Lancaster Scores Six in Ninth to Knock Off Bakersfield, 8-5

Scott Maynard hit a two-run home run with two out in the ninth inning to tie the score and Willie Bloomquist singled home the go-ahead run as the Lancaster JetHawks scored six runs to defeat the Bakersfield Blaze, 8-5, in a California League game Saturday night at Bakersfield.

Juan Silvestre hit a three-run homer to put the JetHawks (2-1) ahead, 8-4.

Carlos Valderrama hit a solo home run the bottom of the ninth for Bakersfield (1-2).

Peanut Williams had a leadoff home run for Lancaster in the second inning and a sacrifice fly in the third.

Neil Longo (1-0) entered with one out in the sixth and held the Blaze hitless in 2 2/3 innings, striking out two and walking one.

Jeremy Luster had two hits, including a solo home run, for Bakersfield.

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Today’s game: Lancaster at Modesto, 1:05 p.m. Next home game: 7:15 p.m., April 12 vs. Mudville Nine (formerly Stockton). On the radio: KUTY-AM 1470.

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Here’s a look at four managers who guided Cal League teams last year.

Former JetHawk manager Darrin Garner is a coach for the Seattle Mariners’ Class A Everett, Wash., team in the Northwest League.

Bob Geren, who led the Modesto A’s to a league-best 88-52 record, is manager for the Sacramento River Cats, the A’s new affiliate in the triple-A Pacific Coast League. Rick Burleson, a former JetHawk manager who piloted San Bernardino to the league championship last season, is manager of the Dodgers’ double-A affiliate San Antonio in the Texas League. Derek Bryant, who managed High Desert last season, is a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks.