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Jacksonville Suns (AA) 09-08-1957
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| Breaking News |  | Sunday, June 30th, 1957: Reading Blanks Jacksonville
Reading hurler Rex Barney put on quite a show today as he blitzed the Jacksonville Suns with a 3-0 shutout. He baffled them with fastballs and changeups, allowing 4 hits with 3 strikeouts and 4 walks to pick up the win.
The opposing manager told reporters after the game, "I think every time we were looking for a fastball, he threw a changeup and every time we were looking for a changeup, he threw a fastball."
In 15 starts this season, Barney has picked up 4 wins while suffering 9 losses. He has pitched 104.2 innings, allowed 96 hits, struck out 53 and posted a 3.61 ERA.
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 | Saturday, June 1st, 1957: NL Starter of the Month Goes to Kume
In May, when the name of Mike Kume appeared on the Jacksonville lineup card it was a virtual lock on a victory. He started 6 times and chalked up 5 wins and 1 loss. With those stats it was a also a virtual lock that he would be named the AA NL Pitcher of the Month.
Kume shackled opposing batters on 34 base hits and a .236 batting average. He rang up 7 strikeouts in 41.1 innings of work, surrendered 16 walks and fashioned a sparkling 3.70 ERA.
This season in 12 starts Mike Kume has a record of 5-3 with 14 strikeouts in 79.1 innings and a 3.29 ERA.
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 | Wednesday, May 29th, 1957: Hit Parade! Ruszkowski Pops 5 Hits!
Hank Ruszkowski was on fire today and sparked his club to a 9-5 victory over the Suns. The Mississippi shortstop was a tough out and went 5 for 5 against Jacksonville in a fine hitting display.
"I got my pitches and I connected. They all found the right holes on the diamond. Some days you hit shots and they're right at somebody...and some days they fall in."
H. Ruszkowski singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 5th, singled in the 7th and hit a three-run home run off J. Unknown in the 9th.
This season Ruszkowski is batting .727 with 1 home run. His totals include 5 RBIs and 3 runs scored.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Leo Kiely | bone chips (elbow) | 8 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 57-63, .475 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 13.0 GB | | Record at home | 31-29, .517 PCT | | Record on the road | 26-34, .433 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-10, .474 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 21-24, .467 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 10-6, .625 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 47-57, .452 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 10-13, .435 PCT | | Record in May | 15-11, .577 PCT | | Record in June | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in July | 12-14, .462 PCT | | Record in August | 9-7, .563 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .235 - 8th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .327 - 8th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .326 - 8th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .653 - 8th in NL | | Runs Scored | 443 - 8th in NL | | Hits | 932 - 8th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 237 - 8th in NL | | Home Runs | 51 - 8th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 497 - 5th in NL | | Strikeouts | 429 - 6th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 80 - 1st in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.48 - 2nd in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.38 - 2nd in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.86 - 3rd in NL | | Runs allowed | 474 - 1st in NL | | Hits allowed | 946 - 1st in NL | | Opponents AVG | .237 - 1st in NL | | BABIP | .249 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 68 - 8th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 477 - 1st in NL | | Strikeouts | 397 - 6th in NL |
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