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Palomar Comets Baseball
2008
TYLER
SALADINO
NO. 7
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INF, FR,
6-0, 189;
BATS:
Right; THROWS:
Right
HOMETOWN:
San Diego, CA
 HIGH
SCHOOL:
University City (San Diego,
CA), Class of 2007
NCAA
DIVISION i COLLEGE:
Verbal commitment to Oral Roberts University
PERSONAL: Born July 20, 1989, in San
Diego. ... Son of Arthur and Rhonda Saladino. .. Has one
brother, Craig.
ACADEMICS: Carried a 3.3 grade-point average
at University City High School. ... Is a
Kinesiology in his first semester at Palomar.
2008
SEASON: First-team All-Pacific Coast Conference
selection. ... Batted .348 playing in 45 games and
starting 41 as a true freshman, with 16 doubles, two
triples, four home runs and 33 RBIs, the latter to
lead the team. Had a .585 slugging percentage, also
to lead the club. ... Third on the team with 37 runs
scored and was No. 2 on the team in successful sacrifice
bunts with 37. ...
Had seven steals in 11 attempts to tie for the team
lead. ... Hit .350 in Pacific Coast Conference games
with 11 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 22 RBIs. ... Doubled to drive in the Comets' first run
of the season in their opening game at Cypress on Jan.
26. ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in a
10-0 win over Ventura on Feb. 1. ... Went 2-for-3,
tripled, doubled, scored three runs, drove in a run and
walked twice in a 13-5 rout of Ventura on Feb. 8. ...
Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs as the Comets
downed Grossmont 8-6 on Feb. 28 on the road. ... Was
2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in a 13-4 victory at
San Diego Mesa on March 11. ... Went 2-for-3 with three
runs scored in a 10-4 victory over San Joaquin Delta on
March 20. ... Went 4-for-4, doubled, scored three runs
and drove in four in a 13-5 win at San Bernardino Valley
on March 21. ... Singled to left field with two out in
the top of the ninth inning to drive in the tying and
winning runs in a 9-8 road victory over Grossmont. Was
3-for-4 for the game with a walk, three RBIs and two
runs scored. ... Went 2-for-5 with a double in a 7-2 win
at Imperial Valley on April 3. ... Helped lead the
Comets' to a 14-2 victory over the Arabs on April 5,
when he went 2-for-3, doubled twice, drove in a run on a
sacrifice fly, scored three runs and also had a
sacrifice bunt. ... Went 2-for-5, doubled and drove in
two runs in a 6-2 road win over San Diego City
College on April 8. ... Doubled to drive in three runs,
including the tying run and winning run, as the Comets
scored five times in the bottom of the eighth to beat
San Diego Mesa 8-4 on April 17. Was 2-for-3 for the
game with three RBIs and two runs scored. Also stole a
base and was hit by a pitch. ... Hit a three-run home
run over the rightfield fence on April 19 at Grossmont,
breaking open an 11-6 victory over the Griffins. ...
Went 3-for-4, doubled, was hit by a pitch, drove in a
run and scored a run vs. Grossmont on April 22. ... Went
3-for-5 with two doubles in a 4-1 victory over Imperial
Valley on May 1.
HIGH
SCHOOL BASEBALL: Played three seasons for coach Jeff Dufek
at University City. ... Was a second-team All-Western
League selection in both 2006 and 2007.
(Updated as of October 2008)
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