'HAWKS CLOSER GETS JOB DONE JETHAWKS 3, R CUCAMONGA 2.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - Jason Bulger Jason Patrick Bulger (born December 6, 1978 in Lawrenceville, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Bulger played collegiate baseball at Valdosta (GA) State University. pumped his fist and charged into a fist-bumping JetHawks dugout dugout: see canoe. . The JetHawks closer's job wasn't done. But after striking out Ryan Budde Ryan Dean Budde (born August 15, 1979, in Midwest City, Oklahoma) is a professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He is currently the team's back-up catcher. with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning of a one-run game after falling behind in the count, Bulger was in no mood to contain his emotion. Bulger then pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and have been a farm team of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2001. at Lancaster Municipal Stadium on Monday. ``I was just fired up,'' Bulger said. ``When you get a big out like that, the emotions start to flow.'' Bulger came into the game in the eighth with runners at first and third and one out to face the hot-hitting Greg Porter, who was hitting .476 (10 for 21) over his last five games. Bulger induced Porter to foul out to third base, and then after issuing an unintentional-intentional walk to Jared Abruzzo, he struck out Budde. Bulger got a called second strike on the inside corner on a pitch clocked at 97 mph, and then got Budde swinging at an inside fastball. ``That's probably my biggest (out) so far this year,'' said Bulger, a former first-round pick who missed a year because of an elbow injury before being sent to Lancaster earlier in the month. Bulger's outing helped the JetHawks (24-19) close to within two games of first-place 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. (27-17) and move into a tie for second place with Lake Elsinore (24-19), which lost 6-3 to High Desert. --Notes: Corey Myers went 1 for 3 and has hit safely in all 10 games since being assigned to Lancaster and 43 of his last 44 California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth games going back to 2002. ... Injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. pitcher Jered Liebeck, who's on the disabled list with an elbow injury, started a throwing program Monday. Gideon Rubin, (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR LEAGUE REPORT - Justin Frank |
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