'HAWKS FALL SHORT IN BID FOR CROWN MODESTO 4, JETHAWKS 3.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - The storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. season didn't quite have the storybook finish the JetHawks were seeking. The JetHawks only could watch as Modesto left fielder Brian Stavisky threw the ball into the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley sky and then rushed toward a pile of teammates near the pitcher's mound at Lancaster Municipal Stadium after recording the final out of the A's 4-3 victory in the decisive fifth of the 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 championship series. The JetHawks, who later this week will be named Sporting News' minor-league Team Noun 1. minor-league team - a team that plays in a minor league minor-league club farm club, farm team - a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball) team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports) of the Year, reached the championship series for the first time in their nine-year history. Modesto, which is rumored to announce an ending of its 30-year affiliation with Oakland, won its first league title in 20 years. ``It's tough,'' JetHawks outfielder Jay Garthwaite said. ``Any time you work this hard and you get this far and you end up losing, it's really hard.'' The JetHawks, an offensive power throughout the season, weren't able to get much going Monday. By the time they did, the A's had taken a 4-0 lead off JetHawks starter Adam Bass (1-1), who allowed four runs on five hits in four innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . The JetHawks bullpen combined to shut out Modesto the rest of the way. But the A's already had all the runs they would need. ``We were supposed to win. I think we were favorites,'' JetHawks closer Justin Wechsler said. ``They had guys pitch when they needed to. They got a lead and they kept it.'' Lancaster was held hitless until Jay Garthwaite hit 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 to left with two outs in the fourth. Garthwaite scored on a Sean Luellwitz single, and the JetHawks had their best scoring threat when Phil Avlas followed with a double that put the tying runs in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on . The JetHawks were unable to capitalize when Jarred Ball popped out to second. The JetHawks wouldn't get another runner into scoring position until one out in the ninth, when Jon Zeringue hit a fly to right that Jason Perry misjudged. The ball bounced over the fence for a ground-rule double. Zeringue scored on Luellwitz's double, but Modesto closer Jeff Coleman induced Avlas to fly out to Stavisky in left. ``I was happy that we gave ourselves an opportunity to win,'' JetHawks manager Wally Backman Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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