HERSHEY — Nathan Ocker has joined the ranks of Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood. The sophomore right-hander from Middletown High School struck out 24 batters in nine innings on Thursday against Palmyra — but his team lost 5-2 in 12 innings. Despite losing, he says it was an outing he'll never forget. “I'm going to remember it for the rest of my life,” he said Friday before Middletown's …
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Middletown pitcher Ocker strikes out 24 in one game — but team loses
Sometimes it doesn ‘t take long for the excitement of a new baseball season to get derailed by an ugly collision with reality. In the case of the Milwaukee Brewers and their fans, it took about five seconds. That’s roughly the total amount of time it took on Monday for a baseball to travel from John Axford ‘s pitching hand to its final resting place somewhere over the outfield wall at Miller …
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