Brian Duensing

Infobox MLB player
name = Brian Duensing

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width = 200
caption =
team = Minnesota Twins Triple A Affiliate
Rochester Red Wings
number = 53
position = Starting Pitcher
birthdate =birth date and age|1983|2|22
birthplace = city-state|Marysville|Kansas
bats = Left
throws = Left
teams =
*Elizabethton Twins (by|2005)
*Beloit Snappers (by|2006)
*Fort Myers Miracle (2006)
*New Britain Rock Cats (2006-by|2007)
*Rochester Red Wings (2007-Present)
awards =
* 2nd Team All-State
* 2nd Team All-State
* 2001 1st Team All-Metro
* 2001 1st Team All-District
* Collegiate Baseball Honorable Mention Freshman All-America
* 2002 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
* 2002 NCAA Lincoln All-Regional Team
* Dairy Queen Classic All-Tournament Team
* 2003 Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (3/2/03)
* National Pitcher of the Week (5/23/05)
* 2005 Big 12 Honorable Mention
* 2005 First Team Academic All-Big 12
* Twins' Minor League Player of the Week (8/9/07)
* USA Baseball Olympic Team

Brian Duensing (born February 22, by|1983 in Marysville, Kansas) is a pitcher for the Rochester Red Wings in the International League.

High School

Brian went to Millard South High School. His senior year he batted .429, and went 2-2 with a 3.78 ERA pitching. He played in American Legion his last 2 years going 9-1 with 67 strike outs and a 0.74 ERA-- all while batting .522 as a senior.

Nebraska

Brian was a college teammate of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain and Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon at the University of Nebraska. In 2002 as a freshman, Brian went 6-2 with a 4.73 ERA in 78 innings striking out 60 while walking 25 in 18 appearances including 12 starts. He pitched for Shane Komine in the pitching rotation in Big 12 play while Komine was injured. He won 6 games in a row before losing to Richmond in the Super Regional. He helped the huskers reach the 2002 College World Series throwing 11.2 consecutive scoreless innings in the NCAA Regional and Super Regional until allowing three runs in the 9th. He made the start against South Carolina in the CWS with a no decision game. He cut the 2003 season short because of an elbow injury. He went 3-0 in 4 starts with a 2.42 ERA strikin out 24 and walking 6. He became a medical redshirt in 2004 with his elbow injury having Tommy John surgery. Brian went 8-0 in 2005 with a 2.60 ERA in 21 appearances. He threw 15 consecutive shutout innings in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament and helped the huskers reach the 2005 College World Series 50 miles away once again. Brian was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. [ [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1838 Huskers.com Bio] ]

Pro career

After he was drafted he played for the rookie team Elizabethton Twins going 4-3 with a 2.32 ERA and striking out 55. In 2006 he went 5-10 in 28 games with a 3.49 ERA with 3 teams, the AA New Britain Rock Cats, A Fort Myers Miracle, and A Beloit Snappers. In 2007, he played part of the season with the Rock Cats going 4-1. He was then promoted to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings where he went 11-5 with 3 complete games, 3.24 ERA and 86 srikeouts for the rest of the season. [ [http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/meettheteam/DuensingB.php Red Wings Bio and Stats] ]

=by|2008 USA Baseball Olympic Team [cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080716&content_id=3142775&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=USA Baseball names Olympic team|accessdate=2008-08-07] =

Brian was 5-11 with a 4.32 ERA and 76 strike outs in 23 starts with the Red Wings in 2008 before ending his season in order to represent the United States at the 2008 Olympics. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Brian%20Duensing&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488846|title=Official Site of Minor League Baseball|accessdate=2008-08-07] He will be posting "Brian's Baseball Blog from Beijing" [cite web|url=http://brianinbeijing.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/08/beijing_bound.html|title=Brian's Baseball Blog from Beijing|accessdate=2008-08-09] to give fans personal insight to the games from a player's perspective.

On August 16, Brian pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in relief to earn the win for team USA against Canada. He gave up only one hit while striking out three.

References

External links

* [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Brian%2520Duensing&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488846 Minor League Stats]