A CLOSE CALL FOR STREAKING JETHAWKS : JETHAWKS 6 BAKERSFIELD 5.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer The pitchers couldn't buy a strike with a Visa Gold Card. The normally sure-handed 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 dropped a routine force play. The opposition loaded the bases with no outs down one run. But the team making such a mess for itself was the one celebrating at game's end. The JetHawks survived that ghoulish ghoul n. 1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. 2. A grave robber. 3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. ninth to beat the host Bakersfield Blaze The Bakersfield Blaze are a minor league baseball team in Bakersfield, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Texas Rangers. The Bakersfield Blaze play home games at Sam Lynn Ballpark. 6-5 Thursday night for a series sweep and their seventh consecutive victory. Leading 6-2 against a Blaze team that entered play 20 games under .500, the JetHawks (39-28) proceeded to gift wrap various opportunities. Reliever Kevin Gryboski Kevin John Gryboski (born November 15, 1973 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, U.S.), is a Major League Baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. Gryboski, a right-handed pitcher, was acquired by the Atlanta Braves in January 2002 and traded to Texas in July of 2005 for walked the bases loaded on 12 pitches. His replacement, Aaron Scheffer, threw away a pickoff pick·off n. 1. Baseball A play in which a runner is caught off base and is put out by a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher. 2. Sports An interception, as in football. throw to second for one run, Chad Faircloth singled in another and second baseman Adonis Harrison's error trying to turn a double play cut the lead to 6-5. ``When something like that happens you sometimes just die. You say `Oh my God we're going to lose,' '' said JetHawks right fielder Matt Sachse. ``But we didn't think we should have a four-run lead in the ninth and lose to this team.'' Scheffer agreed, retiring the Blaze's (23-44) 3-4-5 hitters Art Baeza, Tim Flaherty and Don Denbow, on a fly ball to right and two strikeouts, respectively for his ninth save. Tonight's pitching matchup: The JetHawks open a three-game series at Modesto, with LH Brian Fuentes (3-2, 5.13) starting vs. A's RH Kevin Gregg (3-4, 2.76) in a 7:05 p.m. start. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT With Philadelphia Phillies closer Ricky Bottalico making a rehab start for Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre, former El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Wednesday's top performers: Chris Paxton (Palmdale) went 2 for 4 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 for Single-A Delmarva. . . Eric Cole (A.V. High-AVC) was 2 for 3 with two RBI for Single-A Quad City. . . Kurt Airoso (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ) went 2 for 3 with a double for Single-A Lakeland. . . Del Marine (ECR-Moorpark JC) was 3 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Gabe Kapler (Taft) drove in two runs for Double-A Jacksonville. Kapler leads the Southern League with 75 RBI. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): Box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (See Text) |
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