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Nakamura Fires Shutout in New Orleans Victory: Today was Hiro Nakamura's turn in the rotation for the New Orleans Rougarous and he made the most of it, shutting out the Death Valley Scorpions on 7 hits.

The 27-year-old right-hander led the Rougarous to an easy 8-0 victory, allowing 1 walk and tallying 8 strikeouts.

"I hope we miss him next time," Death Valley manager said. "Nakamura certainly pitched a strong game against us today. He was in a groove, throwing everything for strikes. Throwing hard. Changing speeds."

This season Nakamura has crafted a 6-5 mark with a 4.93 ERA in 76.2 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .300 against him and he has 66 strikeouts.

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