Like a fine, reliable old watch, correct timing is everything for steady Joe VanDerLinden. After his usual slow start to his three-league bowling season…
In the Pocket: Guidarelli plays a sweet tune on the lanes | The Daily Gazette
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Mike Guidarelli has played some terrific tunes both on and off the lanes for almost half a century. Despite his age, the 66-year-old part-owner of Sportsman’s Bowl remains one of the Capital Region’s top bowlers, and he’s just as sharp as a businessman and a musician.
Remarkably, Guidarelli still has that magic touch knocking down pins, even though he’s old-school with just one strike ball. You won’t see him with a pair of three- or four-ball roller bags. In fact, until recently adding a urethane ball to his arsenal, Guidarelli used the same ball for both strikes and spares. He simply flattens out his hand when shooting 10-pins.
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Two of the most promising pitchers of the NL East put their stuff on display in Wednesday matinees, striking out a combined 11 over 8 1/3 innings.
Trevor Rogers, a 2017 first-rounder, continued his dominant start to the year by whiffing eight over seven innings in the Marlins 3-0shutout of the Orioles. He permitted four hits and walked one. The 23-year-old left-hander has amassed 31 strikeouts and walked 10 over 22 innings this year, and he s 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA.
Wednesday s marked his second scoreless turn in four starts, and his longest outing as a Major Leaguer (and the longest by any Miami pitcher this year). He worked around a one-out hit by Pedro Severino in the second by fanning two straight, then picked up two more K s over the next couple innings. After Maikel Franco led off the seventh with a homer, Rogers buckled down to get one fly out and two grounders.