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As one ambidextrous pitcher to another, Pat Venditte has some advice for Alex Trautner.

It doesn’t matter what arm Trautner throws with, Venditte said, he just needs to throw strikes if he wants to pitch for Ed Servais at Creighton.

“Coach Servais won’t blink an eye if you’re throwing in the high 70s and getting people out,” Venditte said. “It’s all based on strikes, even at the level I’m at now.

“If you’re working ahead, you’ll have success. If not, you’ll get hurt.”

Venditte earned All-America honors with the Bluejays before becoming professional baseball’s only ambidextrous pitcher. He is currently pitching for the New York Yankees’ Class AAA team in Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

Trautner, from Danville, California, will join the Creighton program this fall as a walk-on. One of the reasons he picked the Bluejays over programs such as Kansas, Hawaii and San Francisco is the experience Servais had with Venditte.

“Not many people have worked with an ambidextrous pitcher,” Trautner said. “They have people there with an idea of how to develop me and get me better. That definitely played a role in my decision.”