CAL LEAGUE: BIG DEFICIT TOO MUCH FOR JETHAWKS HIGH DESERT 15, JETHAWKS 11.Byline: - Justin Frank LANCASTER - Chad Scarbery endured a rough outing, allowing eight runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings Friday night, and the JetHawks could not recover, losing 15-11 to 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 Southern Division leader High Desert in front of 1,557 at Clear Channel Stadium. The JetHawks (32-29 second half, 69-61 overall) tried to rally behind Danny Richar Danny Adam Richar (born June 9, 1983 in La Romana, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball second baseman who plays for the Chicago White Sox. Richar originally signed as an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 9, 2001. , who hit a three-run home run to right in the fifth inning - his 16th homer of the season - 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 double in the seventh. Brian Rose added a solo homer in the seventh and run-scoring hits in the eighth and ninth as the JetHawks rallied from a 13-0 deficit. Chris Lubanski went 3 for 6 with a home run, double and three RBI for High Desert (35-25 second half, 71-59 overall), which holds a four-game lead over the second-place JetHawks. --Injury: JetHawks shortstop Kenny Perez suffered a high-ankle sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. sliding into second base Thursday against Bakersfield and will miss at least four games. --All-Stars: Catcher Miguel Montero, now with Double-A Tennessee, and pitcher Garret Mock were selected for the California League All-Star team. Montero mon·te·ro n. pl. mon·te·ros A hunter's cap with side flaps. [Spanish, hunter, from monte, mountain, from Latin m hit .349 with 24 home runs and 82 RBI in 85 games before his promotion in July. |
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