JETHAWKS OVERCOME DEFICIT TO WIN JETHAWKS 10, R.C. 8.Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News RANCHO CUCAMONGA Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. - What at first had the look of a meltdown became an ugly win. But the way things are going for the JetHawks of late, they were in no position to quarrel with the results Sunday after a avoiding a four-game series sweep with a 10-8 victory Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and have been a farm team of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2001. in front of 3,113 at The Epicenter. ``We survived,'' JetHawks manager Bill Plummer William Francis Plummer (born March 21, 1947 in Oakland, CA) was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and the Seattle Mariners. While never a regular player (he was Johnny Bench's backup catcher during the Big Red Machine years), he did play solid defense. said. ``It's scary when you have to get 10 runs to win.'' The JetHawks escaped a disastrous first inning with minimal damage, when the Quakes scored two runs on two hits, two walks and a dropped flyball. Trailing 4-3, the JetHawks broke the game open when they batted around in a six-run fifth highlighted by a three-run home run by Phil Avlas (Kennedy High of Granada Hills), his first since being assigned to Lancaster last week. Avlas was 3 for 4 with a homer and four 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 , and Alex Frazier homered for the fourth time in six games. The JetHawks (46-48 overall) moved four games ahead of Rancho Cucamonga (41-51) in the wild-card race. --Notes: Right-handed pitchers Ryan Coffin and Thompson were assigned to low-A South Bend South Bend, city (1990 pop. 105,511), seat of St. Joseph co., N Ind., on the great south bend of the St. Joseph River, in a farming and mint-growing region; inc. as a city 1865. (Ind.) in the Midwest League The Midwest League is a Class A minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States. History Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort and short-season Yakima in the Northwest League. ... Right-handed pitcher Micah Owings, the Arizona Diamondbacks' third-round draft pick in last month's draft, will be activated today. ... Right-handed pitcher Matt Wilkinson was assigned to Lancaster from Yakima, and will take over closer duties. ... JetHawks outfielder Jay Garthwaite was ejected from Sunday's game after an argument with home-plate umpire Shane Alexander. Gideon Rubin, (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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