Friday, May 8, 2009

Duffy is Baaaaaaaack!!


Duffy Fires Shutout

DANNY DUFFY once again lived up to his hype Friday night as he sat down the Frederick Keys on three hits and no runs over 6 1/3 innings in a Carolina League game.

The Kansas City Royals prospect struck out nine and walked nobody as his Wilmington Blue Rocks prevailed 3-0.

Duffy allowed only three harmless singles and did not allow a runner past first base as he recorded his fourth victory in five decisions and lowered his earned run average to 3.38. His strikeout to walk ratio is now 33-9.

Duffy retired the side in order in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. In the second and sixth he allowed a two-out single. In the seventh he gave up a one-out single before being lifted for a reliever.

The scintillating performance comes after two outings which statistically were not up to the Duffy standard. In two games both against Winston-Salem Duffy gave up eight earned runs in 10 total innings while striking out just five and walking six.

Tonight showed that Duffy is back in a big way.

The Keys are a Baltimore Oriole affiliate while Winston-Salem is with the Chicago White Sox. The Carolina League is Class A-advanced league.

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