VALLEY / VENTURA COUNTY SPORTS : MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DAILY REPORT / JETHAWKS : New Low Against High Desert

Lancaster’s bullpen failed one more time Thursday night when Jason Turman allowed eight runs on seven hits in the ninth inning of a 15-11 loss to High Desert in front of 2,385 at The Hangar.

The Mavericks (36-30) sent 13 batters to the plate against Turman (4-10), who struck out one and walked three.

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Up next: At the Hangar, vs. High Desert, tonight; at San Bernardino, Friday-Sunday.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Scanning Wednesday’s box scores:

Triple A--Robert Fick (Newbury Park High, Venture College, Cal State Northridge) had three hits and is batting .429 for Toledo (Tigers). Fick tripled and drove in two runs. . . . Torey Lovullo (Montclair Prep) hit a three-run home run for Scranton-Wilkes Barre (Phillies), giving him 19 homers and 99 runs batted in. . . . Steve Sisco (Thousand Oaks, Moorpark College) hit his 18th home run, a three-run shot, for Richmond (Braves) and is batting .311 with 73 RBIs. . . . Tim Laker (Simi Valley, Oxnard College) had two hits and drove in a run for Nashville (Pittsburgh). . . . Gary Matthews (Granada Hills, Mission College) hit his ninth homer, a two-run shot, for Las Vegas (Padres).

Double A--Left-hander Chris Garza (Notre Dame) struck out the side in one inning of relief, and has a 2.15 earned-run average for New Britain (Twins). . . . Nate Dishington (Hoover) homered for Akron (Indians) and Jon Tucker (Alemany, Chatsworth) doubled and scored for Harrisburg (Expos) in Akron’s 10-8 victory. . . . Kurt Airoso (Northridge) had two hits and an RBI for Jacksonville (Tigers) in a 3-2 loss to Carolina. Right-hander Mike Rossiter (Burroughs) notched his second save for Carolina (Rockies).

Rookie: Outfielder Terrmel Sledge (Kennedy, Northridge) hit two doubles and is batting .343 for Everett (Mariners). . . . Third baseman John Puccinelli (Notre Dame) stole a base and scored a run for the Padres’ Arizona League team.