| Breaking News |  | Sunday, June 22nd, 1958: Burston Blanks New Albany Smoke pitcher Stephen Burston did his job today, blanking the New Albany Dogs at Ballpark of Tampa. He scattered 1 hit while striking out 2 in the 1-0 shutout.
This year Burston has registered no saves in no relief appearances. He has also compiled a 6-3 won-lost mark with a 2.58 ERA. In 83.2 innings he has fanned 47. |  | Wednesday, June 4th, 1958: Zerin's Hit Streak Soars to 25 Games José Zerin ran his hitting streak to 25 straight games today at Yachts Ballpark, when he collected 1 hit in 4 at-bats.
"Hey, the streak is great. I hope it never ends. But I'm not happy when we lose the game," was his comment after New Albany was beaten 4-3 by the Paducah Smoke.
"The scoreboard tells the whole story." J. Zerin grounded out in the 1st, flied out in the 3rd, singled in the 6th, grounded out in the 8th and walked in the 9th.
Thus far this year Zerin has hit .418 with 2 home runs and 30 RBIs. |  | Monday, June 2nd, 1958: Burston Sparkles, Blanks Evansville Today at Ballpark of Tampa Stephen Burston baffled Evansville batters on 1 hit en route to a 3-0 shutout.
"He was able to keep hitters off balance and got the ball down," said the Smoke skipper about his starter's performance.
Burston had 7 strikeouts and 3 walks in the game.
Thus far in 1958, Burston has saved 0 games. His won-lost mark is 4 wins and 1 loss with 20 strikeouts in 37.2 innings, along with a 2.63 ERA. | | | | Team Information | | Record overall | 39-23, .629 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 2.0 GB | | Record at home | 20-11, .645 PCT | | Record on the road | 19-12, .613 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-2, .600 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 13-5, .722 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 7-6, .538 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 32-17, .653 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 8-7, .533 PCT | | Record in May | 19-7, .731 PCT | | Record in June | 12-9, .571 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .277 - 4th in DS | | On-Base Percentage | .345 - 4th in DS | | Slugging Percentage | .406 - 3rd in DS | | On-Base + Slugging | .751 - 3rd in DS | | Runs Scored | 349 - 2nd in DS | | Hits | 605 - 3rd in DS | | Extra-Base Hits | 187 - 1st in DS | | Home Runs | 30 - 4th in DS | | Bases-On-Balls | 224 - 1st in DS | | Strikeouts | 297 - 1st in DS | | Stolen Bases | 77 - 2nd in DS |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.30 - 2nd in DS | | Starters' ERA | 2.94 - 1st in DS | | Bullpen ERA | 4.55 - 3rd in DS | | Runs allowed | 233 - 1st in DS | | Hits allowed | 563 - 2nd in DS | | Opponents AVG | .261 - 2nd in DS | | BABIP | .299 - 2nd in DS | | Home Runs allowed | 23 - 1st in DS | | Bases-On-Balls | 143 - 3rd in DS | | Strikeouts | 327 - 3rd in DS |
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