'HAWKS QUIET QUAKES WIN KEEPS HOT STREAK ALIVE JETHAWKS 11, RANCHO CUCA. 7.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - The JetHawks don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. when slugging infielder Dan Uggla Daniel Cooley Uggla (born March 11 , 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Florida Marlins. Uggla finished third in the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year voting behind teammate Hanley Ramirez and Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington will be back from what is expected to be a short-term stint at Double-A El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. (Texas). Apparently, they're not putting their season on hold in anticipation of his return. The JetHawks, who had already lost most of the nucleus from the team that won a first-half title, are winning regardless of who happens to be the most recent player lost to a promotion, and have become the California League's surprise story of the second half. Monday's 11-7 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. in front of 1,116 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium was the JetHawks fifth win in six games, and kept the JetHawks in the race for minor league's best overall record. Going into Monday, the JetHawks (62-38, 19-11 after Monday's victory) trailed Single-A Kane County (Ill.) by three games and had the fifth best overall record in minor league baseball
Jarred Ball went 2 for 5, extending his season-high hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak to 16 games, as the JetHawks had 17 hits. Steve Garrabrants went 3 for 5 including his second homer in as many days, and Jay Garthwaite went 2 for 5 including a three-run homer in the sixth that broke open an 8-6 game. Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT - Justin Frank |
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