CORREA MAKING MOST OF RECENT CALL-UP : JETHAWKS 4, SAN BERN. 3.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer Miguel Correa was called up to the JetHawks as a temporary replacement for the injured Luis Tinoco. The former Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. farmhand, however, has more definitive plans in mind. Correa blasted the first pitch of the ninth inning over the right-field fence to lift the JetHawks past host 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. 4-3 Monday night. Correa, signed by Seattle as a free agent in the offseason, added 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 and has six hits in his first 12 at-bats since joining the team on Friday. Sean Spencer (2-0) got the first two outs of the ninth and Allan Westfall retired Jack Jones on a flyout to right for his second save as the JetHawks (9-10) took two of three from the Stampede (8-11). JetHawks starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Eric Morgan was the beneficiary of three straight double plays to quell Stampede threats in the third, fourth and fifth innings. But Morgan left before getting an out after the right-hander allowed a single to Andy Owen and a double to Cliff Anderson Clifford V. (Cliff) Anderson (born September 7, 1944) is a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately for the Saint Joseph's University. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 4th round (35th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA Draft. with the JetHawks up 3-1. Spencer replaced Morgan and did his job, getting Todd Barlok to hit a chopper toward second. But the ball took a wicked hop in front of Chris Dean for a run-scoring single that cut the deficit to 3-2. Jones then tied the game with a ground-rule double to left, although the ball, at first glance, was ruled to have cleared the fence for a two-run homer before Jones was ordered back to second. The JetHawks scored once in the second and twice in the fourth in two innings that mirrored each other. Yuni Kim led off the second with a line-drive double Noun 1. line-drive double - a double resulting from a line drive line double double, two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser - a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" into the left-field corner. Kim reached third on a Correa groundout ground·out n. Baseball A play in which a batter is put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to an infielder. to first, and after another groundout Dusty Wathan doubled just inside the bag at third to score Kim. JETHAWKS UPDATE Breaking out: Catcher Dusty Wathan went 3 for 4 with a double Sunday to snap a 2-for-25 slump. CAPTION(S): Box Box: JETHAWKS UPDATE (see text) |
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