 innings, allowing just five hits and two walks. Lafayette (4/24): Started and pitched six innings allowing no runs or walks and striking out seven. Rutgers (5/4, G1): Started the resumption of a suspended game in the third inning and had six innings pitched...Struck out seven and allowed two unearned runs on his own error with just three hits with no walks. at Ohio State (5/11, G2): Struck out a career-high 10 and earned the win, holding the Buckeyes to two runs on three hits and a walk over six innings.
 
2018 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Pitched 37.1 innings over 20 appearances with two starts...Tallied 38 strikeouts...Posted a 1-2 record and 5.79 ERA.
 
at Elon (2/17): Made his collegiate debut with 1.1 innings in relief. vs. Monmouth (2/24): Made his first collegiate start...Went four innings, allowing two runs on five hits and no walks in a no decision. At UCSB (3/4): Worked two scoreless innings of relief, striking out two and yielding just one hit. vs. Minnesota (4/8): Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief, yielding just one hit and one walk with two strikeouts. vs. West Virginia (4/10): Pitched a perfect inning in PNC Park. Ohio State (4/14, G1): Pitched 4.1 scoreless innings in relief allowing two hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Mount St. Mary’s (4/18): Worked a scoreless inning, striking out one. vs. Lafayette (4/25): Struck out two in a scoreless inning. Northwestern (4/29): Struck out two and allowed just one hit in 1.2 innings pitched. Xavier (5/10): Worked two scoreless innings, striking out two and allowing just two hits and a walk. at Villanova (5/15): Struck out a season-high four in 2.2 innings to earn win in relief, allowing a run on three hits and two walks. at Iowa (5/18): Struck out three over a scoreless 1.2 innings of work.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year team member and three-year letterwinner on the mound at Spring-Ford Area High School under head coach Jamie Scheck...Team captain as a senior...Helped lead team to conference championships as a sophomore...Led school to win in state semifinal game in first career start as a freshman...2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game honorable mention All-America and Atlantic All-Region second team...2016 Perfect Game Underclass third team and a 2015 honorable mention...Pottstown Mercury All-Area Baseball Player of the Year, first-team all-area and first-team all-conference as a senior...Went 7-1 with a 0.80 ERA (eighth in southeastern Pennsylvania) and southeastern PA leading 86 K’s as a senior...Also threw two no-hitters...Second-team all-area and first-team all-conference as a junior, going 6-2 with a 1.01 ERA and 73 K’s third and 10th respectively in southeastern Pennsylvania...Named the Comeback Player of the Year by the Pottstown Mercury after returning from Tommy John surgery...Represented the Texas Rangers at East Coast Pro...Represented the New York Yankees at the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Classic game at Fenway Park...Ranked by Perfect Game as the seventh-best RHP in Pennsylvania and 15th-best overall...Ranked nationally in Perfect Game's top-200 for RHPs and in Top 500 overall

PERSONAL
Full name is Conor Patrick Larkin...Parents are Bryan and Angela Larkin...Has two older brothers, Sean and Dan...Father, Bryan, played baseball Kings College (N.Y.) and both brothers played baseball at Cedarville University...Majoring in management...Born March 17, 1999 in Lima, Pennsylvania.