Cust Helps High Desert Rout Lancaster, 14-4

Jack Cust hit his 27th home run, had two doubles and drove in five runs for High Desert during a 14-4 victory over Lancaster on Thursday night in front of 1,256 at Adelanto.

Joel Ramirez hit a two-run double for the JetHawks in a three-run second inning that cut the Mavericks’ lead to 4-3.

The JetHawks are 44-80, including 21-33 in the second half.

High Desert is 58-66 and 27-26.

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Cust hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give High Desert an 8-7 victory over the JetHawks on Wednesday night.

Center fielder Harvey Hargrove had two hits and three RBIs and second baseman Jermaine Clark had three hits and an RBI for Lancaster.

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Up next: At High Desert, today; at San Jose, Saturday-Monday; at the Hangar, vs. San Bernardino, Tuesday-Thursday.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Adam Kennedy, an All-American shortstop at Cal State Northridge, has been promoted to the St. Louis Cardinals from triple-A Memphis and will make his debut this weekend against the New York Mets.

Kennedy, who played on the U.S. team in the recent Pan Am Games, was batting .327 with 10 home runs at Memphis. He hit his 22nd double Wednesday before being removed from the game and told to pack and drive to St. Louis in time to make the Cardinals’ flight to New York.

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Scanning Wednesday’s box scores:

Triple A--Bob Scanlan (Harvard-Westlake) is 8-14 with New Orleans (Astros) after pitching five innings in a 14-6 victory over Salt Lake (Twins). Dan Cey (El Camino Real) had two hits and scored twice for Salt Lake. . . . Brent Cookson (Ventura, Santa Paula) had two hits for Albuquerque (Dodgers) and is batting .335.

Double A--Jon Tucker (Chatsworth, Alemany) had two hits and is batting .255 for Harrisburg (Expos). . . . Mike Rossiter (Burroughs) struck out three in 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief for Carolina (Rockies), lowering his earned-run average to 2.19. . . . Kurt Airoso (CSUN) had two hits and scored two runs for Jacksonville (Tigers) in a 15-3 victory over Greenville. . . . Rich Aude (Chatsworth) had three hits and two RBIs for Birmingham (White Sox) in a 10-9 victory over Knoxville and is batting .297. Aude had two doubles to give him 29.. . . . Ryan Stromsborg (Notre Dame) had two hits and scored two runs for Knoxville (Blue Jays).

Rookie--Robert Fick (CSUN, Ventura College, Newbury Park) went one for five for the Tigers in a doubleheader, scoring two runs, driving in a run and stealing a base. Fick was playing for the first time since undergoing shoulder surgery in the spring. He caught five innings in one game and was the designated hitter in the other. . . . Left-handed pitcher Ryan Earl (Thousand Oaks) is sidelined with a sore arm. In seven starts for the Tigers, Earl is 3-2 with a 4.58 earned-run average. . . . Terrmel Sledge (CSUN, Kennedy) drove in a run and is batting .339 for Everett (Mariners) in the Northwest League. . . . Josh Goldfield (Moorpark, Calabasas) had two hits and is batting .268 for Missoula (Diamondbacks) in the Pioneer League.