'HAWKS BULLPEN FALTERS IN DEFEAT HIGH DESERT 10, LANCASTER 9.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer ADELANTO - The JetHawks' bullpen has been a key factor in their remarkable turnaround this season, but that fact wasn't apparent Tuesday. With closer Brandon Medders Brandon Edward Medders is a baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks franchise. He was born on January 26, 1980 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Medders debuted for the Diamondbacks in 2005, going 4-1 with a 1.78 ERA and 31 strikeouts. on the shelf after pitching two consecutive days, setup man Joey Cramblitt allowed a decisive two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to Derry Hammond in a 10-9 loss to 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. in front of 1,393 at Maverick Stadium Maverick Stadium is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose stadium on the western edge of University of Texas at Arlington campus. It hosts the university's track and field teams as well as many community events, and is also leased to the Arlington Independent School District for use . The JetHawks' bullpen had already blown a four-run lead in the bottom of the seventh, but Lancaster took a 9-8 lead in the top of the ninth on Josh Kroeger's two-run double. The JetHawks were 45-1 when leading after eight innings entering the game. Lancaster (32-27, 55-74) entered the game alone in first place in the Southern Division standings, a half-game ahead of both Lake Elsinore and San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. . The loss also dropped the team to 2 1/2 games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. the Mavericks in the wild-card race, which is determined by overall records. Corey Myers extended his JetHawks franchise-record hitting streak to 24 games. --Matchup: Right-hander Edgar Gonzalez (1-0, 1.29 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks in the last of a three-game road series against High Desert tonight at 7. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Monday's top performers: Scott Dragicevich (Westlake) had two hits and two 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 for rookie Medicine Hat (Alberta). ... Phil Avlas (Kennedy) had a base hit and two RBI for rookie Missoula (Mont.). ... Joel Kirsten (Notre Dame/Pierce JC) threw a scoreless inning of relief for rookie Pulaski (Va.). ... Shaun Larkin (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ) homered for Single-A Mahoning Valley (Ohio). ... Chris Seddon (Canyon) improved his Single-A Charleston (S.C.) record to 6-7, allowing one unearned run with seven strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings to beat Kannapolis 6-1. ... Chris Testa (Palmdale) had two hits and an RBI for Single-A Asheville (N.C.). ... Danny Garcia (Pepperdine) had three hits, two runs scored and an RBI for Single-A St. Lucie (Fla.). ... Jack Cassel (Kennedy) threw two scoreless innings for Single-A Lake Elsinore. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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