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Millersville

2020 Baseball Roster

Mark Palczewski

24 Jimmy Cain

  • Position First Base
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Elkridge, Md.
  • High School Howard

Biography

Career Highlights

  • Named PSAC Scholar Athlete in both 2017 and 2016
  • Named PSAC East Athlete of the Week on April 15, 2019

2020 (Senior)

  • Played and started all 18 games at first base
  • Hit .310 (the fifth-highest total on the team)
  • Scored 18 runs (the fourth-highest total in the PSAC and second-most on the team)
  • Led the team with five doubles
  • Knocked in 14 RBIs and had 18 total hits
  • Hit a three-run home run at Barton on Feb. 9 to lead the Marauders to a 10-4 victory
  • Had a season-high four RBIs on Feb. 29 at Goldey-Beacom
  • Hit two doubles on March 7 at home against Le Moyne
  • Had a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 29 to March 7, batting .458 during that stretch
  • Season was shortened due to coronavirus pandemic

2019 (Junior)

  • Overcame a slow start caused by an elbow injury to drive in 41 runs while hitting .273 and ranking second on the team with 14 doubles
  • Average was .174 following game one of the March 24 doubleheader at Bloomsburg
  • Hit .317 in the team's final 32 games--a span in which the team went 23-9
  • 11 of 14 doubles, 34 of 41 RBIs and all five home runs came in final 30 games
  • Hit .325 with a .389 OBP and ranked second on the team with a .578 slugging percentage against PSAC East opponents
  • Drove in five runs two times
  • Had a season-high three hits in the PSAC Tournament loss to Bloomsburg
  • Drove in four runs in the PSAC Tournament and had a hit in all three games
  • Hit a home run against Seton Hill in the tournament opener
  • Drove in 18 runs in an eight-game stretch from April 29-May 10. 

2018 (Sophomore)

  • Started 39 games at first base, seven at third base and two as the DH
  • Hit in five different spots in the lineup but found a home as the team's clean-up hitter, starting 25 times in the No. 4 spot
  • Led the team in RBIs with 42
  • First underclassmen to lead the team in RBIs since 2013
  • Third on the team with 10 doubles
  • Fourth on the team with a .308 batting average
  • Became more comfortable at first base as the season progressed
  • Committed just one error in 191 chances over the last 28 games
  • Ranked third on the team with a .301 average against the PSAC East
  • Led the team with 21 RBIs against conference foes
  • Outstanding postseason run, hitting .316  (12 for 38) with a team-leading 12 RBIs in nine games
  • Had at least one RBI in nine of the last 13 games of the season
  • Produced a hit in all four games of the PSAC Tournament
  • Drove in six runs in the tournament
  • Delivered a game-tying, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game vs. Gannon
  • Millersville went on to win in extra innings
  • Broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the 10th against Mercyhurst with a RBI double
  • Drove in two runs in the PSAC Tournament win over Bloomsburg and one run in the championship game against Seton Hill
  • Went 2 for 5 with a two-run double against West Chester in the NCAA Atlantic Regional
  • Posted a career-high four hits and four RBIs in the regional win over Charleston
  • Also scored three runs
  • Tripled in the NCAA regional game against Seton Hill
  • Hit .329 with runners in scoring position on the season
  • Closed the season with a .322 average with runners on base and a .349 average with runners in scoring position. 

2017 (Freshman)

  • Won third base job and started 49 of 53 games at the spot and played in 50 games
  • Hit .265 with a .331 OBP
  • Ranked fourth on the team with 10 doubles and fourth with 29 RBIs
  • Had two or more hits 10 times including three three-hit games
  • Ranked third on the team with nine multi-RBI games
  • Eight-game hitting streak from April 9-21 was second-longest by a Marauder on the season
  • Closed the season with a hit in each of the last four games and went 5-for-12 with three RBIs and a run scored in the NCAA regional
  • Drove in three runs and went 4-for-8 in the last two games
  • Hit .333 against left-handed pitching
  • Hit .351 with runners in scoring position (20-for-57), which was third-best mark on the team
  • Opened season with two singles and a RBI against Winston-Salem State
  • Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, a double and a homer against Charleston
  • Had at least one hit and totaled five RBIs in the ESU series

2016

  • Received a redshirt

High School

  • Two-way standout for Howard High School
  • Named Howard County Player of the Year in 2015
  • Named Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team and Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention as a senior
  • Picked as preseason all-state
  • Picked to All-Howard County First Team as a junior and senior
  • A 2014 NABF All-America First Team pick
  • Member of 2015 MSABC All-Maryland Team
  • Hit .414 with 21 runs, 28 RBIs, 10 doubles and a .494 on base percentage as a senior
  • Hit over .400 every year of his career
  • Batted .422 as a junior and .431 as a sophomore
  • Posted a career record of 12-5 over 100 innings
  • Struck out 47 in 36.1 innings and posted a 1.93 ERA as a senior
  • Pitched a no-hitter in high school play and in NABF World Series
  • Pitched a complete game in the state playoffs

Personal

  • Son of Thomas and Joan Cain
  • Has two older brothers: Patrick and Aidan
  • Patrick played baseball at Ohio Wesleyan and Aidan played at DePauw
  • Majoring in economics

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2016Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'4" 180 lbs
    34
  • 24

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Third Base
    6'4" 180 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    First Base
    6'5" 200 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2019Redshirt Junior

    First Base
    6'5" 220 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2020Redshirt Senior

    First Base
    6'5" 220 lbs
    24