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5 unusual facts about Ryan Vogelsong


Kutztown Golden Bears

Famous former athletes from Kutztown include football stars Andre Reed, John Mobley, Bruce Harper and Doug Dennison and baseball standout Ryan Vogelsong.

Ryan Vogelsong

Vogelsong was acquired by the Pirates on July 30, 2001, along with outfielder Armando Ríos, for pitcher Jason Schmidt and outfielder John Vander Wal.

In a start on May 20 against the Nationals, he was pitching 5 shutout innings when he came to bat against Craig Stammen, who hit him on the hand with a fastball, fracturing two bones and dislocating a joint.

The Tigers threatened to open the scoring with the bases loaded and 1 out in the 5th inning, but Vogelsong struck out Quintin Berry and got Miguel Cabrera to pop out to end the threat.

Vogelsong had a very strong outing this time scattering 5 hits and allowing 1 run in the 6th inning after the Giants set the tempo with a 4 run 2nd inning to break the game open and he created a new career-high 9 strikeouts on the night after he struck out Daniel Descalso with a foul tip.



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