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EL's Best Starter is Ramírez Thursday, May 1st , 2042 The South Caldwell HS Spartans owe Manuel Ramírez a lot for his performance this past month. One of the league's most dominant starters in April, Ramírez tore up the opposition with a fine 3-0 mark on his way to the Eastern League Pitcher of the Month award. "When you're pitching this well," analyzed Ramírez, "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 Ramírez who did the banging in April as he tossed up 13 strikeouts in 21.1 innings, holding opponents to a .224 average and posting a 0.42 ERA. This year, Ramírez has made 10 starts, thrown 48.1 innings, fanned 29 batters and walked 15. His won-lost record is 3-3 with a 1.49 ERA. |
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