ROUT KEEPS 'HAWKS IN TIE FOR FIRST PLACE JETHAWKS 15, INLAND EMPIRE 4.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - An all-star pitcher determined to keep his team in the pennant race wasn't nearly enough to stop the torrid JetHawks. 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. left-hander Ryan Ketchner Ryan Patrick Ketchner (born April 19, 1982 in Wellsville, New York) is a left-handed pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. Ketchner was a 10th-round pick out of high school in 2000 by the Seattle Mariners and was acquired by the Dodgers in a spring training trade in , a top-30 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. prospect according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 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 . who's believed to be the only active deaf player in pro ball, was fifth in the California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth with a 2.87 ERA going into his worst career outing Tuesday in a 15-4 JetHawks victory at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. The JetHawks (36-29) won their fourth consecutive game and the seventh in their past nine games to remain in a two-way tie for first place with Rancho Cucamonga (36-29), a 4-3 winner over Modesto. Kyle Nichols hit a grand slam off Ketchner (6-3) - his league-leading 14th homer - in a nine-run inning in the bottom of the second, in which the JetHawks had 12 hits and sent 15 batters to the plate. Josh Kroeger, Chris Snyder and Jay Garthwaite each had four hits for the JetHawks, who had 25 hits, a league high this season and three short of a franchise record. Former Pierce College pitcher Doug Slaten (4-4) won for the first time in seven starts going back to April 29, allowing four runs on six hits in seven innings. --Matchup: Right-hander Scott Barber (4-3, 5.58 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks when they play host to Inland Empire tonight at 7:15. Right-hander Jim Done (0-2, 6.66) will pitch for the 66ers. Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT Former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. standout Seth Etherton earned Triple-A International League Pitcher of the Week honors. Etherton, making a bid to be called up by the Cincinnati Reds, won both of his Louisville (Ky.) starts, allowing two earned runs in 13 2/3 innings. --Monday's top performers: Jorge Piedra (Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks) hit for the cycle for the second time this season. The Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) outfielder singled in the first, tripled in the fourth, homered in the sixth and doubled in the eighth. ... Mike Frick (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Double-A Midland (Texas). ... J.P. Roberge (St. Francis of La Canada/USC) had two hits for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.). ... Pat Ahearne (Pepperdine) threw a one-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and one walk in a 5-0 victory by Triple-A Toledo (Ohio) at Pawtucket (R.I.). ... Bryan Corey (Thousand Oaks) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Las Vegas. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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