For the second consecutive year, Dowling<\/b> has had a senior right handed pitcher selected in the MLB Draft. Last year was Tyler Badamo<\/b>.
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For the second consecutive year the Oakland Athletics have selected a hard throwing right handed pitcher from Long Island. Last year was James Lomangino<\/b>.<\/p>\n

This time it was Brendan Butler<\/b> in the 30th round.<\/p>\n

“This has been a stressful week but I couldn’t be happier,” said Brendan Butler. “Seeing my name come up on the board in the 30th round by Oakland left me speechless,” he added.<\/p>\n

Butler is a 6’4″ pitcher that transferred from Farleigh Dickinson University after the 2014 season. After struggling in Division-I, he found his home at Dowling where he had a tremendous season for the Golden Lions.<\/p>\n

He compiled a 5-2 record with a 3.48 ERA over 54.1 IP. He struck out 43 batters and held the opposition to a .256 average.<\/p>\n

Here’s video of him pitching.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics For the second consecutive year, Dowling has had a senior right handed pitcher selected in the MLB Draft. Last year was Tyler Badamo. For the second consecutive year the Oakland Athletics have selected a hard throwing right handed pitcher from Long Island. Last year was James Lomangino. This time it was Brendan Butler in the 30th round. “This has been a stressful week but I couldn’t be happier,” said Brendan Butler. “Seeing my name come up on the board in the 30th round by Oakland left me speechless,” he added. Butler is a 6’4″ pitcher that transferred from Farleigh Dickinson University after the 2014 season. After struggling in Division-I, he found his home at Dowling where he had a tremendous season for the Golden Lions. He compiled a 5-2 record with a 3.48 ERA over 54.1 IP. He struck out 43 batters and held the opposition to a .256 average. Here’s video of him pitching. [youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=In_0kCe5v5k]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[460],"class_list":{"0":"post-117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"tag-archive"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n