Verbrugge assembled a complete-game masterpiece against North Division counterpart Findlay as the Chargers maintained their hold on second in a tight divisional battle.
In a 6-1 Hillsdale victory, the sophomore righty went the distance with a nine-inning, three-hit gem against one of the most potent offenses in the league.
He quieted the Oilers bats with five strikeouts and used an economical number of 75 in the pitch count while walking just one. It was his second consecutive complete-game shutout after blanking Malone over nine innings in a two-start week last week.
Verbrugge’s ERA over his last three starts is a sterling 1.04 in 26 innings pitched. He has allowed only 14 hits in that span while compiling a 6:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
In nine starts this spring for the Chargers, Verbrugge has a 4-4 win-loss record with an ERA of 2.64. He is holding opposing hitters to a .222 average and has logged 64.2 innings.
Among qualified starting pitchers in the conference, he is the league leader in complete games (6) and innings pitched, ranks fourth in ERA and is tied for second in games started.