Matija Sertić

Matija Sertić

• Bats Left, Throws Left

• Born December 16, 1995

Biographical Information

Matija Sertić has played on the Croatian national team.

Sertić was 2 for 11 with two runs, two RBI and two steals in the 2012 European Junior Championship Qualifier. He made it to the senior national team for the 2014 European Championship. The teenager pitched one game, in a mismatch with champion the Netherlands. He relieved Dejan Marin with two outs in the first and a 8-0 deficit. Nick Urbanus greeted him with a single but he retired Curt Smith on a grounder. In the 2nd, though, he was knocked about for eight runs, including three-run shots by Sharlon Schoop and Gianison Boekhoudt. He started the 3rd by walking Schoop and Danny Rombley but Hainley Statia hit into a force and Urbanus hit into a double play. Darko Kvaternik relieved in the 4th of what wound up a 19-2, mercy rule loss. He did not have Croatia's highest ERA in the 2014 Euros as his 30.86 was better than Aleksandar Kruhek and Marin.

In the 2015 B-Level European Championship, he did not pitch as Croatia swept the field to keep their spot in the European Championship but he did play one game as a position player (1 for 5, R). He played for Olimpija Karlovac in the 2016 CEB Cup, going 1 for 9 with two walks, two runs and a steal but making four errors in nine chances. He lost to the Barracudas Montpellier, going 0-1 with a 7.50 ERA. He was on Karlovac's team for the 2019 Federations Cup but did not play.

A teammate has been Nikola Sertić; it is unclear if they are related.