'HAWKS UNABLE TO WEATHER STORM L. ELSINORE 7, JETHAWKS 4.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - Matt Kata Matthew John Kata (born on March 14, 1978 in Fairview Park, Ohio) is a professional baseball player. Currently a free agent, he most recently appeared in Major League Baseball as a member of the the Pittsburgh Pirates. He stands 6'1" and weighs 195 lbs. has given the JetHawks an edge against 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. this season. But another big night from Kata wasn't enough for the JetHawks in a 7-4 loss Saturday to the Storm in front of 4,418 fans at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Kata was 2 for 5 with a double and a triple Saturday and is 10 for 23 with two homers and 10 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 in five games against Lake Elsinore this season. Despite the loss, Lancaster (22-20) is the only 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 team with a winning record (3-2) against Lake Elsinore (31-11), which owns the league's best record. The JetHawks trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the third when Kata had an RBI triple and scored on a single by Billy Martin. The JetHawks tied the game in the fourth when Kevan Burns doubled to center and scored on a Jeff Waldron single. Lake Elsinore broke the tie in the fifth on Troy Schader's RBI single, and Schader added a two-run homer off JetHawks reliever Jody Fuller in a three-run seventh. JetHawks starter Andrew Good Andrew Good (born September 19, 1979) was a Major League Baseball pitcher that played on the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Detroit Tigers. Reference
--Roster moves: Pitcher John Patterson John Patterson can mean any of the following:
--Matchup: Right-hander Tanner Eriksen (2-2, 4.13) will pitch for the JetHawks today when they end a three-game series against Lake Elsinore at 2 p.m. Carlton Loewer, who is on a rehab assignment with Lake Elsinore, will pitch for the Storm. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Friday's top performers: Jason Lane (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) had three hits and an RBI for Double-A Round Rock (Texas). ... Morgan Ensberg (USC) went 2 for 5 with his 12th homer and two RBI for Triple-A New Orleans. ... Adam Melhuse (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 ) had two hits and an RBI for Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... Former JetHawk Ramon Vazquez was 3 for 6 with two RBI and three runs scored for Triple-A Tacoma (Wash.). ... Eric Byrnes (UCLA) had two hits and an RBI for Triple-A Sacramento. ... John Puccinelli (Notre Dame) collected two hits for Single-A Fort Wayne (Ind.). ... Bryan Fatur (Calabasas/Moorpark College) had two hits, an RBI and a stolen base for Single-A Peoria (Ill.). ... Eric Valent (UCLA) hit his ninth homer and drove in three runs for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.). -Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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