[0] NEW JETHAWK GETS PUMMELED : HIGH DESERT 10, JETHAWKS 8.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer Justin Kaye was dominant with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Seattle Mariners, that plays in the Midwest League. Their home games are played in Appleton, Wisconsin. Beginnings The team began playing in 1958 as the Appleton Foxes. of the Midwest League prior to his promotion to the JetHawks on Friday. But the right-hander was dominated in his California League debut Saturday night as the High Desert Mavericks The High Desert Mavericks are a minor league baseball team in Adelanto, California, USA. Their Major League parent club is the Seattle Mariners. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and had been a farm team of the Kansas City Royals since 2005 before the switch. rallied past the JetHawks 10-8 before a Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. crowd of 5,408 at Maverick Stadium. Kaye (0-1) went 6-2 with a 1.71 earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. with nine saves and 79 strikeouts in just 47-1/3 innings for Wisconsin, but by the time he struck out his first batter as a JetHawk, the 22-year-old right-hander had surrendered a pair of two-run homers, to Jhensy Sandoval and John Adams, sandwiched between singles by Kevin Clark and Rod Barajas, to complete a six-run fifth inning. The JetHawks lost for the fourth time in five games, blowing an early lead in each of them. Coupled with Modesto's 6-5 win over Bakersfield, the JetHawks (8-8) dropped into the cellar in the Valley Division. ``This is a big series for us. We need to beat these guys,'' JetHawks catcher Karl Thompson said of the Mavericks, who pulled into a tie overall (48-38) with their Valley Division rivals. Tonight's pitching matchup: JetHawks LH Jason Bond (5-2, 3.44) vs. High Desert LH Stephen Randolph (3-4, 3.54); 6:05 at Maverick Stadium. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT Hoover High product Nate Dishington continued his climb up the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. minor-league system when he was promoted to Triple-A Memphis on Friday. Dishington, who hit .253 with 17 home runs and 49 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in at Arkansas, went 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI in his Redbirds debut. The move allowed the Cardinals to send just-signed first-round draft pick J.D. Drew to Double-A. Friday's top performers: David Skeels (Thousand Oaks) went 2 for 3 with two doubles and two RBI for Single-A Visalia. . . . Barry Tolli (Newbury Park High) was 2-2 with a stolen base for the Detroit Tigers' Gulf Coast League The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East, North and Rookie team. . . . Sean Douglass (A.V. High) pitched six innings for Rookie-level Bluefield, striking out five while allowing three earned runs on seven hits in a no-decision. . . . Eric Cole (A.V. High-AVC) collected an RBI double for Single-A Quad City. . . . Kurt Airoso (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ) combined to go 4-6 with three RBI in a doubleheader for Single-A Lakeland. . . . Darrell Dent (Montclair Prep) had two hits and stole his 24th base for Single-A Frederick. . . . Dennis Konrady (Pepperdine) homered for Single-A Kinston. . . . Stacey Kleiner (Taft High) had two doubles for Double-A Arkansas. . . . Jalal Leach (Pepperdine) homered and drove in five runs, while Frank Charles (Montclair Prep) went 4-7 with two RBI for Double-A Shreveport. . . . Ryan Stromsborg (Notre Dame High) homered and Will Skett (Reseda High-Valley JC) tripled with two RBI for Double-A Knoxville. --- Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): Box BOX: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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