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Hastings
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Two
more pitcher's duels
August
4, 2005 | By Justin Hastings
Fred
Rogers and Will Kenney continued with their dominance in 2005
on Sunday.
In the day's first game, Justin Hastings dueled against Will
Kenney in an extra-inning thriller. The brothers Hastings
had an excellent scoring opportunity in the home half of the
first, but failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs.
Will Kenney would not allow a runner past second base for
the remainder of the game.
Kenney's opposition, Justin Hastings, looked unhittable for
the first four innings. Hastings mowed down hitter after hitter
until Fred Rogers finally earned a base hit in the fifth inning.
One inning later, Rogers and Kenney strung together two hits
and two Hastings walks to earn the game-winning run. The brothers
Hastings threatened in the home half of the sixth, but Kenney
calmly struck out the last two batters of the game for a 1-0
victory.
Game two showcased another of the game's fine arms: that of
two-time HMWL Champion Fred Rogers. Rogers allowed only two
hits over three innings against Tom Horan and Justin Hastings
to record his seventh victory of 2005. His record of 7-2 is
best in the league.
Rogers got all the run support he would need in the top of
the first, where a shaky Justin Hastings gave up a 2-run double.
The two runs would hold up, and Rogers and teammate Rich McMackin
would cruise to a 2-0 win. |
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Justin Hastings has not won a game from the mound since the
opening game of 2005. In that game, his team put together
five runs of support. Since then, Hastings has taken four
losses in four straight starts. In those starts, he has received
zero runs of support.
Fred Rogers took the ERA lead after the day's festivities.
His current ERA would set a new league record, with Justin
Hastings just hundredths of points behind. |
