CAL LEAGUE: JETHAWKS GET SOME RELIEF JETHAWKS 4, MODESTO 3.Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News LANCASTER - As their bullpen goes, so go the JetHawks. During a recent 10-game skid, bullpen collapses were a nearly daily occurrence. Better relief pitching has since coincided with better results. A strong bullpen outing Monday was instrumental in a 4-3 JetHawks victory over the Modesto Nuts The Modesto Nuts are a minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League and a farm team of the Colorado Rockies. The Modesto Nuts play home games at John Thurman Field. in front of 1,012 at Clear Channel Stadium. Left-handed relief specialist Reuben Kerbs retired the only batter he faced, and closer Dustin Glant got the last two outs in a tense ninth inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. for his 15th save. JetHawks staff ace 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. (8-4) was pulled after allowing a single and a homer to start the inning. Mock, who pitched into the ninth inning for the first time this season, struck out six and allowed three runs on eight hits and one walk. Lancaster opened up a 4-1 lead in the seventh on Steve Garrabrants' two-run homer to left - his fourth. --Drew honored: Shortstop Stephen Drew Stephen Oris Drew (born March 16 1983 in Valdosta, Georgia) is a shortstop in major league baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Drew was selected for the 2006 All-Star Futures Game. He is the younger brother of Red Sox outfielder J.D. was named the California League's Offensive Player of the Week for July 4-10. He batted .407 (11 for 27) with five homers and 13 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 over that stretch. Gideon Rubin, (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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