JETHAWKS NOTEBOOK: MOCK MAKES THE MOST OF HIS OPPORTUNITY.Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News LANCASTER - Minor-league managers and coaches have an interest in promoting players within their own organization for the same reasons CEOs publicly pump up their stocks. When praise comes from outside an organization, it is that much more noteworthy. JetHawks pitcher 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. recently received such praise from 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. pitching coach Scott Budner. Budner, who was the JetHawks' pitching coach in 2000, the last year the team was affiliated with the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. , said he believes Mock's combination of stuff, makeup and moxie (language, music) Moxie - A language for real-time computer music synthesis, written in XPL. ["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance", D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music Assoc 1984, pp.217-220]. make him worthy of his prized-prospect tag. Mock, a third-round pick in last year's draft out of University of Houston, is ranked 11th among the parent Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. top organizational prospects by Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . ``I like everything about him,'' Budner said. ``I think he has a good chance to have success at a higher level.'' A right-handed power pitcher, Mock (11-7, 4.31 ERA), who will pitch for Lancaster tonight at 7 in the last of a three-game series against Lake Elsinore, is among the California League's leaders in several categories. He's tied for the lead in victories, second in strikeouts (128) and seventh in ERA. He's allowed just 26 walks in 148 1/3 innings this season. Mock has had some of his best outings against Inland Empire and was the winning pitcher in Friday's 8-5 victory over 66ers, in which he allowed two runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Those numbers aside, Budner said he was really impressed by Mock during a rare poor outing. Mock pitched despite experiencing flu symptoms in a 10-1 loss Aug. 1 to Inland Empire, in which he allowed five runs on seven hits including two homers in four innings. ``I could tell (Mock) wasn't right, but he still went out there and competed,'' Budner said. ``I don't really know him, but he could have bugged-out on that start. He's a gamer, and he showed that.'' --Streaky: Tuesday's 13-8 victory over the Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm are a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and are a farm team of the San Diego Padres. extended the JetHawks' season-high winning streak to eight games. Lancaster has won 10 of its past 11 since being swept at home by Inland Empire in an embarrassing four-game series in which it was outscored by 38 runs. The Storm extended its franchise-record losing streak to 15 games and has lost 18 of its past 19. Lake Elsinore is 3-14 against the JetHawks and winless in eight games at Lancaster this season. The Storm has lost 12 of its past 13 games at Lancaster dating to last season. JetHawks outfielder Jeff Cook went 3 for 5, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. He's batting .545 (30 for 55) during the streak. --Run support: JetHawks manager Bill Plummer has stressed the importance of scoring tack-on runs late in games. Their ability to do so Tuesday was crucial in a 13-8 victory. The JetHawks led 10-3 going into the sixth, when Lake Elsinore scored five runs. The JetHawks scored a run in the seventh on Cook'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 single and two in the eighth on Jay Garthwaite's RBI double and Phil Avlas' sacrifice fly. ``That was big, because it stopped their momentum,'' Plummer said. ``That's why we won.'' --Through the turnstiles: The JetHawks expect to surpass the 2 million mark for all-time attendance sometime during their six-game home stand. Heading into Wednesday's game against Lake Elsinore, the team was 6,040 shy of the mark, which it likely will reach this weekend. The 2 millionth fan will receive a gift package that includes a $100 savings bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. , a personal DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. player/flat screen TV, four season tickets for the next two seasons and a one-year subscription to the Daily News. Gideon Rubin, (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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