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Barrett Holds Bristol City Hitless Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 Durham's Peter Barrett came up big today at Ashton Gate with an exceptional 1-0 outing against the Bristol City Smugglers. Not only did he whip them, but Barrett held them hitless, too. He brought his "A stuff" to the ballpark, finishing with 5 strikeouts and 6 walks -- a day good enough to get his name in the league record book. "My arm was a bit sore in warmups," confessed Barrett. "Sometimes you go out there and you're not feeling all that hot. You get into the game... and all of a sudden in the seventh inning you look up and see the scoreboard and think to yourself, 'Oh, my goodness, I have a no-hitter!' You're so focused on what you're doing, it just happens." Then he added, "Nobody goes out to pitch a no-hitter. We just go out and try to get a win. A 10-9 win is better than a 1-0 loss. At least the batters are happy with that kind of win. My pitching buddies might not be too happy giving up 9 runs, though. But hey, a win is a win. The key to it today was I mixed my pitches well. This kept the Smugglers off balance and guessing the whole game." Checking out his stats for the season, Barrett has notched 4 wins and 5 losses in 16 starts, 3.70 ERA and struck out 97 batters in 109.1 innings. |
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