Tony Santillan took the mound on May 3rd on the road in Beloit and allowed five runs on four walks and five hits in 4.0 innings with just one strikeout. It was his worst start of the year.
The next time out was his best start of the season to that point. Tony Santillan took the mound at home against Cedar Rapis and dominated. He would allow just one run on two hits in 6.0 innings. There were no walks in the game for the 20-year-old and he struck out 10 batters. He wasn’t quite as good the next time out, but it was close. Against Quad Cities he allowed one earned in 5.2 innings. There were no walks allowed once again and he struck out seven more batters.
Tony Santillan against Bowling Green
Last night saw the right hander from Texas continue his dominant run for the Dayton Dragons. Bowling Green came to town and lost on Thursday night in walk-off fashion. On Friday they ran into the buzzsaw that is Tony Santillan. He threw 7.0 shutout innings and the Hot Rods didn’t even have a base runner until the top of the 7th inning when a 1-out single broke up his perfect game.
Tony Santillan finished the night with 7.0 shutout innings, allowing just two hits without a walk. He would also strike out five batters. Pitch efficiency was huge on the night as he needed just 75 pitches, 51 of which were strikes, to get through seven frames. He also induced nine ground outs with just two fly outs.
Over the last three starts Tony Santillan has thrown 18.2 innings with just eight hits allowed. He’s walked no one, hit no batters and he’s struck out 22 of the 62 batters faced in those three starts (35%). The dominant run over the last two weeks has lowered his ERA to 2.76 on the season in 45.2 innings with 18 walks and 47 strikeouts.