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Orlando Blanks St. Petersburg, 8-0 Tuesday, June 19th , 1962 Today was Single A Placeholder's turn in the rotation for the Orlando Oranges and he made the most of it, shutting out the St. Petersburg Saints on 5 hits. The 20-year-old right-hander led the Oranges to an easy 8-0 victory, allowing 4 walks and tallying 3 strikeouts. "I hope we miss him next time," St. Petersburg manager said. "Placeholder certainly pitched a strong game against us today. He was in a groove, throwing everything for strikes. Throwing hard. Changing speeds." To date this season, Placeholder has registered 7 starts, 5-2 won-lost mark, 2.79 ERA, 58 IP, 27 strikeouts and 24 walks. Opposing teams have hit .251 against him. |
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