Lukas Pirko

Career Honors:
• Named a Second Team Freshman All-American by D1Baseball
• 2024 Second Team All-WAC selection
• Played for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League (2024)

2025 Season (Sophomore/2nd Yr.):
• Made 18 appearances and four starts
• Tossed 36 innings and struck out 30 batters
• Went 0-4 with a 7.25 ERA and three saves
• Whiffed seven in his Red Raider debut at No. 6 UNC (Feb. 15) when he threw 5.1 innings of three-hit one-run ball
• Struck out three in two innings pitched against No. 10 Oklahoma (Apr. 1)
• Fanned four in 3.1 innings of one-run ball against Cincinnati (Apr. 4)
• Earned his first of three saves and struck out three allowing just one hit in the Red Raiders 9-2 win at ACU (Apr. 21)
• Struck out two batters in 1.1 scoreless against Arizona (Apr. 27)
• Tossed a scoreless inning and struck out a batter in Game Two of the BYU series (May 16)
• Recorded the final two outs of the Red Raiders 7-4 win at BYU to earn his third and final save (May 17).

PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH:

Cape Cod League (Summer 2024):
• Pitched for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League
• Pitched 10 innings and struck out 15 batters
• Walked just four batters
• Did not record a decision and pitched to a 5.40 ERA.

California Baptist (2024):
2024 Season:
• Pitched in 15 games and made 14 starts finishing with a 5-3 record
• Fired 72.2 innings and struck out 76
• Had just 22 total walks
• Pitched at least six innings in four of his 14 starts
• Allowed one run or fewer in seven of his 15 appearances and in six starts
• Made his collegiate debut against Pepperdine (Feb. 16), tossing 4.2 innings of one run ball with five strikeouts
• Struck out eight in 6.1 three-run innings against UC Riverside (Feb. 23) to earn his first collegiate win
• Allowed just one run in six innings against UC Davis (Mar. 1)
• Whiffed a then career-high 10 in five one-run innings against UCONN (Mar. 15)
• Scattered two hits and walked just one, in six shutout innings against SFA (Apr. 12)
• Punched out eight in six two-run innings in the win over Utah Valley (Apr. 26)
• Fanned a career-best 11 in 5.1 innings in the Lancers 6-5 victory over UTRGV (May 10)
• Rebounded from his worst start of the season to pitch into the sixth against Tarleton State (May 22) at the WAC Tournament.

High School:
Attended Vista Murrietta High School…was coached by George Jones… Pitcher of the Year junior and senior year…participated in summer ball with CBA…was coached by Mike Roberts.

Personal:
Raised in Murrietta, California…son of Emy Pirko...brother to Niko and Emily Pirko…has two dogs named Bolt and Thunder…majoring in Kinesiology.

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