JETHAWKS CONTINUE THEIR TURNAROUND, DEFEAT VISALIA JETHAWKS 9, VISALIA 2.Byline: Arash Markazi Arash Markazi (born March 4, 1980) is an American sports journalist currently writing for Sports Illustrated. Markazi, who is of Persian decent, was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Los Angeles, graduating from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks in 1999. Staff Writer LANCASTER - With new confidence, unbecoming of a team with one of the worst records in professional baseball, the JetHawks defeated the Visalia Oaks The Visalia Oaks are a minor league baseball team in Visalia, California, U.S. They are a "high-A" class team of the Arizona Diamondbacks operating in the California League. The Oaks play home games at Recreation Park; opened in 1967, the stadium seats 1,800 fans. 9-2 Thursday in front of 4,026 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. The JetHawks now have won four of their past five games and six of their past nine. After having their three-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" snapped the night before, it looked as if the JetHawks would revert back to their old ways at home, giving up a two-run home run to Gary Schneidmiller in the third inning to give the Oaks a 2-0 lead. That was the last time Visalia scored in the game, however, as the JetHawks once again got stellar pitching from their bullpen, giving up only two hits after starter Casey Daigle Sean Casey Daigle (born April 4, 1981 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He married softball pitcher Jennie Finch on January 15, 2005 at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. went three innings, giving up two runs and three hits. Greg Belson came in for Daigle in the fourth inning, giving up one hit in four innings of shutout relief. Brandon Medders Brandon Edward Medders is a baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks franchise. He was born on January 26, 1980 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Medders debuted for the Diamondbacks in 2005, going 4-1 with a 1.78 ERA and 31 strikeouts. and Jesus Silva then pitched the final two innings for Lancaster, giving up one hit between them. Corey Myers put the JetHawks up for good when he hit a three-run double to left field in the third inning, giving Lancaster a 3-2 lead. Jesus Cota brought home Myers with 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 single to center field. Visalia pitcher Christian Gonzalez allowed seven runs and eight hits in six innings before being replaced by Jason Anderson, who gave up two runs and four hits. Lancaster sealed the victory in the fifth inning, when they got back-to-back home runs from Craig Ansman and Jon-Mark Sprowl to give the JetHawks a 7-2 lead. After losing 24 of 28 home games, the JetHawks now have won three of their past four at the Hangar. --Notes: Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Bret Prinz will join the JetHawks today, although he will not pitch for the team until after next week's All-Star break, saving the team from making any roster moves before then. --Matchup: Right-hander Phil Stockman (1-0, 3.27 ERA) will start for JetHawks when they play host to Visalia in the second of a three-game series tonight at 7:15. The Oaks will go with left-hander Tim McClaskey (0-2, 4.56). MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Wednesday's top performers: Eric Valent (UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ) doubled and drove in three runs for Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes/Barre (Pa.). ... Joe Borchard (Camarillo) hit his ninth homer for Triple-A Charlotte (N.C.). ... Eric Munson (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) had three hits and a run scored for Triple-A Toledo (Ohio). ... Andrew Lorraine (Hart) allowed one run on seven hits and struck out eight in 7 1/3 innings to pitch Triple-A Indianapolis past Columbus 8-1. ... David Lamb (Newbury Park) had two hits, including a home run, two runs scored and two RBI for Triple-A Edmonton (Alberta). ... Eric Cole (Antelope Valley) had two hits for Triple-A Oklahoma. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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