2022 (SIXTH-YEAR SENIOR)
Made 14 appearances with seven starts, going 1-2 with a 6.88 ERA over 34 innings, allowing 34 runs, 26 earned, on 45 hits with 21 strikeouts and 16 walks … Fired three shutout innings out of the bullpen, giving up a hit with four strikeouts and three walks at South Alabama (5/14/22) ... Entered the game with runners on base for the first time in his career, stranding runners on first and second, and finished with 1 2/3 innings pitched, allowing no runs on no hits with one walk and one strikeout at Louisiana Tech (5/3/22) ... Threw a career-high seven-plus innings, carrying a shutout into the eighth inning, allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts and one walk at Nicholls (3/13/22) ... Made his first career appearance out of the bullpen, allowing two runs on three hits in one inning at Ole Miss (3/1/22).
2021 (RED-SHIRT JUNIOR-2)
Made 11 starts on the mound, going 4-3 with a 4.25 ERA over 42 1/3 innings, allowing 25 runs, 20 earned, on 47 hits with eight walks and 31 strikeouts…Made 10 weekend starts and one midweek start…Closed the regular season with a quality start, throwing six innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts at Arkansas State (5/22/21)...In his return to the weekend rotation, threw five innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with two walks and a career-high seven strikeouts at TCU-2 (5/15/21)...Pitched into the sixth inning, giving up one run on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings at Texas State (3/28/21)...Earned his third win, giving up three runs, all in the seventh inning, on six hits with three strikeouts over six innings vs. Georgia State (3/21/21)…Moved to 2-0 in 2021 with five innings, giving up four runs, three earned, on six hits with no walks and a career-high six strikeouts vs. Nicholls (3/7/21)…Opened the 2021 season with a win, tossing five innings with two runs on six hits, one walk and one strikeout at New Orleans (2/28/21).
2020 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Made three mid-week starts for ULM in the COVID-19 pandemic shortened 2020 season…Posted a 2-0 record with a 2.70 ERA over 13 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on eight hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts…In his final mid-week start, bounced back from giving up three runs in the first inning to shut down a Top-10 Ole Miss squad for the next four innings, tossing five innings in all, giving up three runs on four hits with a walk and three strikeouts (3/10/20)…Picked up his second win, throwing 5 1/3 shutout innings, allowing four hits with no walks and three strikeouts vs. Jackson State (3/3/20)…In his ULM debut, earned his first win, giving up a run on no hits with four walks and five strikeouts over three innings in a designated short start (2/25/20).
2019 (JUNIOR)
Redshirted the season due to an injury.
NORTH IOWA AREA CC
Made 10 appearances, all starts, as a sophomore for the Trojans in 2018, posting a 4-2 record with a 5.84 ERA over 44.2 innings, striking out 49 and walking 28… Threw two complete games… Made 11 appearances, all starts, as a freshman for the Trojans posting a 5-2 record with a 6.39 ERA over 49.1 innings, striking out 48 and walking 30.
KIRKWOOD HS
Won back-to-back conference championships with the Pioneers as a junior and senior… Earned two varsity letters in baseball… Lettered one year in football.
PERSONAL
Son of Mark and Cathy Lien… Enjoys playing Fortnite, biking and playing basketball… Plans to major in Finance at ULM.
CAREER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Innings Pitched:Â 7, at Nicholls (3/13/22)
Walks Allowed:Â 4, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2/25/20)
Strikeouts:Â 7, at TCU-2 (5/15/21)
Batters Faced:Â 25, 2x, last at Arkansas State (5/22/21)
Putouts:Â 1, 4x, last at South Alabama (5/14/22)
Assists:Â 2, 2x, last vs. Texas State (5/8/22)
CAREER STATS
Year |
G |
GS |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
2B |
3B |
HR |
2020 |
3 |
3 |
13.1 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2021 |
11 |
11 |
42.1 |
47 |
25 |
20 |
8 |
31 |
11 |
0 |
7 |
2022 |
14 |
7 |
34.0 |
45 |
34 |
26 |
16 |
21 |
12 |
1 |
5 |
Career |
28 |
21 |
89.2 |
100 |
63 |
50 |
29 |
63 |
23 |
1 |
13 |
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Year |
WP |
BK |
HBP |
IBB |
W-L |
SV |
ERA |
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2020 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2-0 |
0 |
2.70 |
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2021 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4-3 |
0 |
4.25 |
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2022 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
1-2 |
0 |
6.88 |
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Career |
6 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
7-5 |
0 |
5.02 |
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