BASE | Dons Ink Veteran North Bay Pitching Duo

SAN FRANCISCO — University of San Francisco baseball head coach Nino Giarratano has announced the addition of two veteran and versatile right-handed pitchers out of the College of Marin, with Michael Benz and Nick Roth both signing to join the Dons in 2019-20.

The duo from the North Bay combined for 76 appearances with the Mariners during their two-year careers there. Benz and Roth both posted Ks-per-nine rates of over 8.2 and come to The Hilltop with strikeouts-to-walks ratios of over 2.5-to-1 for their junior college careers.

"We are very excited to have both Benz and Roth in our program here at USF," said Giarratano. "It has always been a goal of ours to do a great job of recruiting…