A’s Stack Deck, Beat Lancaster

The Lancaster JetHawks were denied a wild-card playoff berth for at least one more day when the Modesto A’s, bolstered by the presence of three members of the Oakland A’s, rolled to a 10-4 victory Thursday night in Modesto.

Cirilo Cruz doubled home Joe Mathis in the third inning to tie the score, 2-2. Mathis had tripled to score Joel Ramirez.

Patrick Lennon, a late addition to the Modesto lineup after arriving just before the game, hit a 400-foot home run to center field in the bottom of the third to put Modesto ahead to stay.

Also in the lineup for the A’s was Scott Brosius, who had one hit in two at-bats after reporting to Modesto Wednesday, and starting pitcher Dave Telgheder, who held Lancaster scoreless for 2 2/3 innings before reaching his pitch limit.

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Tonight’s game: JetHawks (Jason Bond, 5-6, 3.61 earned-run average) at San Jose (Jeff Andra 0-4, 7.30), 7:15.

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Scanning Wednesday’s box scores: TRIPLE A--Second baseman Steve Sisco (Thousand Oaks) hit his second home run for Omaha (Royals) in a 6-4 victory over Iowa. . . . Dan Chergey (Thousand Oaks) struck out three in one inning and earned his fourth save in Charlotte’s 9-8 victory over Columbus. . . . Left fielder Pat Bryant (Cleveland) had a two-run single for Pawtucket (Red Sox) in a 9-2 victory over Syracuse. . . . Bob Scanlan (Harvard-Westlake) pitched a scoreless inning and improved to 3-1 in Las Vegas’ 3-1 victory over Vancouver.

DOUBLE A--Shortstop David Lamb (Newbury Park) had three hits for Bowie (Orioles), which beat New Haven, 8-5, in the first game of a doubleheader. . . . Left fielder Will Skett (Valley College) doubled and tripled in Knoxville’s 8-5 victory over Carolina. . . . Former JetHawk outfielder Miguel Correa had three hits in Memphis’ 10-1 rout of Huntsville. . . . Second baseman J.P. Roberge (St. Francis) had three hits, including his 24th double, and left fielder Scott Richardson (Cal State Northridge) added two hits for San Antonio (Dodgers) in an 11-5 victory over El Paso.

CLASS A--First baseman Nate Dishington (Hoover) stole his sixth and seventh bases for Prince William (Cardinals) in a 3-1 loss to Kinston. . . . First baseman Eric Gillespie (Cal State Northridge) had a two-run single for Cedar Rapids (Angels) in a 5-4 victory over Quad City. . . . Reliever Chris Garza (Notre Dame) lowered his ERA to 2.04 with 1 1/3 no-hit innings in Fort Wayne’s 3-2 loss to Kane County. . . . Second baseman Ryan Stromsborg (Notre Dame) had a run-scoring double in Hagerstown’s 4-1 victory over Charleston. . . . Second baseman Derek Swafford (Ventura) hit his first home run and had four hits in Augusta’s 15-2 rout of Columbus.