BAKERSFIELD ABLE TO OVERTAKE JETHAWKS BAKERSFIELD 7, JETHAWKS 4.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer LANCASTER - Facing a fellow Canadian, JetHawks pitcher Chris Mears Christopher Peter Mears (born January 20, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian baseball pitcher. Mears plays for the Toledo Mud Hens, the AAA affiliate of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers. had an early three-run cushion over 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. starter Vance Cozier on Thursday night. But Mears' quest for Maple Leaf maple leaf of Canada. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 283] See : Flower Or Plant, National bragging rights were damaged in the third and fell apart in the fifth, lifting Cozier and the Blaze past the JetHawks 7-4 in front of 4,009 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Mears (9-7), an Ontario native now living in Victoria, British Columbia, already lost to Ontario resident Cozier (7-7) on July 31 in Bakersfield's 12-11 win. Mears got through the first two innings unscathed Thursday, but Guillermo Rodriguez led off the third with a solo homer. The Blaze tied it with two unearned runs. With one out in the fourth, Brett Casper finished off Mears with a grand slam after the Blaze loaded the bases on a single and two walks. Antonio Perez led off the game with a double off Cozier and Bo Robinson added 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 single in the three-run first. But the JetHawks managed just two hits the rest of the game, both in a ninth-inning rally that produced one run and died with the tying run at the plate. --Injury update: JetHawks right fielder and Kennedy High/Cal State Northridge product Terrmel Sledge flew to Seattle on Thursday to have his ailing left shoulder examined. Sledge, the Cal League's leading hitter at .339, underwent an MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. but will be tested further by the Mariners' medical staff. --New jersey night: The JetHawks open a two-game series against the visiting Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and have been a farm team of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2001. tonight at 7:15 p.m. on ``Turn Ahead The Clock Night'' at the Hangar. The teams will don uniforms of their major-league affiliates, the Mariners and the San Diego Padres. --Matchup: JetHawks right-hander Caleb Balbuena (2-1, 4.50 ERA) faces Quakes right-hander Blair DeHart. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Wednesday's top performers: Chris Testa (Palmdale High) had three hits, four RBI and four runs scored for the Colorado Rockies' Arizona League rookie team in a doubleheader. . . . John Puccinelli (Notre Dame) had two hits, including a double, for rookie Idaho Falls. . . . Brian Fatur (Calabasas/Moorpark College) had three hits for rookie Johnson City. . . . Eric Munson (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) had two hits and two RBI for Double-A Jacksonville. . . . Eric Valent (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 ) went 2 for 4 with his 20th homer and had three RBI for Double-A Reading. . . . Jalal Leach (Pepperdine) homered and drove in three runs for Triple-A Fresno. . . . Frank Charles (Montclair Prep) had three hits, including a triple, two RBI and two runs scored for Triple-A New Orleans. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: Minor-league report (see text) |
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