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CAN's Top Pitcher in July Is Lucas: The Kingston Comets owe Robby Lucas a lot for his performance this past month. One of the league's most dominant starters in July, Lucas tore up the opposition with a fine 4-0 mark on his way to the Canadian Pitcher of the Month award.
"When you're pitching this well," analyzed Lucas, "it's a lot easier to come to the park. I don't judge my performance by the stats, I judge it -- the team judges it -- by the score of the game. I could say I'm tossing electric stuff right now and that would go over big. But if I toss that same stuff -- exact same pitch selection and location -- and they bang me around tomorrow, I was awful. That's the way baseball is."
It was Lucas who did the banging in July as he tossed up 18 strikeouts in 31 innings, holding opponents to a .185 average and posting a 1.16 ERA.
This year Lucas has gone 6-1 with an ERA of 2.19 and has 31 strikeouts in 49.1 innings.
"When you're pitching this well," analyzed Lucas, "it's a lot easier to come to the park. I don't judge my performance by the stats, I judge it -- the team judges it -- by the score of the game. I could say I'm tossing electric stuff right now and that would go over big. But if I toss that same stuff -- exact same pitch selection and location -- and they bang me around tomorrow, I was awful. That's the way baseball is."
It was Lucas who did the banging in July as he tossed up 18 strikeouts in 31 innings, holding opponents to a .185 average and posting a 1.16 ERA.
This year Lucas has gone 6-1 with an ERA of 2.19 and has 31 strikeouts in 49.1 innings.