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 | Collins, on Top of His Game, Beats Birmingham, 2-0 Wednesday, September 12th , 1917 Ed Collins had an impressive outing at Johnston Park, hurling the Atlanta Peaches to a 2-0 shutout victory over the Birmingham Ironmen. "He threw strikes and he was always around the plate," Birmingham skipper Charles Hinton said. "The ball was doing everything he wanted it to do. We hit some balls hard, but they were all right at the fielders." On the day, the right-handed Collins yielded 6 hits and tallied 5 strikeouts with 3 walks. Over the season Collins has thrown 262.2 innings and dished out 139 strikeouts with a 14-14 mark and a 2.81 ERA. |   |
