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As he has throughout his career, Kirk Rueter continually pitched out of trouble. The left-hander gave up nine hits in six innings and retired the side in order once, but made the tough pitches when he had to. That explains why a pitcher few give much thought to can have the eighth-best career winning percentage among active pitchers.

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