Baseball continues despite the federal holiday as the Gwinnett Stripers host the Durham Bulls.
(73-56) Durham Bulls @ (58-73 Gwinnett Stripers)
DUR: TBD
GWI: JR Ritchie (3-1, 3.62 ERA)
JR Ritchie gets the ball in today’s special Labor Day game as the Stripers host the Bulls. JR is coming off of arguably one of his best starts as a professional (6IP 1H 0R 2BB 11K) last week against the Norfolk Tide where Ritchie did not have the same troubles putting batters away, leaning on his two seam, and cutter. He will be looking for revenge as the last time
out against the Bulls on August 1st, Ritchie gave up four earned runs and five walks over 4.2 innings of work (4.2IP 5H 4ER 5BB 6K).
The Stripers will need a little more help with runners on, as yesterday they stranded seven runners, and went 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position, but more importantly had just two extra-base hits (two doubles), despite 10 hits. Luke Waddell, however, was on top of it with three hits yesterday, including a two strikes hustle double. Luke’s season has been a bit under the radar because of the lack of power numbers, but for the season he is hitting .289/.384/.371 with a 14.5% strikeout rate, and 13.1% walk rate.
