Tim Persing had pitched well enough for his Kenosha Twins in this early stretch in 1991, but he lacked run support, The Kenosha News wrote.
This night in May, though, he took advantage of the two runs his team gave him and threw a shutout, The News wrote.
"I got a run there and that took a little pressure off," Persing told The News. "I just went out and kept throwing the way I was instead of thinking about not having any runs and throwing that way."
Persing got that win early in his second season as a pro. He saw just one more. He topped out at high-A.
Persing's career began in 1990, taken by the Twins in the seventh round of the draft out of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Persing's name was also misspelled Tim Pershing.
Persing started with the Twins at rookie Elizabethton. He picked up a win in his first professional by going seven innings and striking out eight, The Johnson City Press wrote.
He told The Press he was "a little nervous" for the start, but settled in "when I got the ball down and started throwing strikes."
Persing went 8-2, with a 2.93 ERA overall in 14 starts at Elizabethton in 1990. He then moved to Kenosha for 1991, where he went 11-9, with a 3.43 ERA in 25 starts. He also made the league all-star team.
Persing then made high-A Visalia for 1992 and also played at high-A Fort Myers. He went 7-9 between them, with a 4.09 ERA to end his career.
- Johnson City Press, June 23, 1990: Twins avenge opening loss
- Kenosha News, May 9, 1991: Twins' Persing finally gets some support
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