Tyler Anderson

Position:
Right-handed pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
168
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lima, Ohio
High School:
Lima Shawnee

2017: Made 14 appearances – all of which were starts … served as Bowling Green’s Friday starter … ranked second on the team in innings pitched (75.1) and strikeouts (44) … posted a 4.54 ERA … went 2-8 on the season … over 7.0 innings at Morehead State (March 4), allowed just three hits and zero runs … surrendered just one run over 6.0 innings while earning the win over Georgia State (March 10) … beat Toledo by tossing a season-high 7.1 innings of one-run ball on April 8 … struck out a season-high six batters against Central Michigan (April 21) … scattered four hits in 6.0 innings of work versus Western Michigan (May 12), allowing just one run.

2016: Started four games on the mound, and made a total of 16 appearances … excelled as the Falcons’ Friday starter the final three weeks of the season after C.J. Schildt went down with an injury … posted a 3.63 ERA … went 1-1 on the season … logged 34.2 innings, allowing 33 hits and 14 earned runs … struck out 29 batters, and issued 15 walks … in his first Friday start of his career, threw 4.1 scoreless innings at No. 8 Florida State (May 6) … followed that performance up versus Kent State (May 13) by matching first-round pick Eric Lauer frame-for-frame, as he allowed just one run over 6.0 innings while striking out five batters … concluded his dominant three-start stretch by picking up a win at Buffalo (May 19) on the final weekend of the season … in that start, struck out seven over 5.1 innings while allowing just one run … prior to the three Friday starts, logged one perfect inning in games versus Youngstown State (April 27) and Northern Illinois (May 1) … tossed a scoreless inning in a win at Ball State (April 24) … hurled a hitless frame against Ohio (April 17) … surrendered just one hit, and blanked Dayton over 2.0 innings on April 13 … in 3.1 innings of work in a win at Central Michigan, struck out four batters and allowed just one hit.

2015: Appeared in seven games before suffering an injury which forced him to miss the remainder of the season … made his season debut on Feb. 13 at Southeast Missouri, a 1.0 inning relief outing … pitched 8.2 innings on the season, including a 4.0 inning appearance in relief on March 10 vs. Bucknell in the RussMatt Invitational … earned the win in that game, allowing just one hit while striking out two … finished the season with a 1-0 record.

2014: Started three games on the mound as a freshman, making four total appearances … made his collegiate debut on March 11 against Yale, where he went 4.0 innings while allowing three runs … toed the rubber for a midweek tilt at Toledo, going 3.0 innings while striking out a season-best four batters … started in a win at Michigan, pitching 2.0 innings … made a relief appearance against Xavier on May 13, striking out one in 1.0 inning of work … finished the season with 10 innings pitched and six strikeouts.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner in both baseball and soccer at Lima Shawnee High School ... played for coaches Chad Spencer, Todd Hall, and Scott Newman ...had a 4-0 record with a 2.51 ERA and 38 strikeouts during his senior season ...graduated on June 2.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tyler Ryan Anderson ... son of Tyson and Janelle Anderson ... has one brother ...born on May 28, 1995 ... father played baseball at Marietta ... VCT major at BGSU.