'UGLY' WIN LOOKS GOOD TO 'HAWKS JETHAWKS 12, STOCKTON 10.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - To baseball purists, the process of developing players at windy Lancaster Municipal Stadium might seem unsightly even on a good day. On a hot afternoon with the High Desert's winds creating a blow-drier effect, anyone who takes offense to arena-style baseball might not want to look. The JetHawks' 12-10 victory Sunday over the Stockton Ports The Stockton Ports are a baseball team in Stockton, California, USA. The Ports play in the Northern Division of the Class A California League and is a minor league affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. in front of 2,242 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium fell into that category. The JetHawks committed three errors and allowed 15 hits, including three homers, but they won their fifth consecutive game and for the seventh time in their past eight games because they had 14 hits, including six homers. The two teams combined to tie a record for home runs in a game in which the JetHawks were involved in. ``Today was all offense,'' JetHawks manager Wally Backman The JetHawks (29-20) remain a game behind Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. (30-20), which defeated High Desert 12-9. JetHawks designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Doc Brooks was 3 for 4 with his fourth and fifth home runs of the season. Conor Jackson Conor Sims Jackson (nicknamed Co-Jack or Action) was born May 7, 1982 in Austin, Texas. He is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats right handed and throws right handed. He is 6'2" and roughly 225 pounds. (El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Quentin, who was second in the league with 12 homers going into Sunday, homered for the second time in three games. Jackson homered for the third time in four games. Keith Whatley (2-4) got the win despite allowing seven runs (six earned) on 11 hits in five innings. ``Crazy stuff happens in baseball,'' Brooks said. --Notes: Backman will miss this weekend's series against Inland Empire series to attend his son Wally Jr.'s graduation from high school. Hitting coach Eric Fox will serve as interim manager. ... The parent Arizona Diamondbacks assigned former JetHawks pitcher Mike Schultz (Cleveland High of Reseda) to Triple-A Tucson (Ariz.). Schultz has spent the past two months in Tucson rehabbing from a labrum labrum /la·brum/ (la´brum) pl. la´bra [L.] an edge, rim, or lip. la·brum n. pl. la·bra A lip-shaped anatomical edge, rim, or structure. labrum pl. injury he suffered in spring training that didn't require surgery. ... Brooks was assigned to Double-A El Paso (Texas) and will be replaced by outfielder Brandon Simon. Gideon Rubin, (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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