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Ryan Burr Becomes the 110th Former Sun Devil in the MLB

TEMPE, Ariz. – Former Sun Devil Closer Ryan Burr became the 110th Sun Devil to play Major League Baseball on Thursday. The Chicago White Sox called him up from their Triple A affiliate, the Charlotte Knights, on Wednesday and Burr made his first MLB appearance a day later against the the Detroit Tigers.

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 22, 2018

Burr pitched 1.1 innings of perfect relief in the loss to the Tigers, striking out two and tossing 12 strikes on just 20 pitches in an exceptional debut. He allowed no hits and no walks in the effort.