Pitcher of the Day: Pete Hansen Gives Memphis Five Shutout Innings

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Pitcher of the Day: Pete Hansen Gives Memphis Five Shutout Innings
St. Louis, MO
By Ray Mileur

Pete Hansen did not need to be perfect Wednesday night.

He just needed to be steady.

Hansen earns The Cardinal Chronicle Pitcher of the Day honors after throwing five innings, allowing no earned runs, striking out five and walking one in Memphis’ 5-2 win over Omaha.

On a night when Joshua Báez supplied the thunder with two home runs, Hansen gave the Redbirds the foundation. He allowed five hits, but he kept the game under control, limited damage, and gave Memphis a chance to let its offense work its way into the night.

That matters.

Triple-A lineups do not always let pitchers cruise, and Omaha made Hansen work. But he did what good starters do. He competed in the strike zone, avoided the big inning, and handed the game over with Memphis positioned to win.

The final line was clean: five innings, five hits, one unearned run, no earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts.

It was not a loud outing in the way a double-digit strikeout night gets loud. It was better described as professional. Hansen kept the Redbirds in the game, protected the scoreboard, and gave Memphis a winning start.

That is the kind of pitching line that can get overlooked when a teammate is hitting baseballs into another county. But without Hansen’s five steady innings, Báez’s power surge might not have carried the same weight.

Báez brought the thunder.

Hansen gave Memphis the footing.

The Cardinal Chronicle Pitcher of the Day
Pete Hansen, Memphis Redbirds
5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

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