'HAWKS ARE OUT; MAVERICKS ADVANCE WITH WIN : HIGH DESERT 8, JETHAWKS 4.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer ``Two and through'' was not supposed to be the epitaph epitaph, strictly, an inscription on a tomb; by extension, a statement, usually in verse, commemorating the dead. The earliest such inscriptions are those found on Egyptian sarcophagi. carved onto the JetHawks' 1998 tombstone Tombstone, city (1990 pop. 1,220), Cochise co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1881. With its pleasant climate and legendary past, Tombstone is a well-known tourist attraction. The city became a national historic landmark in 1962. . Not the way they surged in the season's final month to seize the Valley Division's wild-card berth. Not after manhandling 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. six times in the last 11 days and brimming with confidence entering the first-round rematch. But it's the Mavericks who know the way to San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. . Wednesday's 8-4 win completed a two-game sweep and a division championship series matchup with the Giants beginning Friday in San Jose. The JetHawks, sensing the urgency, even unleashed hobbling batting champion Brendan Kingman Brendan Kingman (born May 22, 1973) is an Australian baseballer. In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a Silver Medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. in the eighth inning as a two-out pinch-hitter. Clearly grimacing with every swing, Kingman, who suffered abdominal and kidney injuries in Sunday's season finale at High Desert, flied out to right with the tying run on second base. Three insurance runs in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat all but eliminated the JetHawks' penchant for coming from behind in the late innings during their charge to the postseason. Still, ace closer Don Peters had to work for his second save of the series. But the Mavericks' struggling defense ended it in style, turning a 3-6-3 double play off the bat of Craig Kuzmic with two on. ``We gave this team two dogfights,'' JetHawks manager Rick Burleson said. ``We had to fight hard to get in the playoffs. But in no means is this team satisfied.'' The JetHawks got to High Desert starter Brad Penny early, scoring two runs in the second thanks to leadoff walks. Matt Sachse plated one with an 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 double and Anton French's groundout brought home another. Penny, voted both the league's most valuable player and pitcher of the year, recovered to strike out 10 in six innings, limiting the JetHawks to just four hits. The Mavericks erased their early deficit against JetHawks starter Joel Pineiro, cutting the lead in half in the second and moving ahead 3-2 in the third when Rod Barajas blasted a two-run homer to left-center. |
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