Alek Jacob #37

Jacob is scattered throughout the Gonzaga record book, most notably for pitching the Zags' most recent no-hitter on April 16, 2021 at Pepperdine...later that season, the right-hander righty blanked the LSU Tigers in the opening game of the Eugene Regional, notching his fourth career complete game and second career shutout as a Zag.

2023

Had his contract selected from San Antonio (AA) on July 7 and made three hitless, scoreless relief outings from July 15-20 before being placed on the 15-day IL on July 22 (right elbow inflammation)…was transferred to the 60-Day IL on Sept. 8. Made his ML debut in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the July 15 doubleheader @ PHI, striking out the one hitter he faced (Alec Bohm)…he was the fourth Padre and third SD pitcher to make their ML debut in ‘23, joining Matt Waldron, Tom Cosgrove and Brett Sullivan. On July 18 @ TOR, he struck out three of the seven batters he faced across 2.0 scoreless IP to finish off SD's 9-1 win. Retired both of his two BF on July 20 @ TOR, including a strikeout of George Springer…retired nine of his 10 batters faced before landing on the IL, with the only baserunner reached being via a walk (Cavan Biggio on July 18). Per Statcast, relied on four pitches w/ SD: sweeper (38.3%), sinker (29.8%), 4-seam fastball (19.1%) and changeup (12.8%). Was scoreless in 14 of his 18 appearances for the Missions, converting all five of his SVO with a 1-1 record, 1.32 ERA (4 ER, 27.1 IP), a .192 opp. AVG and 10.5 SO/9 IP ratio. Posted a 19.2 scoreless-inning streak across his 11 appearances from May 10 to June 21, converting all four of his SVO and a .197 opp. AVG during the streak. Limited Double-A right-handed hitters to a .143 AVG while lefties hit .256.