Stark Wins PCL Pitcher of Week Award
June 1, 2004 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox News Release
Colorado Springs, CO âDenny Stark has won PCL Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of May 24th through May 30th, team officials announced today. Stark went 1-0 in 2 starts, allowing just one earned run over his 14.0 innings of work (May 25th vs. Las Vegas and May 39th at Nashville). Ironically, Stark's finest performance of the year came one start before his award-winning week. On May 20th vs. Tucson, Denny threw 7 no-hit innings en route to his 3rd victory of the year. Stark has previously won the award twice. Both times were in 2001 while a member of the Tacoma Rainiers (weeks of May 7-13 and July 23-29) during a season in which he won Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Honors.
Stark began the season in the big leagues with the Rockies and was sent down to Colorado Springs on April 21st. Overall for the season, Stark is 4-2 with a 3.52 ERA in 8 starts with the Sox. Aaron Cook was the last pitcher to win this honor for the Sox, earning the award during the first week the 2004 season. The last time two Sky Sox pitchers won this award in the same season was 2000, when Doug Linton (May 8-14) and Giovanni Carrara (May 15-21) won the honor in consecutive weeks.
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