term ace implies one actually just imply it signifies it one so you can't according to the english

language have more than one ace or can can you? Good morning to you. Good. Friday morning, I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh

Sports, and this is Daily Shot of Pirates. It comes your way right early every weekday.

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this. Pirates six, Cardinals two yesterday in St. Louis. Brandon Lau and Henry Davis homering,

Lau and Marcelo Zuna with two hits each. But earning the headlines yet again is Braxton Ashcraft and very much on merit.

Seven innings, one run, four hits, a couple of walks, nine strikeouts.

And all the kid did was pound the zone. 98 pitches, 68 of them for strikes, 12 wh whiffs five of those on a dynamic slider also effective

with the curve four seamers two seamers you name it this was don kelly after the pirates finished off

taking two of three from the cardinals yeah he, he's been great. Again, today efficient,

getting ahead, first pitch strikes, and then being able to put them away, I thought he did a phenomenal

job. Ashcraft's season statistics are that much more impressive. I keep repeating on this program,

I think to the chagrin of some.

The pitching records don't matter anymore. The game has changed so much. The guidelines for

what's good have changed so much. He's three and two. Immaterial. 2.8.9 ERA,

19th best among qualified pitchers in the majors.

And parenthetically here, not very far behind Paul Skeens is 2.62. He's got a 1.03 whip.

Opponents are batting 2.15 against him, 65 strikeouts against 16 walks in 62 and a third innings.

And to throw this in just for fun, the pirates are one of only three teams that have two

pitchers in the top 20 in ERA, the others being the Braves and the Padres.

So can you have co-aces? can you have co-aces?

Can you have co-stoppers?

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