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 | Thursday, August 28th, 2008: Asheville Wins, Blanks Columbus It was a smooth and solid performance by Tokutomi Yamanaka of the Asheville Smokies against Columbus today. He crafted a fine 5-hitter in blanking them 9-0 and chalked up 5 strikeouts and no walks along the way.
"It certainly makes my job easy," said the Asheville skipper. "When my pitcher pitches a shutout. I can just sit back, watch, and enjoy."
Yamanaka has a 20-5 season record so far. In 29 starts, he has fanned 143 batters in 223.1 innings with a 2.74 ERA. | |
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