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Hiarali Garcia

Position RHP
Height 5'10''
Weight 200 lbs.
Class Junior
Hometown Windsor, Ontario
High School E.J. Lajeunesse

Summer 2007: Went 2-0 with a 0.73 ERA in 10 appearances for the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaskan Baseball League … Allowed just one run and one extra base hit in 12 1/3 innings out of the bullpen … Teammate of current Jayhawk Paul Smyth.

2007 (Junior): Made 21 appearances, all in relief … Posted a 4.55 ERA and struck out 27 batters in 29.2 innings … Led the team with three pickoffs … Earned first career save by pitching 1.1 scoreless innings against South Dakota State (2/11) … Pitched a season-high 4.2 innings in relief, striking out four against Kansas State (4/3) … Allowed just one earned run over his last five appearances, spanning five innings.

2006 (At Eastern Oklahoma State): An NJCAA All-Region II selection … A Division I All-Region Second Team pick … Made 12 starts for the Mountaineers … Went 6-3 with a 2.58 ERA … Allowed just 69 hits in 82.2 innings … Struck out 89, while walking just 22.

2005 (At Eastern Oklahoma State): Started 14 games, going 6-5 with a 5.17 ERA … Struck out 72, while walking just 32 in 78.1 innings.

High School: Attended Ecole Secondaire E.J. Lajeunesse in Windsor, Ontario … Led the Windsor Junior Select team to a Canadian Junior National Championship in 2003 and a runner-up finish in 2002 … Played on the El Salvador Senior Men[apos]s National Team … Played one season on the Team Ontario 17 and Under squad.

Personal: Born May 2, 1984, in San Jose, Costa Rica … Son of Giraldo and Teresa Garcia … Has two siblings, Angela and Luis … Majoring in psychology.