Game #101 - Home Game #43 - Tuesday - 11:05
LHP Angel Cuan (8-1, 3.26) vs. RHP Ruben Alaniz (5-8, 4.93)
Today: The first-half champion Gnats look for their sixth win in a row in the finale of a four-game series and seven-game home stand against the Lexington Legends, SAL affiliate of the Houston Astros. The Gnats are 5-1 on the current seven-game home stand.
Now Pitching: LHP Angel Cuan is scheduled to make his seventh start of 2011 today after moving into the rotation after the All-Star Break. He has thrown six innings in each of his last five starts. Just once in his six starts has he allowed more than two earned runs. As a reliever he had an ERA of 3.65 in 44.1 IP, but as a starter, he owns a 2.73 ERA in 33 inning. He has an identical K/BB ratio of 6.33 across his two roles. As a reliever, he had a groundout/fly ball out ratio of 0.95, which has risen slightly to 1.14 as a starter. His walk rate as a reliever of 1.22 BB-IBB/9 IP was the fourth-best among relievers in the SAL. Last year, Cuan was second only to teammate Yohan Almonte in the New-York Penn League with a 2.03 ERA. He was fifth in the NYP in strikeouts (64) and fourth in innings pitched (79.2) and fewest baserunners/9 IP (9.94). Cuan went five innings or more in 13 of his 14 starts in Brooklyn in 2010. Cuan pitched for his native Panama in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The Gnats are 6-0 when Cuan starts and have supported him with 5.33 runs per game (32 runs/6 games), the best run support among Savannah starters.
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