Patrick Schuster of Mitchell High fame in Florida is having a pretty good month of baseball. Schuster just tossed his fourth straight no-hitter, tying the Florida state record and striking out 17 in the process. The 17 gets even more impressive when you remember that high school only plays seven innings.

Schuster has whiffed 60 hitters in the four game stretch, meaning that just 24 of 84 batters he’s outs he’s recorded even put the ball in play. That, my friends, is pure dominance.

In the latest game, Schuster threw 104 pitches while allowing four baserunners — a walk, a dropped third strike, a hit by pitch and an error.

But here’s the quote that got me:

“I’ll tell you what, he’s got command of every single pitch,” Wilcox said. “His curveball, his slider, his change-up, he was just spotting it nicely. He was keeping their hitters off balance.”

I played some decent level baseball into my 20’s and even then, I don’t recall facing too many cats who had four solid pitches. In high school, we were surprised to face anyone with anything more than fastball, changeup and breaking ball. There aren’t a lot of high school pitchers with dominant sliders, much less as just one of four great pitches.

Schuster is signed on to play at Florida next year, but is considering going straight to the pros still.

Schuster goes for number five on Tuesday. The national record for consecutive high school no-hitters is six.

Move over Stephen Strasburg, there’s a new stud amateur baseball pitcher for us to drool over.

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