I want to know more about Lucas Long

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13 OUTS: 5 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 4 Strikeouts, 3 Flyouts

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Myrtle Beach, 5/15)

IP:l 4.33

H:;; 10 ll(1 Home Run, 1 Triple, 3 Doubles, 5 Singles)

R:l) 7

ER:)5

BB: 2

SO: 4

Pitches: 91 (56 Strikes, 35 Balls)

2016 ERA: 3.95 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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18 (12 Strikes, 61 Balls)

27 (15 Strikes, 12 Balls)

10 (81 Strikes, 21 Balls)

22 (13 Strikes, 91 Balls)

14 (81 Strikes, 61 Balls) *

* Long recorded 1 out before departing in the 5th inning.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BALLGAME! Keys win 4-3! The win goes to Lucas Long. Thanks to the season-high 5,846 fans who attended tonight's game! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShakeYourKeys?src=hash">#ShakeYourKeys</a></p>— Frederick Keys (@FrederickKeys) <a href="

Starting pitcher Lucas Long departed the game after seven innings and picked up the win. He allowed six hits, two runs, one earned, and three strikeouts. For Long (2-2) it was his fifth quality start of the year. Estevez (0-3) took the loss, surrendering four runs on seven hits in five innings. Jimmy Yacabonis worked the final 1.2 innings to garner his fourth save.

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1 earned run over 7 innings.

He threw only 73 pitches in spite of the fact that the defense made 3 errors (1 of which was Long's own.)

21 OUTS: 8 Groundouts, 7 Flyouts, 3 Strikeouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Popout

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Potomac, 5/20)

IP:l 7

H:;; 6 ll(1 Home Run, 1 Double, 4 Singles)

R:l) 2

ER:)1

BB: 0

SO: 3

Pitches: 73 (56 Strikes, 17 Balls)

2016 ERA: 3.41 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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71 (71 Strikes, 0 Balls)

10 (91 Strikes, 1 Balls)

61 (41 Strikes, 2 Balls)

15 (12 Strikes, 3 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 4 Balls)

14 (11 Strikes, 3 Balls)

91 (51 Strikes, 4 Balls)

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1 earned run over 6 innings.

Cruised through 5 shutout innings before the defense let him down in the 6th.

Outstanding strikes-to-balls ratio ...... (65 Strikes, 20 Balls.)

18 OUTS: 7 Groundouts, 5 Strikeouts, 3 Flyouts, 1 Popout, 1 Lineout, 1 Caught Stealing

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Carolina, 5/27)

IP:l 6

H:;; 6 ll(2 Doubles, 4 Singles)

R:l) 3

ER:)1

BB: 0

SO: 5

Pitches: 85 (65 Strikes, 20 Balls)

2016 ERA: 3.12 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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19 (14 Strikes, 5 Balls)

13 (11 Strikes, 2 Balls)

71 (51 Strikes, 2 Balls)

17 (13 Strikes, 4 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

16 (12 Strikes, 4 Balls)

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58 pitches over 5 innings.

15 OUTS: 7 Groundouts, 2 Strikeouts, 2 Popouts, 2 Flyouts, 1 Lineout (Including 1 Double Play)

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Carolina, 6/07)

IP:l 5

H:;; 7 ll(1 Home Run, 1 Double, 5 Singles)

R:l) 3

BB: 1

SO: 2

Pitches: 58 (42 Strikes, 16 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.17 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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17 (10 Strikes, 7 Balls)

81 (71 Strikes, 1 Balls)

20 (16 Strikes, 4 Balls)

81 (61 Strikes, 2 Balls)

51 (31 Strikes, 2 Balls)

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18 OUTS: 6 Strikeouts, 4 Groundouts, 4 Flyouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Popout, 1 Out Going from 1st to 3rd on a Single

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Myrtle Beach, 6/13)

IP:l 6

H:;; 4 ll(1 Home Run, 3 Singles)

R:l) 1

BB: 1

SO: 6

Pitches: 92 (61 Strikes, 31 Balls)

2016 ERA: 3.88 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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14 (91 Strikes, 5 Balls)

19 (13 Strikes, 6 Balls)

14 (10 Strikes, 4 Balls)

81 (41 Strikes, 4 Balls)

19 (13 Strikes, 6 Balls)

18 (12 Strikes, 6 Balls)

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Long threw strikes today ...... he just couldn't get outs.

9 OUTS: 2 Strikeouts, 2 Groundouts, 2 Flyouts. 1 Popout, 1 Caught Stealing, 1 Thrown Out at Home Plate

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Lynchburg, 6/19)

IP:l 3 - PLUS

H:;; 9 ll(1 Home Run, 1 Triple, 3 Doubles, 5 Singles)

R:l) 5

ER:)4

BB:)0 *

SO:)2

Pitches: 62 (44 Strikes, 18 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.30 (Advanced-A Frederick)

* Long had 1 Hit Batsman

PITCHES BY INNING

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81 (61 Strikes, 2 Balls)

14 (10 Strikes, 4 Balls)

25 (17 Strikes, 8 Balls)

15 (11 Strikes, 4 Balls) **

** Long did not record any outs before departing in the 4th inning.

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1 Walk and 5 Strikeouts.

After the 1st inning, he had an excellent strikes-to-balls ratio: ) 70 (50 Strikes, 20 Balls.)

A mediocre outing overall (4 Runs in only 5 Innings Pitched.)

