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Latrobe Lightning 10-01-1980
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| Breaking News |  | Thursday, September 25th, 1980: Orchard Park Beats Latrobe 7-2, Valdéz Ks 16
It was a very special game for Ángel Valdéz today at Rich Field in Orchard Park. He had the perfect delivery. The good fastball. The nasty curve. The batters mumbling and muttering when they swung and missed. And when he needed a strikeout, he got it. In an unforgettable performance the 25-year-old Valdéz fanned 16 strikeouts Lightning and sparked the Orchard Park Blizzard to a 7-2 victory over Latrobe.
His catcher commented, "I don't think I have seen him throw better. His location and command were really something."
In addition to his 16 strikeouts, Johnson allowed 4 hits and 2 walks in a superlative outing.
His manager added, "It's a manager's day off when you get pitching like that."
The Latrobe skipper had no comment that was printable in the newspaper.
Over the season Valdéz has thrown 252.2 innings and dished out 290 strikeouts with a 19-6 mark and a 2.49 ERA.
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 | Wednesday, September 24th, 1980: Nieman Holds Lightning Scoreless
It was a dismal game for the Lightning with Chad Nieman on the hill. The Orchard Park starter was in top form and made it a long day for Latrobe with a 3-0 shutout. He surrendered a total of 4 hits and piled up 11 strikeouts to pick up the win in a route-going effort.
In 1980 Nieman has fashioned a 21-7 mark, 1.82 ERA and pitched 261.2 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .183 against him and he has logged 353 strikeouts.
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 | Thursday, September 18th, 1980: 5-6 Day for Breton
5 hits in a game doesn't happen every day. Latrobe's Alfonso Breton had a very special day against the Aztecs when everything came together for him and he did just that -- collected 5 hits in 6 at-bats -- and led the Latrobe Lightning to a 13-3 win at 33 Field.
"I'm just out there to try and help the team win," Breton said after the game, "I had some real good at-bats today. I made good, solid contact and luckily no one caught 'em."
A. Breton singled in the 1st, hit a two-run double in the 2nd, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, struck out in the 5th, hit a solo-shot off J. Richards in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off S. Ramírez in the 9th.
In his season totals Breton has 15 home runs and a .244 batting average.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | CF Eli Camacho | ruptured tricep tendon | 5 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 72-90, .444 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 35.0 GB | | Record at home | 28-53, .346 PCT | | Record on the road | 44-37, .543 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-11, .389 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 17-28, .378 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 22-34, .393 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 50-56, .472 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in April | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record in May | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in June | 11-14, .440 PCT | | Record in July | 12-17, .414 PCT | | Record in August | 11-17, .393 PCT | | Record in September | 9-14, .391 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .235 - 7th in ML | | On-Base Percentage | .308 - 7th in ML | | Slugging Percentage | .357 - 8th in ML | | On-Base + Slugging | .665 - 7th in ML | | Runs Scored | 640 - 7th in ML | | Hits | 1280 - 7th in ML | | Extra-Base Hits | 388 - 9th in ML | | Home Runs | 113 - 8th in ML | | Bases-On-Balls | 534 - 8th in ML | | Strikeouts | 1459 - 6th in ML | | Stolen Bases | 141 - 5th in ML |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.80 - 3rd in ML | | Starters' ERA | 3.76 - 3rd in ML | | Bullpen ERA | 3.93 - 3rd in ML | | Runs allowed | 681 - 3rd in ML | | Hits allowed | 1290 - 4th in ML | | Opponents AVG | .237 - 4th in ML | | BABIP | .288 - 3rd in ML | | Home Runs allowed | 158 - 3rd in ML | | Bases-On-Balls | 451 - 3rd in ML | | Strikeouts | 1343 - 7th in ML |
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