WHAT'S THIS? JETHAWKS WIN IN A PITCHER'S DUEL JETHAWKS 2, R.C. 1.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - It's known as Home Run Central throughout 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 . However, the Hangar was anything but that Saturday night. Chris Mears Christopher Peter Mears (born January 20, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian baseball pitcher. Mears plays for the Toledo Mud Hens, the AAA affiliate of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers. of the Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. and Doug Dent of Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. were locked in a pitcher's duel A pitcher's duel is a term commonly used in baseball when two pitchers face each other and give up very few runs keeping a very close and low scoring game. , with a total of only
three runs being scored.
Mears, who pitched 7 2/3 innings - further into a game than any JetHawk starter this season - out-did his Rancho Cucamonga counterpart, allowing one run, six hits, and one walk while striking out four to lead the JetHawks (14-9) to a 2-1 victory over the Quakes before an announced crowd of 3,016 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. ``Our defense made some great plays; it made my job a lot easier,'' Mears said. Allan Simpson Allan Simpson (b. August 26, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, and Milwaukee Brewers. Career Simpson made his Major League debut on May 17, 2004. retired one batter in the eighth inning, and Brandon Parker pitched a scoreless ninth to get his seventh save, preserving the win for Mears (2-0). Dent (0-1), the loser, allowed six hits, walked five, and struck out five as the Quakes dropped to 11-12. Rancho Cucamonga took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Jeremy Owens led with a triple and scored on Alex Peleaz'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 ground ball. The JetHawks tied the game in the bottom of the first when leadoff batter Robert Gandolfo reached on error, stole both second and third, then scored on Juan Silvestre's run-scoring single. The JetHawks got what proved to be the game-winner in the bottom of the second, when Harvey Hargrove reached on an infield single, stole second and scored Michael Abate's two-out RBI single. In the top of the sixth, second baseman Willie Bloomquist made an outstanding defensive play, diving seven feet to his right for a ball up the middle and then throwing from his knees to get leadoff batter Alex Peleaz at first. Hargrove, the JetHawks' center fielder, made several excellent defensive plays as well. San Bernardino, which led the JetHawks by a half-game in the South Division entering Saturday night's action, trailed High Desert 10-5 in the late innings of their game. --Matchup: Right-hander Melqui Torres (0-2, 6.87 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks today against left-hander Jeff Hundley (2-1, 2.52) of Lake Elsinore, which visits Lancaster Municipal Stadium for one game. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion