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Aguirre Tosses 9-0 Shutout Against Newark: Josh Aguirre of the Birmingham Barons spun his magic on the Newark Bears today. He blanked them 9-0 on 3 hits, registering 7 strikeouts and 1 walk.
"The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," Aguirre said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down."
Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, Birmingham skipper Daniel Ashe said the team "got solid pitching, good defense and took great team at-bats in a lot of different situations."
"Josh pitched really well but this was a solid performance by everyone," he said.
Presently Aguirre has a 6-5 mark in 11 starts with a 3.19 ERA. He has given up 76 hits in 87.1 innings, struck out 82 and issued 21 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .232 batting average against him.
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"The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," Aguirre said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down."
Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, Birmingham skipper Daniel Ashe said the team "got solid pitching, good defense and took great team at-bats in a lot of different situations."
"Josh pitched really well but this was a solid performance by everyone," he said.
Presently Aguirre has a 6-5 mark in 11 starts with a 3.19 ERA. He has given up 76 hits in 87.1 innings, struck out 82 and issued 21 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .232 batting average against him.
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