'HAWKS FINALLY GET BEST OF BLAZE JETHAWKS 4, BAKERSFIELD 2.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer BAKERSFIELD - The JetHawks' struggles in Bakersfield go back nearly two years, but they finally might be over. Craig Ansman's two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning highlighted a four-run rally which gave the JetHawks a 4-2 victory over the Blaze in front of 807 at Sam Lynn Ballpark Sam Lynn Ball Park is located in Bakersfield, California (4009 Chester Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93301 / 661-716-HITS) and is the oldest ballpark of the 10 team, Class-A Advanced, California League. , where they'd lost five consecutive games and 12 of their past 13 going back to 2000. The JetHawks were trailing 2-1 when Ansman came to the plate with the bases loaded. He hit a bouncer up the middle that eluded the glove of Bakersfield second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Nestor Perez. Brian Barden Brian David Barden (born April 3, 1981 in Corvallis, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. He has played as a second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop. , who was making his JetHawks' debut, followed 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 to right-center field that made it 4-2. Bret Prinz (1-0) allowed one walk in a scoreless seventh inning. Closer Jesus Silva pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to earn his 10th save. JetHawks starter Casey Daigle allowed two runs - one earned - on four hits in six innings. --Notes: Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Matt Williams and shortstop Jay Bell will be on official rehab assignments in Lancaster next week. Williams, who's rehabbing from a broken left foot, joins the team July 4. Bell (left calf strain) arrives July 5. ... Barden, a sixth-round selection this spring from Oregon State, was added to the JetHawks' roster Tuesday and will be their everyday third baseman. ... Infielder Dan Uggla was sent to Single-A South Bend (Ind.). ... Right-handed pitcher Brian Matzenbacher will make the first start of his professional career Saturday, when the JetHawks play host 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. . Left-hander Francisco Trejo, whose spot in the rotation Matzenbacher is taking, was moved to the bullpen. --Matchup: Right-hander Phil Stockman (1-1, 3.74 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks in the last of a three-game series at Bakersfield tonight at 7:45. Left-hander Jon Switzer (5-3, 4.74) will pitch for the Blaze. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Monday's top performers: Shaun Larkin (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ) had two hits and two RBI for Single-A Mahoning Valley (Pa.). ... Kameron Loe (Granada Hills/CSUN) earned his first save for rookie Pulaski (Va.)., allowing two runs and striking out three in four innings of a 4-3 win at Elizabethton (Tenn.). ... Jared Pitney (Pepperdine) doubled twice and drove in three runs in the opener of a doubleheader for the Yankees' Gulf Coast League The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East, North and (Fla.) rookie team. Pitney came back with a double and two more RBI in the second game. ... Joe Borchard (Camarillo) homered for Triple-A Charlotte (N.C.). ... Chase Utley (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 ) went 4 for 5 with a homer, two doubles and five RBI in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's (Pa.) 19-1 rout of Columbus. Scranton also got two hits each from Eric Valent (UCLA) and J.P. Roberge (St. Francis/USC). - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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