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Minooka Sophomore Fires No-Hitter in Opener
Miguel Ruiz was on top of his game in the season-opener for Minooka Community High School's sophomore baseball team.
Talk about starting the season off with a bang.
Minooka Community High School's Miguel Ruiz tossed a no-hitter in the Indians' 7-1 baseball victory over Plainfield Central on Tuesday (April 2) in the season-opener for Minooka's sophomore team.
Plainfield Central took advantage of two Minooka errors in the first inning to score its only run. Otherwise, Ruiz had his way with the Wildcats in a dominating performance.
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He struck out seven, walked two and hit one batter.
"He had good command of all three of his pitches," Minooka sophomore coach Trent Bontrager said. "Plainfield Central literally did not hit the ball out of the infield the entire game.
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"All of their outs were either strikeouts or groundballs. We did turn one double play."
Ruiz faced 25 batters. He threw 61 strikes and 34 balls.
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