AT THE PLATE, SLEDGE MAKES THINGS HAPPEN A MORE AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE IS PAYING OFF.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer LANCASTER -In hindsight, Terrmel Sledge Terrmel Sledge (born March 18, 1977 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres. Sledge is an outfielder whose career began in 2004 with the Montreal Expos. calls it an obvious solution. ``Everyone knew it,'' he said. He just wishes he had figured it out sooner. More than a month after a conversation with manager Mark Parent about being an aggressive hitter, Sledge is reaping the benefits. Sledge followed a home run Tuesday by hitting a pair of two-run home runs Wednesday as part of a 3-for-4 performance. His four 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 the game gave him 70 for the season, ranking him third on the team. Before his three home runs in two days, Sledge had just six all season. ``I'm being more aggressive at the plate,'' he said. ``That's the main thing. I'm going up there hacking, looking to hit and going after pitches.'' --No place like home: The three-game series against 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. started an 11-game homestand for the JetHawks. After that, Lancaster has just three more home games during the regular season. That could be bad news for the league leaders, who returned home having lost all six games on a road trip to Modesto and Bakersfield. Wednesday's victory against second-place San Bernardino extended the JetHawks' home winning steak to 15 games, leaving them with just one home loss in the second half. ``I 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. what it is,'' Sledge said. ``Home sweet home, I guess.'' --Getting a break: With two out in the second inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. , the Stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. appeared to have Harvey Hargrove caught off first base, but when first baseman Pete Paciorek began chasing him toward second, he opted to throw to third in an attempt to get Scott Maynard. However, Paciorek's throw was wild, allowing both runners to advance safely instead of ending the inning. The error allowed Lancaster to score four runs. Freddy May singled in both Hargrove and Maynard and Slegde followed with his second home run of the game. More sloppy play by the Stampede in the sixth led to two more Lancaster runs. A throwing error on Peanut peanut, name for a low, annual leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and for its edible seeds. Native to South America and cultivated there for millenia, it is said to have been introduced to Africa by early explorers, Williams' double to right allowed him to advance to third base and he scored a batter later on a wild pitch. --First isn't always best: When the JetHawks took a 3-0 lead in the first inning Wednesday, they knew better than to feel comfortable. In nine of the previous 12 meetings between Lancaster and San Bernardino, the team that scored first lost. The Stampede tried to make the trend continue as it kept chipping away at Lancaster's lead, including two runs in the ninth. A night earlier, the JetHawks had let the game slip away by giving up two runs in the ninth at Bakersfield. --Not-so-warm welcome: Allan Simpson Allan Simpson (b. August 26, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, and Milwaukee Brewers. Career Simpson made his Major League debut on May 17, 2004. made his first appearance Wednesday since being activated from the disabled list on Tuesday. The right-hander lasted just a third of an inning, giving up a hit and a walk. He was charged with both runs in the ninth inning. --Making himself at home: San Bernardino infielder Jimmy Gonzalez does some of his best hitting at Lancaster. He entered the series with a .489 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. this season at the Hanger and provided some of the biggest damage in the opening game of this series. Gonzalez hit a two-run home run in the third inning and drove in another run with a single in the fifth to bring the tying run to the plate. --Odds and ends: The skies were clear by game time, but the lightning that accompanied the light rain before Wednesday's game caused power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) HARVEY HARGROVE The JetHawks baserunner was involved with an unusual play in game with San Bernardino. (2) ALLAN SIMPSON The right-hander's first stint off the DL lasted just a third of an inning. |
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