Nick Pinto Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 3/18/2024 Sport Baseball School UC Irvine Year Graduate Student Position Pitcher Hometown Coto de Caza, Calif. High School Tesoro HS UC Irvine starting pitcher Nick Pinto tossed eight innings of three-hit ball against UC Davis to claim The Big West Pitcher of the Week award. It is the fifth career weekly honor for Pinto, having won the award twice last year (May 8, May 29) and twice in 2021 (March 22, May 24). In an eventual 1-0 team victory, the lefty did not allow a run and received a no decision in Friday's conference opener against UC Davis. Pinto compiled seven strikeouts in the game and moved into sixth all-time in Anteater program history with 265 career strikeouts UC Irvine is currently 15-3 overall and 2-1 in conference play. Pinto is 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 30.1 innings and has amassed 30 strikeouts this season.