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-- Baseball America
College:
Junior at North Carolina
DOB:
June 25, 1985
Height / Weight:
6-4 / 202
Position:
RHP
Career Stats (courtesy Soxprospects.com) year team level age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb 2004 NC Coll - 18 8 4 0.667 3.88 16 15 1 1 0 95.0 94 49 41 31 68 2.19 2005 NC Coll - 19 7 5 0.583 4.22 16 16 1 1 0 89.2 73 53 42 43 77 1.79 2006 NC Coll - 20 8 3 0.727 3.47 15 14 2 1 0 85.2 71 42 33 33 90 2.73
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Bard earned the win in UNC's regional title victory over Winthrop on Sunday, helping the Tar Heels advance to this weekend's Super Regional matchup against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. The winner of the best-of-three series will advance to the 2006 College World Series.
A Preseason All-America selection, Bard has established career bests as a junior this season with eight wins (8-3 record), a 3.47 ERA and 90 strikeouts. With only 33 walks in 85.2 innings, he has averaged 9.5 strikeouts and 3.5 walks per nine innings. He has been at his best down the stretch, posting a 5-1 record and 1.56 ERA over his last seven appearances (six starts). A two-time ACC Pitcher of the Week in 2006, Bard has limited the opposition to a .225 batting average.
Bard last summer pitched for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League, going 3-3 with a 1.25 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 65.0 innings of work. He led the league in strikeouts and ranked third in ERA. Named to Baseball America's College Summer All-America Second Team and rated the league's No. 2 prospect, Bard started the 2005 Cape League All-Star Game for the West Division and earned MVP honors.
A graduate of Charlotte Christian High School, Bard was originally drafted in the 20th round in 2003 by the New York Yankees.
-- Red Sox Press Release on the day of the Draft
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