15 OUTS: 5 Strikeouts, 5 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 2 Flyouts, 1 Lineout, 1 Caught Stealing

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Salem, 7/02)

IP:l 5

H:;; 9 ll(1 Home Run, 1 Triple, 1 Double, 6 Singles)

R:l) 4

BB:)1

SO:)5

Pitches: 94 (63 Strikes, 31 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.85 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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24 (13 Strikes, 11 Balls)

14 (11 Strikes, 31 Balls)

19 (14 Strikes, 51 Balls)

19 (13 Strikes, 61 Balls)

18 (12 Strikes, 61 Balls)

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Long's best game of the season.

18 out of the 21 outs that he recorded came via the strikeout and the ground ball.

21 OUTS: 11 Strikeouts, 7 Groundouts, 1 Popout, 1 Lineout, 1 Caught Stealing

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Salem, 7/24)

IP:l 7

H:;; 2 ll(1 Double, 1 Single)

R:l) 0

BB:)3

SO:)11

Pitches: 101 (61 Strikes, 40 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.34 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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15 (91 Strikes, 6 Balls)

16 (81 Strikes, 8 Balls)

16 (11 Strikes, 5 Balls)

15 (71 Strikes, 8 Balls)

11 (81 Strikes, 3 Balls)

13 (81 Strikes, 5 Balls)

15 (10 Strikes, 5 Balls)

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1 earned run over 7 innings.

17 out of the 21 outs that Long recorded came via the strikeout and the ground ball ...... that's 81%. :eektf:

Excellent Strikes-to-Balls ratio.

21 OUTS: 9 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 7 Strikeouts, 3 Flyouts, 1 Popout

LUCAS LONG O (vs. Advanced-A Winston-Salem, 8/04)

IP:l 7

H:;; 5 ll(1 Double, 4 Singles)

R:l) 3

ER:)1

BB:)2

SO:)7

Pitches: 92 (63 Strikes, 29 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.16 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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10 (81 Strikes, 2 Balls)

15 (10 Strikes, 5 Balls)

15 (12 Strikes, 3 Balls)

61 (51 Strikes, 1 Balls)

15 (10 Strikes, 5 Balls)

81 (31 Strikes, 5 Balls)

23 (15 Strikes, 8 Balls)

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15 OUTS: 7 Groundouts, 5 Strikeouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Flyout

LUCAS LONG oo (vs. Advanced-A Salem, 8/27)

IP:l 5

H:;; 5 ll(3 Doubles, 2 Singles)

R:l) 1

BB:)1

SO:)5

Pitches: 75 (50 Strikes, 25 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.37 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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14 (91 Strikes, 5 Balls)

20 (13 Strikes, 7 Balls)

18 (11 Strikes, 7 Balls)

12 (91 Strikes, 3 Balls)

11 (81 Strikes, 3 Balls)

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1 earned run over 5 innings pitched.

8 out of the 15 outs that Long recorded were strikeouts.) :scratchchinhmm: ...... in fact, Long recorded 7 strikeouts in the first 3 innings !!! ) :eektf:

In his last 8 outings of the season, Long ceded 17 earned runs over 44.33 innings pitched, for an ERA of 3.45 ........ a nice comeback after a disastrous middle portion of the season.

15 OUTS: l  8 Strikeouts, 3 Groundouts, 2 Flyouts, 1 Popout, 1 Caught Stealing

LUCAS LONG ollllo (vs. Advanced-A Wilmington, 9/02)

IP:.))l5

H:;))) 5 ll(3 Doubles, 2 Singles)

R:.).. 4

ER:). 1

BB:). 3

SO:). 8

Pitches: l 102 l (59 l Strikes, l 43 Balls)

2016 ERA: l 4.27 l (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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11 l (71l Strikes, l 41 l Balls)

25 l (13  Strikes, l 12 l Balls)

14 l (10  Strikes, l 41 l Balls)

33 l (17  Strikes, l 16 l Balls)

19 l (12  Strikes, l 71 l Balls)

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Excellent 2017 season debut for Long.

He shut out AA-Akron for 5 innings before ceding a 2-out, RBI-single in the 6th.

17 OUTS: l  7 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 3 Popouts, 2 Strikeouts, 2 Flyouts (Including 1 Double Play), 1 Lineout

LUCAS LONG ollllo (vs. AA-Akron, 4/09)

IP:..l)l5.67

H:l);l) 4 ll(4 Singles)

R:.ll.. 1

BB:). 2

SO:)l 2

Pitches: l 81 l(55 lStrikes, l26 Balls)

2017 ERA: l 1.59 l (AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: l 1.058 l (AA-Bowie)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l .200 l (AA-Bowie)

PITCHES BY INNING

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81 l (61l lStrikes, . 2 l Balls)

11 . (10  lStrikes, . 1 l Balls)

17 .)(11  lStrikes, . 6 l Balls)

15 ll (71  Strikes, ) 8 l Balls)

15 .)(11  lStrikes, . 4 l Balls)

15 .)(10  lStrikes, )l5 ..Balls) ))  *

* )) Long recorded 2 outs before departing in the 6th inning.

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7 OUTS: l  4 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 1 Strikeout, 1 Lineout

LUCAS LONG ollllo (vs. AA-Harrisburg, 4/13)

IP:...)l2.33 )  *

H:l);.) 0 ll 

R:.l... 0

BB:)) 2

SO:l.l 1

Pitches: l 29 )(17 )Strikes, )12 )Balls)

2017 ERA: )l 1.13l) (AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: )l 1.000 l) (AA-Bowie)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l) .154 l) (AA-Bowie) ) 11 for 48

* )) Long entered the game with runners on 1st and 2nd base and 2 outs in the 5th inning.

PITCHES BY INNING

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51 .l(4 lllStrikes, ll 1 . Balls) ))  **

15 .l(8  lStrikes, )) 7 . Balls)

91 ..(5 llStrikes, ll  4 l.lBalls) 

** )) Long recorded 1 out in the 5th inning.

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