2021 Baseball
Kyle Scott
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Seal Beach, CA
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
Expected to provide relief from the bullpen as the team's closer in junior season this spring.
2022 -- Pitched in 15 games, all but one in relief, before sitting out final six weeks of season due to injury ... underwent elbow surgery ... 0-3 record and 6.26 ERA with three saves and 34 strikeouts over 27 1/3 innings ... earned saves against Washington (four scoreless hitless innings, season-high six strikeouts), CSUN (3 1/3 scoreless innings, four strikeouts) and UC San Diego (one run in three innings) ... did not allow an earned run in three innings against Stanford, his last appearance on the mound for the season ... did not play summer ball.
2021 -- Cal Poly's workhorse out of the bullpen in 2021, making 24 appearances on the mound, eight more than anyone else on the squad ... earned seven saves to go along with a 2-2 record and 3.91 ERA ... struck out 51 batters over 46 innings en route to All-Big West Conference honorable mention praise and the Mustangs' Jim Newkirk Fireman's Award ... third in the Big West with his seven saves, six of them in conference play ... fourth in the conference with his 24 appearances, he twice struck out seven batters in a game (UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara) ... longest stint on the mound was five innings against CSUN, allowing one run and four hits for the win ... also earned victory by securing final two outs in a walk-off 5-4 triumph over Hawai'i ... pitched 3 2/3 innings twice and three innings five times ... earned save the next day in season finale against Hawaii with 1 2/3 scoreless innings ... did not play summer ball.
2020 -- As a true freshman pitched in seven games, all in relief ... 1-1 record and 2.08 ERA ... pitched three scoreless innings for the win against Michigan, allowing two hits with a pair of strikeouts ... allowed one run and two hits over 2 2/3 innings with season-high four strikeouts against BYU but suffered loss ... played summer ball for Willmar Stingers in Northwoods League, posting 1-1 mark and 3.63 ERA with two saves ... struck out 21 batters over 17 1/3 innings.
High School -- Rebounding from an injury-filled junior season, Scott compiled a 1.07 ERA over 19 2/3 innings with four walks and 28 strikeouts as a senior under head coach Richard Mercado at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. ... Scott pitched just six innings as a junior with six strikeouts, one save and a 0.00 ERA ... a four-year varsity letter winner ... helped Mater Dei to a second-place Trinity League finish and to the semifinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs in 2017 ... graduated summa cum laude and was named an AP Scholar with distinction ... also was named team's scholar-athlete four times ... Scott also has played for the Padres Scout Team as well as the SoCal Birds summer league squad ... was a Perfect Game Preseason All-American honorable mention in 2018 ... played summer baseball for Utah Marshalls, striking out 22 batters with just four walks over 16 innings and a 2.79 ERA ... also recruited by Dartmouth, Air Force, Columbia and UC?Irvine, Kyle chose Cal Poly "because of the great coaching staff, great academics and environment."
Personal -- Son of Michael and Kristina Scott ... one sister, Kendall ... enjoys playing the guitar ... wants to "take baseball as far as I can, then take up work in the financial field" ... born in Seal Beach, Calif. ... majoring in business administration.
