STILL ANOTHER STRIKE BY DUFFY
DANNY DUFFY has hit his stride.
Wednesday night in Midland, Michigan Duffy notched his fourth straight blue chip performance, his sixth in his last seven outings.
Duffy shut down the Great Lakes Loons, the Dodgers’ affiliate in the Midwest League, on four hits over five innings while striking out seven and walking none.
Burlington won 5-3 but Duffy had to settle for a no-decision rather than a victory because his Burlington Bees could not score during his time on the mound. Thus he is still 4-4.
But his other pitching numbers, and his totals since May when he arrived from Arizona are definitely on track for a promotion to High-A ball or AA next season.
Wednesday night he gave up three singles and a triple. The Loons scored in the fourth against Duffy on a single, a wild pitch and a single. In the first inning they got a two-out triple but Duffy stranded the runner with a strikeout. In the third they got a runner on first only to have Duffy pick him off, and in two innings against him they went down 1-2-3.
His totals now are these-- his official ERA is 3.17, the lowest it has been since he arrived in May. If you take his last 36.2 innings since his breakthrough outing June 4 his ERA is a SENSATIONAL 1.47. In that stretch he has allowed only 23 hits. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is 63-10 overall and in his last 36 innings 45-5. This is good stuff, sports fans.
Barring rainouts Duffy’s next start should be on Monday in Lansing, Michigan against the first half MWL champion Lansing, Lugnuts.
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WHITE & AGUAILAR RAP BASE HITS
CHRIS WHITE went 1-for-4 and scored a run Wednesday night at Staten Island, New York as his Oneonta Tigers won 5-4. White is now batting .246…. In Hagerstown, Maryland BRIAN AGUAILAR was given a rare DH opportunity as his Asheville Tourists nipped their hosts 6-5. Aguailar contributed a base hit and lifted his average to .167.
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