Steven R. Cishek is a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 for the Miami Marlins.

Cishek attended Falmouth High School and Carson-Newman College

Carson-Newman College

Carson–Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Enrollment as of 2006-2007 was about 2,050. The college's students come from 44 U.S. states and 30 other countries. Studies are offered in approximately 90 different academic...

. He was selected by the Marlins in the fifth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft

2007 Major League Baseball Draft

The 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, and was held on June 7 and June 8, 2007...

.

He was called up to the Majors for the first time on September 20, 2010. He pitched 4.1 scoreless innings towards the end of the season.

On May 24, 2011, Cishek was called up once again to join the Marlins after Jay Buente

Jay Buente

Jay Phillip Buente is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. He was drafted in the 14th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.-High school:...

 was designated for assignment.

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