CAL LEAGUE: INLAND EMPIRE CRUSHES JETHAWKS I.E. 10, JETHAWKS 1.Byline: - Gideon Rubin LANCASTER - JetHawks pitcher Garrett Mock Garrett Lee Mock, born April 25, 1983, in Houston, Texas, is a North American professional baseball player. He is a right-handed pitching prospect in the Washington Nationals organization. is a 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 All-Star who iss among the league's ERA leaders, an impressive accomplishment, considering he plays at hitter-friendly Clear Channel Stadium. Inland Empire's Chad Fillinger is a converted reliever not nearly advanced in his development who's been wildly inconsistent since a midseason promotion from low Single-A Wisconsin. Their meeting produced results as improbable as the power surge An oversupply of voltage from the power company that can last up to 50 microseconds. Although surges are very short in duration, they often reach 6,000 volts and 3,000 amps when they arrive at the equipment. Power surges are a common cause of damage to computers and electronic equipment. that catapulted Fillinger and visiting Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. to a 10-1 victory Monday over the JetHawks in front of 1,028 fans. Bryan Lahair Bryan LaHair (born November 5, 1982 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American baseball player, currently on the extended roster for the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball. He began as an outfielder but is now a designated hitter and first baseman. and Wladimir Balentin hit back-to-back homers in the first and fifth innings. They're the 66ers' first players to hit back-to-back homers in more than a year - and the first to do it twice in more than 10 years. Lahair hit three homers, one of them a three-run shot in the first, and Balentin homered twice. Fillinger (1-2), who took a 7.98 ERA into Monday's game, struck out six batters and allowed one unearned run on three hits and no walks in eight innings. After surrendering consecutive singles to start the game, Fillinger retired 20 of the next 21 batters, including 14 in a row after Steve Garrabrants beat out a chop single with two outs in the third. Mock (10-6) allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk in four innings for Lancaster (16-21 second half, 53-54 overall). |
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