Palomar Comets Baseball 2009

CASEY EDELBROCK

NO. 21 / RHP, So, 6-3, 175; BATS: Right; THROWS: Right

HOMETOWN: Escondido, CA

HIGH SCHOOL: Poway High School (Poway, CA), Class of 2006

4-YEAR COLLEGE: Committed to Chico State University

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 20, 1988, at Pomerado Hospital in Poway.... Son of Doug Edelbrock and Teri Fazio. ... Has one sister, Kelli Edelbrock, who played softball for Palomar..

ACADEMICS: Has a 2.9 grade-point average. ... Undecided major.

2009 SEASON: First-team CCCBCA All-American, CCCBCA All-State and All-Pacific Coast Conference as the Comets' closer. ... Also selected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Pacific Division All-American first team. ... Compiled a 3-3 win-loss record, 10 saves to set a new Palomar single-season record and an ERA of 2.29, which ranks him as No. 20 on the all-time Palomar list. ... Received team's Special Award for his saves record. ... Opposing batters hit .190 against him. ... Appeared in 25 games, high on the club. ... Struck out 42 batters and walked 19 in 39 1/3 innings.... Only allowed 26 hits. .... Had seven saves in Pacific Coast Conference games to tie the Palomar record, with an ERA of 2.25 over 20 inningss. ... Struck out 24 batters in conference play.. ... Threw four shutout relief innings, giving up one hit, while striking out seven to notch the victory in the Comets' 11-2 victory at Bakersfield on Jan. 30. ... Recorded his first save in a 3-2 win over Fullerton on Feb. 5, pitching the final inning in relief of winner Matt Strom. ... Allowed one earned run on two hits vs. Mt. SAC on Feb. 13. ... Threw three shutout relief innings, giving up one hit, to record save No. 2 as the Comets won 3-1 at College of the Desert on Feb. 17. ... Picked up his second victory at Imperial Valley on Feb. 21, pitching 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief, surrendering one hit and striking out two. ... Pitched two innings of one-hit, shutout ball vs. San Diego City College on Feb. 24. .... Got his third save on Feb. 26 at San Diego Mesa, pitching the final two innings. ... Came on to get the final out at Southwestern on Feb. 28 for save No. 4 as the Comets pinned a 5-3 loss on the Jaguars, the runners-up in last year's state tournament. ... Closed out a 7-1 win over San Diego City College on March 10 with a shutout relief inning. ... Pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out two, in a 13-0 win over San Diego Mesa on March 19. ... Finished off Southern California No. 1-ranked Southwestern in the Comets' 9-2 win on March 21 with a 1-2-3 ninth inning and one strikeout. ... Pitched the last 1 1/3 innings, striking out two, to notch his fifth save as the Comets went on the road and beat the No. 1-ranked Jaguars again 10-6 on March 24. ... Worked the last two innings, striking out two, to pick up the win as Palomar, which came in ranked No. 3 in Southern California, beat No. 4 Grossmont 5-4 in 10 innings on March 26 to break a two-way tie with the Griffins for first place. ... Came right back to earn save No. 6 on March 28, striking out three batters in the ninth inning as Palomar defeated the host Griffins 10-7 to open up a two-game lead in the conference race. ... Recorded his seventh save, pitching a hitless, scoreless ninth inning, striking out one, in a 4-1 win over Imperial Valley on April 4. ... Came in with one out in the ninth and induced a double-play ball to end the game on April 8, notching his eighth save, as the Southern California No. 2-ranked Comets downed No. 1 Orange Coast 2-0. ... Tied Jerry Stafford's (San Diego State, Florida Marlins organization) 19-year-old school single-season record when he recorded his ninth save in a 7-6 win at San Diego Mesa. Retired the Olympians without a hit in the bottom of the ninth. ... Notched his 10th save to set a new Palomar record on April 25 as the Southern California No. 1-ranked Comets beat visiting Southwestern 4-2 to clinch an outright conference championship. ... Came in to close a 5-2 victory over Citrus on May 8, as the Comets swept the teams' first-round Southern California Regional series two games to zero. Came in during the ninth inning and recorded the game's final three outs. ...Pitched an inning of no-hit, shutout ball to close out a 7-3 win over Long Beach City College in the Palomar Super Regional on May 16.

APRIL 30 NORTH COUNTY TIMES COLUMN ON EDELBROCK BY JAY PARIS

2008 SEASON: Red-shirted.

2007 SEASON: Appeared in four games for the Comets in relief and finished with a 1-0 win-loss record. ... Gave up one run in two innings Feb. 23 in a 7-2 victory over Ventura. ... Was the winning pitcher in relief Feb.10 in a 15-13 victory at Citrus.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Played for former Comet Bob Parry at Poway High School, which won the 2006 CIF-San Diego Section Division I championship.

(Updated as of June 11, 2009)