JETHAWKS LET LEAD VANISH BUT COME THROUGH IN 12TH JETHAWKS 11, R. CUCAMONGA 10.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - It might have been an unintentional-intentional walk, or perhaps JetHawks reliever Reuben Kerbs was just being careful Thursday night. Either way, Kerbs wasn't about to give in to Angels prospect Dallas McPherson Dallas Lyle McPherson (born July 23, 1980 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a professional baseball player, and third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Career of Rancho Cucamonga, even with the bases loaded and his team leading by five runs in the top of the seventh inning. The left-handed Kerbs, who walked three consecutive batters before facing the left-handed hitting McPherson, walked him on a 3-1 slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. that was low-and-away - the same pitch he got McPherson to swing at on a 3-0 count. Considering how hot McPherson has been lately, batting .542 (26 for 48) with 11 homers (including one off Randy Johnson) in his past 17 games, that might not have been such a bad idea. But it didn't work out for the JetHawks, who led by as many as seven runs, as the Quakes' Nick Gorneault hit a grand slam to left - his second of the series - on the first pitch he saw off reliever Billy Biggs to tie the game. Eventually, the JetHawks prevailed 11-10 on 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 by Kyle Nichols in the 12th inning at Lancaster Municpal Stadium. McPherson hit a two-run homer to right center in a three-run sixth and had an RBI double in the fourth. The JetHawks scored first on Dan Uggla's solo homer to left center in the bottom of the first, his 21st, which at the time tied him with teammate Kyle Nichols for the California League lead. Two innings later, Nichols lined an opposite field two-run homer along the right line to regain the league's home run lead. Mike DiRosa and Jaime Jones also homered for the JetHawks. --Notes: Pitcher Justin Wechsler, who's on the disabled list with a shoulder injury, will miss his next scheduled start Monday. No replacement has yet been named. --Matchup: Right-hander Scott Barber (9-6, 5.67 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks when they play on the road against tonight Lake Elsinore tonight at 7. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Wednesday's top performers: Jimmy Rohan (Valencia) had two hits for the Dodgers' Gulf Coast League The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East, North and rookie team. ... Josh Muecke (LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit ) got the win for Single-A Tri-City (N.Y.), allowing one earned run in four innings of relief. ... Conor Jackson (El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. (Ga.). ...Randall Shelley (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 ) had two hits and two RBI for Single-A Clinton (Iowa). ... Jack Krawczyk (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings and earned a win for Single-A South Bend (Ind.). ... Kevin Beavers (Pepperdine) threw a scoreless inning for Single-A Lake Elsinore. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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