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2006 (Sophomore):
Appeared in 19 games, second-most among Nittany Lion pitchers....Led the team in wins with four....Had a 0.00 ERA in two innings pitched vs. nationally-ranked opponents....Was perfect in four fielding chances on the year.
Game-by-Game Highlights:
Logged scoreless outings in his first three appearances of the year vs. Tulane (2-18), East Carolina (2-24), and West Virginia (2-26)....Held tie scores during his appearances vs. East Carolina and West Virginia....Gave up a game-tying home run but rebounded to pitch two scoreless innings after that in a game PSU would go on to win vs. Bethune-Cookman (3-10)....Pitched a scoreless inning of relief against nationally-ranked Arizona State (3-25)....Picked up his first win of the year by throwing two innings and allowing just two hits and one run in the Big Ten opener at Minnesota (3-31)....Tossed three innings of relief and picked up the win as Penn State defeated Pittsburgh in 11 innings in the annual Keystone Classic (4-5)....Threw the final inning and receiving the winning decision in a win over Iowa (4-9), which was a game shortened to six innings....Pitched the final two innings and picked up the win in a 10-inning win over Michigan State (4-14)....Pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings vs. regular season Big Ten champion Michigan (5-12) and also pitched a scoreless inning vs. defending Big Ten champion Ohio State (5-19)....Struck out a season-high three in two separate games: at Furman (3-19) and vs. Pittsburgh (4-5).
2005 (Freshman):
Struck out one in a perfect inning of relief in first career appearance against St. Bonaventure (3/29); Gave up two unearned runs in 1.0 innings in win over Bucknell (3/30); Earned first career win by giving up just one unearned run and four hits while striking out two and walking three over 6.0 innings against Norfolk State (4/20); Gave up two runs on four hits and struck out two at Michigan State (5/14); Gave up just nine earned runs in 23 innings pitched.
Cocoa Beach HS:
Amato had a 1.64 ERA with 72 strikeouts and a .403 batting average junior year ('03); Served as team captain senior year ('04), 1.08 ERA with 117 strikeouts and a no-hitter during senior season, .362 batting average; four-year varsity letter winner, team MVP, Cy Young; All Space Coast for two years; three years varsity for football and one year varsity for soccer.
Background:
Gary Allen Amato was born on Feb. 5, 1986, in Austin, Texas; Son of Jeff and Mary Amato; Brothers Greg (25), Wes (22), Nick (18), and sister Amanda (12); Gary is majoring in graphic design.
