Sets Down Eight on Strikes
DANNY DUFFY did not pocket a victory Sunday but he impressed as much as if he had.
At Salem, Virginia Duffy (9-3) fired five and two-thirds innings of two-hit baseball at the Salem Red Sox in a Carolina League contest the home team eventually won 3-2.
Duffy allowed only five base runners and allowed only one of them to reach second base. He struck out six straight batters through the fourth and fifth innings.
He gave up a home run, only the fifth he has allowed in 120 innings this season, in the sixth when Salem took a 1-0 lead but Duffy’s Wilmington Blue Rocks knotted the score, and took Duffy off the hook, in the seventh.
The performance allowed the lefty’s season earned run average to slide lower to 3.13. In his last four starts Duffy has posted a miniscule ERA of 1.35.
His strikeout-to-walk ratio is now 117-40. His eight K’s move him into second place in the Carolina League.
He ranks #5 in the league in ERA. It is worthwhile to mention that Duffy is a year younger than all four pitchers with better ERA’s. Duffy will not be able to drink legally until December.
His 120 innings is the most he has ever thrown in a season. With the season ending in a week, it appears that Duffy will have one more chance to rack up victory #10 and slip that ERA below the 3.00 mark. Duffy’s Wilmington club is affiliated with the Kansas City Royals.
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