Bio

Senior pitcher from Reading, Mass. … bats right and throws right … pitched in 30 games during his first three seasons, all but two in relief, and owns a 5.05 ERA in 62.1 innings … pitched for the Reading Bulldogs of the Intercity League the last four summers … was 6-2 with a 1.67 ERA in 2016, 1-1 with a 1.35 ERA in 2015 and 2-2 with a 1.79 ERA in 2014 … career 9-5 record with a 1.71 ERA with the Bulldogs … 2016: appeared in a staff-high 13 games … posted a 1-3 record with two saves and a 5.23 ERA in 32.2 innings … only non-relief of the season came Mar. 17 vs. Minnesota-Crookston … earned a win over Saint Anselm Feb. 27 with two innings of one-run relief … credited with a save Feb. 12 vs. Rollins and Apr. 23 vs. Saint Anselm … out of the pen, walked only two in 30 innings …named the Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week Feb. 15 after three scoreless innings of relief and a save against Rollins three days earlier … 2015: was winless in three decisions  while pitching to a 6.17 ERA … made ten appearances, including nine in relief, and pitched a total of 23.1 innings … four walks and 16 strikeouts … earned a one-inning save in a 6-4 win at Stonehill Apr. 22 … 3.72 ERA against Northeast-10 opposition …  2014: came in from the bullpen seven times, pitching a total of 6.1 innings … allowed a total of eight hits and two unearned runs with five strikeouts and one walk … three of six inherited runners scored … Before Bentley: 2013 graduate of St. John’s Prep High School where he played two years of varsity baseball … helped the Prep win the 2011 Division I North championship and reach the finals of the 2013 Division I North tournament … lettered in hockey as well as baseball … also played for the The Show Baseball Academy … Personal: son of Jay and Lori Burke … has two sisters, Caroline (21) and Emily (18) … is majoring in finance … age as of Feb. 1: 22 … National Honor Society … Presidential Scholar.

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