2 STEPS FORWARD, 1 BACK : PITCHER MOORE WORKS ON FORM IN CLASS A.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer It's never easy to be demoted, as Lancaster pitcher Trey Moore recently found out. After being Seattle's second-round pick from Texas A&M in 1994, then having successful stints at rookie-level Bellingham in 1994 and last year at Class A Riverside, Moore was promoted to Class AA Port City, N.C. But he ran into trouble this season, and on June 5, after compiling com·pile tr.v. com·piled, com·pil·ing, com·piles 1. To gather into a single book. 2. To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources: a 7.71 ERA, he was sent back to the Class A club, now located in Lancaster. ``He's been humbled,'' Lancaster manager Dave Brundage said. Moore said he was told the organization wants him to ``work on things.'' Specifically, Moore is being asked to cut down on his stride during his pitching delivery. ``If you get too far, you don't get your arm a chance to catch up,'' Brundage said. Every time Moore goes to the mound mound, prehistoric earthwork erected over a burial place as a memorial or landmark, a defensive embankment, or a site for ceremonial or religious rites. Such structures are found in many parts of the world, but the name is applied in particular to those of North , cutting down his stride is in the back of his mind, he said. ``But there's a batter up there, and your main focus is to try and get him,'' he said. For Moore, the return trip was a chance to work with pitching coach Juan Eichelberger Juan Tyrone Eichelberger (born October 21, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a pitcher for the San Diego Padres (1978–82), Cleveland Indians (1983) and Atlanta Braves (1988). He graduated from Balboa High School of San Francisco, California in 1971. , whom he worked well with last year. ``I know I'm here to work on some things and try to get better,'' Moore said with a tone of humility Humility See also Modesty. Humorousness (See WITTINESS.) Bernadette Soubirous, St. humble girl to whom Virgin Mary appeared. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 65–66] Bonaventura, St. washes dishes even though a cardinal. . Thursday was his second start since coming to Lancaster. By all accounts, he pitched well, striking out a season-high eight with two walks in seven innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . Yet he gave up 10 hits, though only two balls were hit hard. He surrendered a double to Ben Davis Ben Davis may refer to:
Moore, however, was the losing pitcher, which did not concern the coaching staff. ``He did all right,'' Eichelberger said. ``He threw the ball decent.'' ``It's not for lack of talent that he's here,'' Brundage said. ``It's to get him straight, get him some confidence and get him back to double-A.'' There's no time limit for Moore to make his return to Port City. But Brundage guaranteed ``the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. aren't going to give up on Trey Moore.'' In famous company: As solid an outing as Moore had Thursday night, his Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. counterpart, Ryan Van De Weg, matched him. In eight innings, Van De Weg struck out eight, gave up five hits and no runs. Asked about Van De Weg's performance, Moore equated him with a turn-of-the-century pitcher who has an award named after him. ``You mean Cy Young?'' Moore asked. LANCASTER JETHAWKS The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. The remainder of the 1996 schedule for 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 Single-A team with the Seattle Mariners organization. JUNE 15 at Lake Elsinore, 7:05 p.m. 16 at Lake Elsinore, 2:05 p.m. 18 All-Star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 19 at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 20 at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 21 at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 22 Visalia, 7:15 p.m. 23 Visalia, 5 p.m. 24 Visalia, 7:15 p.m. 25 Bakersfield, 7:15 p.m. 26 Bakersfield, 7:15 p.m. 27 Bakersfield, 7:15 p.m. 28 at High Desert, 7:05 p.m. 29 at High Desert, 7:05 p.m. 30 at High Desert, 5:05 p.m. JULY 1 at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m. 2 at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m. 3 at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m. 4 Stockton, 5 p.m. 5 Stockton, 7:15 p.m. 6 Stockton, 7:15 p.m. 7 Lake Elsinore, 5 p.m. 8 Lake Elsinore, 7:15 p.m. 9 Lake Elsinore, 7:15 p.m. 10 Lake Elsinore, 7:15 p.m. 12 at San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. , 7 p.m. 13 at San Bernardino, 7 p.m. 14 at San Bernardino, 5 p.m. 15 High Desert, 7:15 p.m. 16 High Desert, 7:15 p.m. 17 High Desert, 7:15 p.m. 18 High Desert, 7:15 p.m. 19 San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , 7:15 p.m. 20 San Jose, 7:15 p.m. 21 San Jose, 5 p.m. 23 at Modesto, 7:15 p.m. 24 at Modesto, 7:15 p.m. 25 at Modesto, 7:15 p.m. 26 at San Jose 7:15 p.m. 27 at San Jose 5 p.m. 28 at San Jose 5 p.m. 30 Modesto, 7:15 p.m. 31 Modesto, 7:15 p.m. AUGUST 1 Modesto, 7:15 p.m. 2 at Visalia, 7:05 p.m. 3 at Visalia, 7:05 p.m. 4 at Visalia, 6:05 p.m. 5 at Stockton, 7:05 p.m. 6 at Stockton, 7:05 p.m. 7 at Stockton, 7:05 p.m. 9 High Desert, 7:15 p.m. 10 High Desert, 7:15 p.m. 11 High Desert, 5 p.m. 12 Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 13 Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 14 Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 16 Lake Elsinore, 7:15 p.m. 17 Lake Elsinore, 7:15 p.m. 18 Lake Elsinore, 5 p.m. 19 at Lake Elsinore, 7:05 p.m. 20 at Lake Elsinore, 7:05 p.m. 21 at Lake Elsinore, 7:05 p.m. 22 at High Desert, 7:05 p.m. 23 San Bernardino, 7:15 p.m. 24 San Bernardino, 7:15 p.m. 25 San Bernardino, 5 p.m. 26 at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 27 at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 28 at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. 29 at San Bernardino, 7 p.m. 30 at San Bernardino, 7 p.m. 31 at San Bernardino, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 1 at San Bernardino, 5 p.m. CAPTION(S): Box Box: LANCASTER JETHAWKS (schedule--see text) |
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