Cutters' Stutes earns a win and a promotion
Despite 13 straight scoreless innings, two straight wins, 31 strikeouts with 11 walks, and an ERA that has dipped down to 1.33, Mike Stutes isn’t satisfied. Not even after he was rewarded for six scoreless, two-hit innings at Bowman Field Monday with a promotion to low-A Lakewood, minutes after the Williamsport Crosscutters sealed their 2-0, series-clinching win over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. But, judging by his glowing grin as he cleared his locker, Stutes will enjoy the journey, even if he’s not where he wants to be just yet. “From the minute you come in here, you’re hoping to move up as fast as you can,” said Stutes (2-1), who has been frustrated only by a tendency to work deep into counts after getting ahead. “That’s the goal coming into it. You can’t really second-guess yourself. Obviously, they think I’m doing something right. They’ve been in it for a long time, and hopefully they’re right.
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