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The Twins signed four more players from last week's First-Year Player Draft, including seventh-round pick Dan Osterbrock.
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07/24/2008 10:19 PM ET
Osterbrock has night of strikeouts First-year professional fans dozen Greeneville hitters By Alan Friedman / Special to MLB.com Dan Osterbrock has only pitched in seven games as a professional, but he's already setting the bar pretty high. The 21-year-old lefty fanned a career-high 12 batters over seven one-hit innings as the host Elizabethton Twins beat the Greeneville Astros, 6-1, on Thursday. Osterbrock (3-2), who was selected in the seventh round by the Minnesota Twins out of the University of Cincinnati in last month's First-Year Player Draft, issued two walks to go along with his dozen strikeouts. He lowered his ERA to 3.12. "Pretty much everything was working for me -- fastball, slider, change," he said. "I was locating my pitches and keeping them low." Osterbrock has 50 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings this season. In his previous outing, he fanned 10 over six innings in a 4-3 loss to the Pulaski Mariners. But the recent rash of strikeouts apparently can't be attributed to a change in his style. "I haven't changed anything since college," he said. "A lot of the guys up here are first-pitch fastball hitters, so I've tried to start with offspeed pitches to keep them off balance. "One of the things I've learned is that having a change is pretty important because most guys like to hit the fastball," Osterbrock added. He hurled a three-hit complete game July 5 in a 6-3 win over the Bristol Sox. But he noted it wasn't a guarantee of continued success. "I went out after that game and had back-to-back losses," Osterbrock said. "A game like tonight is definitely a confidence-builder, but you've got to come out the next game and just keep plugging away." The only hit he surrendered Thursday was a third-inning single by Jorge De Leon. The Twins (20-14) racked up 14 strikeouts overall. Relievers Steven Blevins and Mark Hamburger, who tossed one inning apiece, each fanned one. Elizabethton broke open a scoreless game with five runs in the sixth. Jonathan Waltenbury smacked an RBI triple, Michael Harrington had a run-scoring double and Jeff Lanning plated a run with a single in the rally. Henry Villar (1-3) allowed three runs on six hits, fanning seven without a walk over 5 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Astros (18-18). Greeneville's only other hit of the night was Ebert Rosario's RBI single in the ninth. Alan Friedman is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. |
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Elizabethton pitcher Dan Osterbrock (Twins) had his sixth-consecutive quality start last night against Princeton (Rays). The 6-foot-3 lefthander out of
Cincinnati went 7 1/3 innings and gave up two runs on seven hits. He didn't walk anyone and struck out 10-his fifth double-digit strikeout performance in
his first 12 appearances as a professional. Osterbrock is now 7-2 with a 3.08 ERA and 100 strikeouts and just eight walks over 73 innings. --- bba
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[Dan] Osterbrock, a seventh-round pick by Minnesota in June, was named [Appy League] Pitcher of the Year. The University of Cincinnati product leads the league
with 100 strikeouts and 73 innings pitched and ranks second with seven wins. The 21-year-old southpaw is 7-2 with a 3.08 ERA in a dozen starts, was named
Pitcher of the Week on July 7 and has held opponents to a .239 batting average.
Osterbrock struck out 12 batters in consecutive starts on July 24-30. He's fanned at least 10 in five of his last seven starts, allowing 15 earned runs in that span. Osterbrock struck out 12 batters in consecutive starts on July 24-30. He's fanned at least 10 in five of his last seven starts, allowing 15 earned runs in that span. --- MiLB |
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