One of the league's true surprise packages (a 10th-round pick; 181st overall), Jose has on the whole reined in his iffy control (4.8 BB9) or struck his way out of trouble (8.7 K9) to earn the distinction of becoming the EL's first-ever 20-game winner.
And he did so in style.
He did, however, have to share a sliver of the spotlight with Ryan Bowen of the AGs, who matched his performance against the Cuban Stars East to move to 12-9 on the season.
Meanwhile, Birmingham and Kansas City played out one of the games of the season, a 21-inning beauty that saw the visiting Black Barons score 5 in the top 21st to finally win it 8-3. Monarchs 1B Ricky Jordan took advantage of the extra ABs to go 5-for-10 in a losing cause, whilst Birmingham's Onix Concepcion had 4 doubles and 3 RBI.
