BATS QUIET, BUT 'HAWKS CAN COUNT ON PITCHING JETHAWKS 1, STOCKTON 0.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer STOCKTON - With their offense sputtering A popular method for adhering thin films onto a substrate. Sputtering is done by bombarding a target material with a charged gas (typically argon) which releases atoms in the target that coats the nearby substrate. It all takes place inside a magnetron vacuum chamber under low pressure. of late, JetHawks pitchers are taking nothing for chance. Jesus Silva threw the JetHawks' fourth consecutive quality start, and the staff was dominant for a third consecutive night. The weary JetHawks, whose 450 miles of combined travel Monday night and Tuesday included a half-hour road repair delay and a fender bender that added another 40 minutes to their trip, defeated the Stockton Ports The Stockton Ports are a baseball team in Stockton, California, USA. The Ports play in the Northern Division of the Class A California League and is a minor league affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. 1-0 at Billy Hebert Field Billy Hebert Field is a stadium in Stockton, California. It is primarily used for baseball and was the home field of the Stockton Ports until the moved to Banner Island Ballpark in 2005. The stadium continues to be used as a venue for high school baseball playoffs. . Silva (8-5) allowed five hits, struck out six and walked two. Ryan Holsten and Justin Wechsler combined for two shutout innings, with Wechsler earning his 11th save. The JetHawks staff has allowed just one run over the past 28 innings. ``The last couple of weeks we were kind of struggling, but the pitching the last couple of days has been big,'' JetHawks catcher Phil Avlas (Kennedy High of Granada Hills) said. ``Silva saved our bullpen today.'' In his second day since joining the team after being acquired by the parent Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. in the Steve Finley Steven Allen Finley (born March 12 1965, in Union City, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball center fielder who bats and throws left-handed. He currently is a free agent, and has been working out on a regular basis since his release, hopeful a call will come from a team looking trade, former Dodgers prospect Reggie Abercrombie Reginald Demascus Abercrombie (born July 15, 1980 in Columbus, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros. Reggie graduated from Columbus High School. was 1 for 4 and recorded seven putouts in center field. ``He played left and right for us tonight,'' JetHawks manager Wally Backman The JetHawks were 11 for 61 with runners in scoring position over their previous five games going into Tuesday. They were 1 for 3 Tuesday, with Steve Garrabrants singling in Avlas from third in the third. ``It's been a long day, and for us to play the way we did tonight was huge,'' Backman said. --Note: Backman was back in the third-base coaching box Tuesday for the first time since suffering a calf injury when he jumped out of the dugout to argue with an umpire July 8. However, he aggravated the injury and will see a doctor today. Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT - Justin Frank |
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