MODESTO STRUGGLES WITH SINGLE-ABCS : JETHAWKS 7 MODESTO 2.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer In a matchup of staff aces, the JetHawks' Rob Luce was good and had a lot of help from his teammates, while Modesto's Scott Rivette was shaky and was showered with bad luck. Luce tossed seven solid innings and the JetHawks scored three early runs off Modesto mistakes to win 7-2 before 1,242 sunbaked sun·baked adj. Baked, dried, or hardened by exposure to sunlight: sunbaked bricks; the sunbaked salt flats. Adj. 1. fans at John Thurman Field John Thurman Field is a stadium in Modesto, California. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Modesto Nuts minor league baseball team. It was built in 1955. It holds 4,000 people. on Sunday afternoon. The JetHawks took advantage of two A's errors to score three unearned runs in the second and take a 4-0 lead after James Clifford hit a solo home run. ``Those were the kinds of mistakes we were making early in the season,'' said JetHawks manager Rick Burleson Rivette (4-3) walked Tarrik Brock brock n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] and Dusty Wathan but retired Mike Martin for the second out and induced Joel Ramirez to hit a sharp but playable ground ball to third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Cody McKay Cody Dean McKay (born on January 11, 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired major league baseball player. He is 6'0 and weighs 210 pounds. McKay was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 48th round of the 1992 entry draft (1335th overall), and again by the St. . The ball went under his glove and skipped into left field, allowing both Brock and Wathan to score. Joe Mathis followed by hitting a sinking line drive to left. Justin Bowles had to charge the ball and got there in plenty of time, but he had the ball bounce off the heel of his glove for the A's second straight error as Ramirez scored. Rivette had his own problems, as well. The JetHawks managed just five hits off the right-hander, who also walked three and hit one. But the Long Beach State product got balls up in the strike zone with his first pitch of both the second and third innings. ``I needed the rest of the guys to come through for me today. I didn't have my best stuff,'' said Luce, who improved to 6-1 after tossing seven innings and allowing two earned runs. ``The (Modesto) guys made some loud outs.'' JETHAWKS UPDATE Tonight's matchup: The JetHawks' Jeff Farnsworth (1-1, 7.71) goes against the A's Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson is the Secretary of State of South Dakota. Role in Possible Replacement of U.S. (3-2, 3.53) at 7:05 p.m. at John Thurman Field. CAPTION(S): Box Box: JETHAWKS UPDATE (See Text) |
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