BARBER HAS HIS CUTTER SLICING THROUGH LEAGUE JETHAWKS 5, L. ELSINORE 2.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LAKE ELSINORE - It's hard to believe that just two weeks ago, Scott Barber was a foundering fourth-year Cal League pitcher, losing confidence from one disastrous outing to the next. But since developing a cut fastball cut fastball n. Baseball A fastball released with most pressure from the tip of the middle finger so that it breaks slightly in the manner of a curve ball as it approaches the plate. under the tutelage TUTELAGE. State of guardianship; the condition of one who is subject to the control of a guardian. of pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre He had his third consecutive dominant outing Friday in a 5-2 victory over the Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm are a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and are a farm team of the San Diego Padres. . Barber (10-6), who became the ninth pitcher in franchise history to win 10 games, and first since 2000, when they were Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. affiliates, allowed two runs on five hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out five and allowed one walk. Barber allowed just two runners to get into scoring position before Joe Gerber tagged him for a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh. He's won four consecutive starts, and is 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA (four earned runs in 22 2/3 innings) in his last three starts, and he has lowered his ERA from 6.34 to 5.46. The JetHawks scored first on Dan Firlit's run-scoring single in the second. Lancaster took advantage of two errors on one play in a three-run inning in the fifth, which was highlighted by Dan Uggla's two-run triple. The JetHawks made it 5-0 in the sixth, when Firlit scored on a two-out fielding error on Storm shortstop Jason Clements. Pete Sikaras pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save. --Matchup: Right-hander John Castellanos (5-0, 4.88 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks when they play on the road against Lake Elsinore tonight at 7. Left-hander Rob Ramsey (2-0, 2.86) will pitch for the Storm. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Thursday's top performers: Jim Parque (Crescenta Valley/UCLA) got the win for Triple-A Durham (N.C.) at Ottawa, allowing one earned run on seven hits with no strikeouts and six walks in six innings. ... Chase Utley (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 3 for 5 with two runs, a stolen base and 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 Triple-A Scranton- Wilkes/Barre (Pa.).... Joe Borchard (Camarillo) went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored for Triple-A Charlotte (N.C.). ... Bob Scanlan (Harvard-Westlake) tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A New Orleans. ... Brian Baron (Hart/UCLA) had a double and a run scored for Double-A New Britain (Conn.). ... Jeff Bannon (Camarillo) had two hits and a run scored for Single-A Potomac (Md.). ... Rik Currier (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) allowed one earned run and struck out five in a six-inning no-decision for Single-A Tampa (Fla.). ... Ed Montague (Pepperdine) went 2 for 4 with a run scored for Single-A South Georgia. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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