#47 Jacob Hasty Season 2020
Pitched three seasons (2020-22) before electing to transfer from the university … appeared in 39 career games at LSU (one start), posting a 2-2 mark and a 3.45 ERA in 47.0 innings with 31 walks and 47 strikeouts … a very athletic left-handed pitcher with stuff that is versatile enough to handle any kind of role … fastball has flashed up to 92 mph with hard, late-sinking life, but it is his outstanding breaking ball that sets him apart; his curveball is clearly a swing-and-miss pitch.
2022 Season
Made 13 relief appearances (one start), recording a 2-1 mark and a 3.55 ERA in 25.1 innings with 15 walks and 28 strikeouts … pitched in Games 1 and 3 of the Alabama series (May 6 and 8), firing 4.2 scoreless innings with two hits, no walks and five strikeouts; he was the Tigers’ winning pitcher in the series-clinching victory in Game 3, as he entered the game in the first inning and worked a career-high 4.0 innings with not runs, two hits, no walks and four strikeouts … he entered Game 1 at Alabama with one out and a runner at first base in the seventh inning with the Tigers clinging to a 6-5 lead – Hasty recorded two outs – including a strikeout – to end the threat and preserve the lead … earned first career LSU win May 3 vs. Nicholls, pitching 1.1 shutout innings with no hits, no walks, three Ks … pitched 3.2 innings at New Orleans (April 26), allowing one run on no hits with three strikeouts … worked 2.2 scoreless innings vs. Missouri (April 22), allowing no hits with one walk and four strikeouts … pitched one inning of scoreless relief April 15 at Arkansas, allowing one hit with one strikeout.
2021 Season
Made 19 relief appearances, posting an 0-1 mark and a 4.24 ERA in 17.0 innings nine walks and 15 strikeouts … recorded a scoreless relief inning vs. Arkansas (May 1) … pitched one scoreless relief inning at Kentucky (April 11) … recorded three strikeouts in two-inning outing vs. Vanderbilt (April 1) … worked 1.2 innings vs. Oral Roberts, allowed one earned run with two strikeouts.
2020 Season
Made seven relief appearances on the mound, allowing no runs on one hit in 4.2 innings with seven walks and four strikeouts … limited opponents to a .071 batting average … recorded two strikeouts in one inning of relief on March 6 vs. UMass Lowell … fanned two batters in 0.2 inning on Feb. 26 vs. Louisiana Tech.
Prior to LSU
A four-year letterman at Liberty Christian High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and the Mu Alpha Theta Math Honors Society … performed over 100 hours of community service during his high school senior year, and he made a mission trip to New York City during his junior year to work in a homeless shelter … a 2019 All-State selection, working 43.2 innings while recording 77 strikeouts and a 1.28 ERA … allowed just 18 hits in 183 batters faced … earned Academic All-State honors during his career … a member of the Area Code National Team in 2018 … participated in the Perfect Game World Series and in USA Baseball State Play … named the Liberty Christian High 2019 Most Impactful Player of the Year and the Pitcher of the Year.
Personal
Full name is Jacob Scott Hasty … parents are Doug and Jennifer Hasty … majoring in general business at LSU … born May 8, 2001.
Hasty’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 4.0 vs. Ole Miss (5/15/22); at Alabama (5/8/22)
Strikeouts: 4 three times, most recently at Alabama (5/8/22)
Hits Allowed: 4 three times; most recently vs. Georgia (4/30/22)
Runs: 4 vs. Oral Roberts (3/5/21)
Earned Runs: 2 three times, most recently vs. Kentucky (5/28/22)
Walks: 4 at Vanderbilt (5/20/22)