| Breaking News |  | Thursday, May 15th, 2008: Asheville Shuts out West Virginia, Limón Wins It
Paz Limón of the Asheville Tourists was on fire against West Virginia. He shut them down on 4 hits and no runs with no strikeouts and 2 bases on balls. "The first two pitches I'm looking for an out, a ground ball or a fly ball," Limón said. "I'm trying to get quick outs. I've never been a big believer from the very first pitch trying to strike a guy out. Normally, you end up behind in the count in that situation."
In the current season in 1 starts, Paz Limón has a record of 1-0 with 2 strikeouts in 19 innings and a 0.00 ERA.
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 | Friday, May 9th, 2008: Hooper of Crawdads Shines in Shutout Gem
Kevyn Hooper of the Hickory Crawdads spun his magic on the West Virginia Power today. He blanked them on 1 hits, registering 2 strikeouts and 2 bases on balls. "The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," Hooper said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down." Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, the Hickory skipper said, "We got solid pitching, good defense, and we took great team at-bats in a lot of different situations. This was just a solid performance throughout the lineup."
This season Hooper has compiled an ERA of 2.05 with 4 victories and 4 defeats in 8 starts. He has 13 strikeouts in 52.2 innings and has held opponents to a .207 batting average.
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 | Thursday, May 8th, 2008: McNuir Fires Shutout in Hickory Win
Tristan McNuir of the Hickory Crawdads was masterful today, pitching a 1-hit shutout against the West Virginia Power. He gave his bullpen a rest by going the route. According to his manager, "He had command of every ball and every pitch . . . great location, too." McNuir fired third strikes past 5 batters and walked 3 in an impressive outing.
In 2008 McNuir has posted a record of 4 wins and 2 losses and a 0.50 ERA. He has appeared in 8 games and struck out 24 in 54 innings.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 19-35, .352 PCT | | Position in Division | 7th, 25.0 GB | | Record at home | 10-17, .370 PCT | | Record on the road | 9-18, .333 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-14, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 9-10, .474 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 7-13, .350 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 12-22, .353 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 11-13, .458 PCT | | Record in May | 6-20, .231 PCT | | Record in June | 2-2, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .173 - 10th in SAL | | On-Base Percentage | .224 - 12th in SAL | | Slugging Percentage | .234 - 11th in SAL | | On-Base + Slugging | .458 - 12th in SAL | | Runs Scored | 125 - 9th in SAL | | Hits | 335 - 8th in SAL | | Extra-Base Hits | 79 - 6th in SAL | | Home Runs | 17 - 10th in SAL | | Bases-On-Balls | 115 - 14th in SAL | | Strikeouts | 179 - 7th in SAL | | Stolen Bases | 23 - 5th in SAL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 2.83 - 13th in SAL | | Starters' ERA | 2.56 - 11th in SAL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.43 - 15th in SAL | | Runs allowed | 182 - 14th in SAL | | Hits allowed | 398 - 13th in SAL | | Opponents AVG | .206 - 11th in SAL | | BABIP | .209 - 11th in SAL | | Home Runs allowed | 33 - 15th in SAL | | Bases-On-Balls | 182 - 13th in SAL | | Strikeouts | 155 - 11th in SAL |
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