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Mike Boker did what he had to over three pro seasons

Coming off a blowout loss, Mike Boker 's Bend Bucks needed a stop and Boker delivered, The Eugene Register-Guard wrote in  July 1991. Boker went six innings for the win, including giving up a single hit in the first five, The Register-Guard wrote . "We can hit with anybody," Boker told The Register-Guard afterward. "We just needed the pitching to come through. I did what I had to do." Boker ended up doing what was needed over three pro seasons . He topped out at single-A. Boker's career began in 1990, signed by the Giants as a free agent out of Long Branch High School in New Jersey. Boker started with the Giants at short-season Everett and Bend. He saw 19 relief outings between them and went 1-2, with a 5.50 ERA. He returned to Bend for 1991 and turned starter . He started 14 and 7-6, with a 4.38 ERA. For 1992, Davis moved to single-A Clinton. That June, he pitched into the eighth inning while giving up two hits, both home runs for the win. The opposin...

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