RailCats WILLIE GLEN voted NORTHERN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR

 

September 14, 2007                 Contact:  Tom Nichols at (219) 882-2255

 

Gary, Ind.—The Gary SouthShore RailCats Professional Baseball Club announced today that right-handed starting pitcher Willie Glen has been named Northern League Pitcher of the Year in a vote of league broadcasters, writers, and managers.

 

Glen went 12-1 for the RailCats during the regular season and established a new independent Northern League for strikeouts in a season with 162 in 139 and two-thirds innings.  He made 23 starts and posted an earned run average of 3.03.  Glen walked only 36 batters and allowed opposing Northern League hitters to bat just .214 against him. 

 

Glen finished the season by earned Northern League Pitcher of the Month honors for the month of August for the second straight year.  He allowed two runs or less in each of his final nine starts of the regular season.

 

Glen has made three starts in the post-season, winning each of them.  He has allowed just two earned runs in 24 innings, recording an ERA of 0.75.  Glen is 7-0 in eight playoff starts during his RailCats career and over the past two seasons, he is 5-0 with a 0.41 ERA (41 IP, 2 ER).

 

Glen's regular season career record with the RailCats is 32-9, making him the top winner in RailCats history.  

 

Glen was the winning pitcher in Wednesday night's RailCats victory at Calgary in game two of the Northern League Championship Series.  He is scheduled to start the fifth and deciding game Sunday at U. S. Steel Yard if the series goes the full five games.  The best-of-five series is even at one win apiece.

 

The RailCats host Calgary tonight (Friday) at the Steel Yard in game three at 7:00 p.m.  Game four will be played Saturday at 6:00 p.m.  For tickets, call (219) 882-BALL.

 

More Information:  The Gary SouthShore RailCats are a Professional Minor League Baseball Team serving Northwest Indiana and Chicago's south suburbs.  For the last four years, they have been chosen "Best Local Spectator Sport" by Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly.  Their 96 game schedule includes 47 home games at beautiful U. S. Steel Yard, an award-winning 6,000 seat state-of-the-art facility located next to the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) with easy access to I-65.

 

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