Lancaster Gives a Bit Extra

Mike Marciano’s third double of the night scored Jermaine Clark to give Lancaster a 2-1, 13-inning victory over San Bernardino before 3,013 Thursday night at the Hangar.

Second baseman Brett Illig of San Bernardino made the third unassisted triple play in California League history in the third inning. He made a diving catch of Harvey Hargrove’s line drive, tagged second base to double up Ramon Valera and tagged Clark coming over from first base.

Dodger Antonio Osuna started for San Bernardino in a rehabilitation stint, allowing two hits and striking out two in two innings.

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When the Stampede defeated Lancaster, 9-4, on Wednesday night to open a six-game JetHawk homestand, it made a winner of Rick Burleson, former JetHawk manager who is now skipper for the Dodger affiliate. Burleson managed the JetHawks for two seasons, their second and third, and led the team to the playoffs each year.

The homestand continues Saturday with a 7:15 p.m. game against Visalia. There will be fireworks following the game. The JetHawks play the Oaks at 2 p.m. Sunday and again at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Sunday is “Kids’ Day” with special youth activities.

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Next game: Tonight, 7:15, vs. San Bernardino.

Up next: vs. Visalia, Saturday-Monday.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Eric Gillespie and Kurt Airoso, teammates on Cal State Northridge’s 1996 Western Athletic Conference championship team, have been reunited in the Detroit Tigers’ system.

Gillespie, a 10th-round pick by the Angels in the ’96 draft, was claimed from Anaheim in December via the Rule V draft and assigned to double-A Jacksonville, where he is two for 23 (.087).

Airoso, Detroit’s 29th pick in ‘96, leads Jacksonville with a .429 average.

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Scanning Wednesday’s box scores:

Triple A--Steve Sisco (Thousand Oaks) had three hits and three RBIs for Richmond (Braves) in a 7-4 loss to Indianapolis. . . . Derek Wallace (Chatsworth) pitched two innings of shutout relief for Norfolk (Mets) in a 7-6 victory over Louisville. . . . Adam Kennedy (Northridge) singled, homered and drove in three runs for Louisville (Cardinals) in a 5-3 victory over Edmonton. . . . Andrew Lorraine (Hart) allowed one run in seven innings for Iowa (Cubs) and Rob Crabtree (Northridge) threw two innings of shutout relief for Fresno (Giants) in Fresno’s 4-3 victory. . . . Gary Matthews Jr. (Granada Hills, Mission College) had two hits for Las Vegas in a 4-3 loss to Colorado Springs. . . . Tim Laker (Simi Valley) had two hits for Nashville (Pirates) and Kevin Millar (Hart) had two hits for Calgary (Marlins) in Nashville’s 4-3 victory.

Double A--Pete Paciorek (Glendale College) singled, homered and stole a base for Mobile (Padres) in a 4-3 loss to Greenville.

Class A--Wayne Nix (Monroe) struck out four in 1 1/3 innings for Modesto (Athletics) in an 11-4 victory over High Desert. . . . Andy Dominique (Alemany) had three hits and two RBIs for Clearwater (Phillies) in a 10-5 victory over Lakeland. . . . Jon Schaeffer (Harvard-Westlake) had two hits for Quad City (Twins) in an 8-1 victory over Cedar Rapids. . . . Fernando Rios (Glendale) had two hits for Rockford (Reds) in a 5-4 loss to Wisconsin.