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That figure represents the most wins by a southpaw since <strong>Zach Duke<\/strong> recorded 11 victories in 2009. The last Bucco to win 12 or more games in a season was <strong>Tom Gorzelanny<\/strong>, who went 14 \u2013 10 in 2007.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Hurdle\u2019s Quotes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On viewing the tape of Jared Hughes\u2019 performance last night <\/strong>(He pitched a scoreless inning while giving up a hit and a walk) <strong>\u2013 <\/strong>\u201cI think we saw some of the good stuff and I think we saw a guy that was probably just excited to be back in the big leagues a little bit and a little bit in a hurry in a couple of pitch sequences. 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