DANNY DUFFY suffered the first-inning blues Monday night at Lansing, Michigan but he rebounded to shut out the homestanding Lugnuts in a Burlington victory.
Duffy gave up three doubles and two earned runs in the first inning and departed after four innings trailing 2-0. Fortunately his mates took him off the hook by winning 4-2. His ERA rose slightly from 3.17 to 3.27.
In addition to the doubles Duffy also gave up four singles. The total of seven hits he surrendered is the largest number in any game he has pitched for Burlington this season. But on the positive side he struck out five while walking one. The walk was his first in three games. His strikeout-to-walk ratio since June 4 is now an unbelievable 50-6.
Interestingly, the last time Duffy gave up more than one earned run in a game was June 14 at Peoria and those three earned runs came also in the first inning. The word around the Midwest League must be "Get Duffy in the first or you won't get him."
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Shipman Another Clean Frame
In Midland, Texas ANDY SHIPMAN authored his fourth shutout performance in a row Monday night by shutting down Corpus Christi for one inning. The Ship did the same for an inning and two-thirds on Friday and for one-third of an inning on Saturday. This after getting one key out on July 7. His Texas League ERA is now 4.89.
White Doubles
In the New Yorkk-Pennsylvania League CHRIS WHITE garned one of Oneonta's three hits, a double, Tuesday night as the Tigers fell to Williamsport 3-0. White is now batting .205.
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