BIG HITTER'S PARK DOESN'T FAZE STARK : JETHAWKS 7, HIGH DESERT 2.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer Maverick Stadium Maverick Stadium is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose stadium on the western edge of University of Texas at Arlington campus. It hosts the university's track and field teams as well as many community events, and is also leased to the Arlington Independent School District for use is supposed to be a pitcher's nightmare, particularly for one making his California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth debut. Instead, High Desert hitters must have been dreaming of Denny Stark Dennis Stark (born October 27, 1974, in Edgerton, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of the University of Toledo. Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1996 MLB amateur draft, Stark would make his Major League Baseball Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. . The right-hander tossed eight superb innings in the JetHawks' 7-2 win . Stark, who went 6-3 with a 1.97 ERA at Wisconsin before earning a promotion earlier this week, limited the Cal League's most prolific attack to two hits. The only balls hit out of the infield against the 22-year-old were Mike Stoner's 20th home run and a Stanton Cameron double. ``I was nervous going in, but I'm nervous before every game,'' Stark said of his debut. Of 107 pitches thrown, 69 went for strikes. ``Once you get out there, you're able to relax.'' Stark got ahead in the count most of the night. He walked the leadoff man in the first and third innings but picked off Garry Maddox Spivey attended Cowley County College, Kansas. was erased on a double play. Stark also walked Cameron following Stoner's home run in the fourth but proceeded to set down the next 14 Mavericks before giving way to Rafael Rivera for the ninth. ``(Picking off Maddox) boosted my confidence. I just kept guys off base. You have to in this park.'' The Mavericks (10-6) failed to keep Joe Mathis off the bases, but that's nothing new. The JetHawks' (11-5) center fielder went 3 for 5, giving him 11 hits in 20 at-bats spanning the past four games. ``I know I'm not that good. Everyone's entitled to a little luck,'' said Mathis, who raised his average 17 points to .285 in the four-day stretch. ``I could easily go into a slump. You just 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. .'' JETHAWKS UPDATE Key play: Lost among Luis Molina's game-tying sacrifice fly and David Skeels' game-winning hit in the JetHawks' 5-3 win Saturday was a dazzling defensive play turned in by right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Tarrik Brock and catcher Jim Horner. With the Mavericks already leading 3-2 in the eighth, Todd Steverson flied out to Brock in medium deep right. The slow-footed Stanton Cameron, celebrating his 28th birthday, tagged up but was cut down on a perfect throw by Brock and a successful block of the plate by Horner. The JetHawks went to the ninth down by one and tied the game before scoring two in the 10th. Tonight's pitching matchup: The three-game series concludes at 7:05 at Maverick Stadium, with Javier Gutierrez (1-0, 5.61) pitching for the JetHawks against High Desert's Joe Verplancke (4-0, 4.08). CAPTION(S): Box Box: JETHAWKS UPDATE (see text) |
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