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Chris Jakubauskas (born December 22, 1978 in Upland, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
[edit] College careerJakubauskas played first base at Oklahoma.[1] After college, he was an assistant coach for the Los Osos High School varsity baseball team during the 2004-2005 season while his arm was recovering from Tommy John surgery. [edit] Professional career[edit] Independent leaguesJakubauskas pitched for several independent league teams, including the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, the Florence Freedom, of the Frontier League, and the Fullerton Flyers of the Golden Baseball League. [1] He was signed by the Mariners in 2007. [edit] Seattle MarinersJakubauskas was acquired by Seattle from the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball on June 13, 2007 and assigned to the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. He struck out eight batters on August 31 against the Chattanooga Lookouts. In 16 games, three starts, Jakubauskas went 0-4 with 39 strikeouts and a 4.94 ERA in 51 innings pitched. In 2008 Jakubauskas played for three different levels in the Mariners organization, the Short-Season Everett AquaSox, the Double-A Diamond Jaxx and the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. He started the season in West Tennessee but was soon promoted to Tacoma on May 6. He allowed three earned run or less in all of his nine starts, while tossing at least five innings in seven games. Jakubauskas struck out a season-high eight batters twice, the first on May 31 against the Salt Lake City Bees and the other on September 1 against the Portland Beavers. He limited opponents to a .243 average, including a .196 clip against lefties. He made two stints on the disabled list, the first was from June 13 to July 2 with a strained right shoulder and the second time was July 7 from August 27 with a strained left oblique muscle. In his rehab assignment with Everett from August 22 to the 27 Jakubauskas allowed one hit and striking out seven in 22⁄3 scoreless inning on August 22 against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Jakubauskas also pitched for Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League where he went 4-5 with a 5.16. On April 4, 2009 it was announced that he made the Mariners final roster.[2][3] Jakubauskas won his first Major League game, coming into the game in the 4th inning replacing Ryan Rowland-Smith on April 10. Jakubauskas pitched two innings giving up two runs, but maintaining a 5-4 lead as he exited the game. The win also resulted in the first save for fellow Mariner reliever David Aardsma. On August 22, the Mariners purchased the contract of right-hander Randy Messenger from the minors and optioned Jakubauskas to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers.[4] Jakubauskas soon made a return to Seattle and finished the season on the major league roster was 6-7 with a 5.28 ERA for the club, seeing time both as starter and [[relief pitcher|reliever]]. [edit] Pittsburgh PiratesHe was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 2009 off season. [edit] References
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