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R Top Pitcher Award for August to Sato Saturday, September 1st , 2012 The Houston (R) Mavericks owe Toshifumi Sato a lot for his performance this past month. One of the league's most dominant starters in August, Sato tore up the opposition with a fine 4-0 mark on his way to the PBC Rookie Complex League Pitcher of the Month award. "When you're pitching this well," analyzed Sato, "it's a lot easier to come to the park. I don't judge my performance by the stats, I judge it -- the team judges it -- by the score of the game. I could say I'm tossing electric stuff right now and that would go over big. But if I toss that same stuff -- exact same pitch selection and location -- and they bang me around tomorrow, I was awful. That's the way baseball is." It was Sato who did the banging in August as he tossed up 32 strikeouts in 32.2 innings, holding opponents to a .209 average and posting a 1.65 ERA. This year, Sato has a 7-5 mark in 16 starts with a 3.05 ERA. He has given up 74 hits in 76.2 innings, struck out 92 and issued 30 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .254 batting average against him. |
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