Palomar Comets Baseball 2006

BRYAN DUFFY

NO. 19 / RHP, So., 6-3, 178; BATS: Left ; THROWS: Right

HOMETOWN: Poway, California     

HIGH SCHOOL: Poway (Poway, CA)

PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1986 in Santa Clara, Calif. ... Son of Bob and Marie Duffy. ... Has one sister, Ann (23).

2006 SEASON: Appeared in 14 games for Palomar, all in relief, entering the post-season. ... Owned a 3.63  ERA for the season, striking out 17 batters in 17 1/3 1/3 innings. ... Had an ERA of 3.00 over 6 innings in the Pacific Coast Conference. ... Surrendered 1 run in 3 innings in the Comets' season-opening 5-4 victory over Santa Ana, the third-ranked team in Southern California, on Jan.  27. ... Pitched a shutout inning in a 6-5 win over Cerritos on Feb. 1. ... Pitched 2 innings, giving up 1 hit and 0 earned runs, vs. Mt. SAC on Feb. 11. ... Pitched 1/3 of a scoreless inning against Orange Coast on Feb. 21. ... Worked 1 2/3 hitless, scoreless innings vs. Grossmont on March 3. ... Combined with 5 other pitchers to shut out Imperial Valley 8-0 on April 4, coming in to get the Comets out of a bases-loaded, 0-out jam in the top of the eighth inning by retiring all 3 batters he faced.

2005 SEASON: Finished the season with a 2-0 record, a 4.50 earned run average and 11 strikeouts in 16 innings as Palomar became the first San Diego County team to reach the State Championship game in 31 years. ... Threw an inning of shutout relief in the Comets' 9-2 win over Cerritos on Feb. 5, retiring the side in order without a ball being hit out of the infield. ... Pitched an inning of scoreless relief vs. Southwestern on March 12, retiring the Jaguars in order in the ninth inning. ... Threw an inning of shutout relief in the Comets' 9-2 win over San Diego Mesa on March 31. ... Pitched a shutout inning in a 11-1 win at San Diego Mesa on April 26. Allowed 1 baserunner by hitting the batter with the pitch, but got out of the inning with a double-play groundball. ... Pitched a scoreless inning in relief in a 6-3 victory over Grossmont on May 4, striking out 3 batters. Southern California Regional Round 1 — Came on in relief to pick up the victory in the Comets' second post-season game, a 7-4, 11-inning win over Santa Barbara City College on May 15. Pitched 3 innings of 2-hit, scoreless ball, striking out 2 and walking 0. Super Regionals — Pitched a shutout inning in relief in a loss to Southwestern on May 20, then came back to throw two-thirds of a shutout inning May 22 and picked up the victory in a 5-4, 10-inning win over Southwestern on May 22 that put the Comets in the championship game. State Final Four — Pitched 4 1/3 innings in relief vs. Santa Rosa on May 30, giving up 2 earned runs. The Bear Cats won 5-1 to force an extra game in the double-elimination tournament, then won the State Championship by beating the Palomar again and forcing the Comets to settle for a state runner-up finish.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for former Palomar right fielder, San Diego State All-American and Oakland A's Class AAA minor league outfielder Bob Parry at Poway High School. ... Titans advanced to the CIF-San Diego Section Division I playoffs when he was a junior in 2003 and a senior in 2004.

(Updated on May 24, 2006)