ALL-STAR PITCHING SPARKS JETHAWKS TO EASY VICTORY : JETHAWKS 9, MODESTO 3.Byline: Matthew Kredell Special to the Daily News JetHawks pitcher Patrick Dunham was snubbed from the 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 in Tuesday's announcement, and now he is taking it out on those responsible: opposing coaches. The right-hander out of Missouri took a no-hitter into the sixth inning Friday night en route to a 9-3 victory over the Modesto A's in front of a season-high 4,410 fans at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Dunham, who has won seven straight decisions, improved to 7-3 with a 2.16 ERA. 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 Adonis Harrison, one of four JetHawks to make the All-Star team, led Lancaster with a 2-for-4 night, racking up two 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 and scoring twice. The JetHawks (34-28) pounced on A's starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Jason Anderson in the second inning, scoring three times. Catcher Karl Thompson did the dirty work with a one-out single to drive in two runs. Dunham surrendered three runs in the sixth after shortstop Jose Castro broke up his no-hitter with a one-out single. But, with the game tied at 3-3, the JetHawks scored three in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat . Two came on a base hit by center fielder Matt Sachse, fresh off the disabled list. Lancaster added two runs in the eighth, and Brian Fitzgerald shut Modesto down in the final two innings. Tonight's matchup: The second-place JetHawks play the third of the four-game series against Modesto at 7:11. Left-hander Brian Fuentes (2-2, 5.79 ERA) will face Modesto right-hander Andrew Kimball. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT Adam Kennedy (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ), promoted to Double-A Arkansas, is playing shortstop again. He had three home runs and eight RBI in his first 10 games. . . . Torey Lovullo (Montclair Prep) is third in the International League in batting at .352 with eight homers and 31 RBI for Triple-A Buffalo. . . . Former 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 ace Pete Zamora has dropped his ERA to 0.93 as Single-A San Bernardino's closer. He's 1-0, allowing nine hits in 29 innings pitched. --- Patrick Hipes CAPTION(S): Box BOX: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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