DUFFY DOES IT A-G-A-I-N

DUFFY ICES HOT HAWKS

SOUTH BEND, Ind.---DANNY DUFFY extended his scoreless inning streak to 10 innings Saturday and shut down the hottest team in the Midwest League in doing it as the Burlington Bees defeated the South Bend Silver Hawks 9-2.

Duffy dominated the Hawks, leaders of the MWL Eastern Division and winners of eight straight games at the start of the evening, on two hits over five and one-third innings. He picked up his sixth MWL win of the summer in so doing. He struck out four and walked three.

The Lompoc lefthander retired the first nine South Bend batters in a row and carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning before giving up a two-out single. He allowed more than one base runner only in the fourth when two walks with two outs placed runners on first and second. No Silver Hawk reached third base against him.

This is Duffy’s second streak of 10 scoreless innings matching two appearances June 4 and June 9 against Clinton and Wisconsin. By posting the 0’s he lowered his Earned Run Average from 2.98 to a season low of 2.75.

After three mediocre performances upon joining the Bees in late May Duffy ignited the jets on June 4. Since then over 10 games his numbers are golden – 10 games, a won-loss record of 6-2, only 33 hits in 51 innings, and just eight earned runs. His ERA for this stretch is a sizzling 1.41. He has fanned 59 and walked just 12 over the period.

Duffy’s next chance to extend his streak would come next Thursday at home opposite the Dayton Dragons barring rainouts. The Silver Hawks are affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks while the Bees are with the Kansas City Royals.