'HAWKS CONQUER STORM ERIKSEN OUTPITCHES REHABBING PADRE JETHAWKS 8, LAKE ELSINORE 1.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - Pitching against San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Padres big-leaguers doesn't seem to bother Tanner Eriksen. On Sunday he was up against Padres pitcher Carlton Loewer, who was on a rehab assignment with the Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm are a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and are a farm team of the San Diego Padres. , and Eriksen had one of his best outings of the season to lead the JetHawks to an 8-1 victory in front of 3,862 fans at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Eriksen (3-2) allowed one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in 6 2/3 innings of five-hit ball to earn the victory. Eriksen, who pitched for USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , gained national prominence as a 10- year-old, when he pitched to perennial All-Star Tony Gwynn
``Maybe it was a foreshadowing fore·shad·ow tr.v. fore·shad·owed, fore·shad·ow·ing, fore·shad·ows To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage. fore·shad ,'' Eriksen said. ``Mentally, you have to approach each game the same, but it feels kind of nice to know I went out there against a guy who's been to the show and knows what it's all about.'' The JetHawks led 6-1 entering the bottom of the seventh when they broke the game open with a seven-run rally. With the victory, the JetHawks (23-20) improved to 4-2 against Lake Elsinore (31-12). They are the only team in the California League with a winning record against the Storm. --Roster moves: Pitcher Scott Barber was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks' extended spring-training facility in Tucson, Ariz. Barber, who has been used exclusively as a reliever in Lancaster, will be developed as a starter. Replacing him on the JetHawks' roster will be Greg Valera, who was on the disabled list with bone spurs in his (right) pitching elbow. --Matchup: Left-hander Doug Slaten (4-2, 4.53 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks when they open a four-game series at Rancho Cucamonga at 7:15 tonight. Left-hander Jeff Hundley (0-0, 4.00) will pitch for the Quakes. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Saturday's top performers: Former JetHawk Shawn McCorkle had four hits, including a homer, for Single-A San Bernardino. ... Eric Munson (USC) homered for Double-A Erie (Pa.). ... Sean Douglass (Antelope Valley) improved his Triple-A Rochester (N.Y.) record to 4-4, allowing two earned runs in eight innings to beat Richmond 4-3. ... Eric Valent (UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ) drove in two runs for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.). ... David Lamb (Newbury Park) had two hits and 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 for Double-A Carolina (N.C.). ... Mike Glendenning (Crespi/Pierce JC) had two hits and an RBI for Double-A Shreveport (La.). - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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