CAL LEAGUE: JETHAWKS' GOAL PUT ON HOLD.Byline: - Gideon Rubin SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. - The JetHawks quest to reach .500 was delayed Saturday. The JetHawks, who had set out to even their second-half record by mid-August after an 0-9 start, were unable to achieve their goal after blowing leads Saturday to 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. in the eighth and ninth innings and were locked in a 4-4 tie heading in the 11th inning in front of 4,953 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park Arrowhead Credit Union Park is a stadium in San Bernardino, California. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino minor league baseball team. It was built in 1996. It holds 5,000 people. . That Lancaster was able to play for a chance to play for a .500 record Saturday was remarkable - it was just over a week ago that the JetHawks fell into the Southern Division cellar, seven games under .500, after they were swept in a four-game series at home by then-last place Inland Empire, which outscored Lancaster by 38 runs. The JetHawks had won five consecutive games and seven of their past eight games since last week's Inland Empire debacle. Inland Empire tied the score in the ninth off JetHawks closer Matt Wilkinson on Carlos Arroyo's 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 grounder. Wilkinson struck out Matt Lahair with the go-ahead run at third with two outs. The JetHawks led 4-3 heading into the inning on Jeff Cook's RBI double. Cook was 4 for 5, extending his hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak to 10 games. He's 23 for 42 in that stretch. Inland Empire tied the score in the bottom of the eighth when Matt Rogelstad scored on Erick Monzon's two-out, RBI single. --Roster moves: Infielder Neb Brown was assigned to Lancaster from Triple-A Tucson (Ariz.) and will be activated today. ... Pitcher Billy Biggs, who will leave the team Monday to conclude his studies at the University of West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , was deactivated today. |
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