BAKERSFIELD PUTS AN END TO JETHAWKS' WIN STREAK : BAKERSFIELD 7, JETHAWKS 6.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer Pinch-runner Jayson Bass' steal of second base had both positive and negative consequences to it. While Bass was now in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on with the JetHawks down a run in the ninth inning, an open base presented the 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. with the option to walk Brendan Kingman Brendan Kingman (born May 22, 1973) is an Australian baseballer. In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a Silver Medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. . The strategy worked in a 7-6 victory Saturday night. Cirilo Cruz's two-out 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 cut the lead to a single run, and Blaze reliever Matt Wells For the Australian field hockey player, see . For the boxer, see . Matt Wells is a videographer and co-host on a TV program called The Loop Weekend on Canadian music television station MuchMoreMusic. wanted nothing to do with Kingman, who was batting a California League-best .363 at the time and had homered off Wells the previous inning. Luis Tinoco, hitless in his first four at-bats, flied out to left-center to snap the JetHawks' (26-24) four-game winning streak. Lindsay Gulin (0-1), making his starting debut with the JetHawks after coming over from the New York Mets
The next three Blaze hitters, Don Denbow, Kevin Tommasini and Jeff Poor, all singled and staked Bakersfield to a 2-0 lead. MINOR LEAGUE REPORT The week's best: Three former JetHawks have earned top weekly honors from their leagues thus far: Orlando's Shawn Buhner in the Southern League (hit .500 with two homers and nine RBI from May 1-7); El Paso's Miguel Correa in the Texas League (.519 with two homers and 10 RBI from April 20-26); and Toledo's Marino Santana in the International League (two wins and one save from April 9-19). Friday's top performers: Jon Garland (Kennedy) went six innings in a no-decision start for Single-A Rockford, striking out eight with no walks while allowing two runs. . . . Nate Dishington (Hoover) homered and doubled for Double-A Arkansas. . . . Ryan Stromsborg (Notre Dame) was 3 for 5 with an RBI for Double-A Knoxville. . . . Dan Cey (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:
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