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Silvestre, Robinson Power Lancaster

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Juan Silvestre hit his 27th home run and Bo Robinson hit his 10th for Lancaster in a 6-5 victory over Rancho Cucamonga on Friday in front of 2,792 at The Hangar in Lancaster.

Harvey Hargrove had a double and two runs batted in for the JetHawks (35-14), and Silvestre drove in three runs.

Scott Atchison (4-5) allowed two runs on four hits in five innings, with three strikeouts and one walk for Lancaster. Brandon Parker earned his 20th save by pitching a scoreless ninth inning, allowing one hit with one strikeout.

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Today’s game: At The Hangar vs. Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m. Sunday’s game: At High Desert, 5 p.m. Monday: Off. On the radio: KUTY-AM 1470.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Scanning Thursday’s box scores:

Triple A--Mark Loretta (St. Francis) drove in runs with a single and sacrifice fly in a rehabilitation assignment at Indianapolis (Brewers) in a 9-4 victory over Columbus. . . . David Lamb (Pepperdine) and Craig Sheff (Newbury Park) each had two hits, including one double, and Lamb scored once for Norfolk (Mets) in a 7-4 victory over Charlotte. . . . Bobby Hughes (Notre Dame) had a hit, drove in a run and scored for Buffalo (Indians) in an 8-2 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. . . . Eric Gillespie (Cal State Northridge) had three hits, including his 13th double, drove in two runs and scored for Richmond (Braves) in a 7-5 victory over Toledo. Erik Hiljus (Canyon) pitched three innings of hitless relief for Toledo (Tigers). He struck out four, walked one and lowered his earned-run average to 3.07. . . . Pat Ahearne (Pepperdine) pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up eight hits and one earned run, to run his record to 11-7 for Tacoma (Mariners) in a 3-2 victory over Fresno. Ahearne struck out three and walked one. Jalal Leach (Pepperdine) had two hits and drove in both runs for Fresno (Giants).

Double A--Luis Figueroa, a former JetHawk, had two hits, including his first home run, and scored twice for New Haven (Mariners) in a 6-5 victory over Portland. Former JetHawk Jeff Farnsworth (6-3) scattered five hits over six innings and gave up three earned runs. He struck out five and walked none. . . . Eric Cole (Antelope Valley, Antelope Valley College) hit his 38th double and drove in a run for Round Rock (Astros), which lost, 7-5, to El Paso.

Class A--Garret Lee (Glendale College) pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, giving up two hits, striking out two and walking two for Myrtle Beach (Braves) in a 4-3 loss to Frederick. . . . Jorge Piedra (Notre Dame) had two hits and scored two runs for Daytona (Cubs) in a 10-2 victory over Jupiter. . . . Bryan Warner (Glendale College) drove in a run for Lansing (Cubs) in a 4-3 victory over Wisconsin. . . . Fernando Rios (Glendale) had two hits, including his first triple, drove in two runs and scored once for Dayton (Reds) in a 7-6 loss to Michigan. . . . Danny Phillips (Chatsworth, Northridge) hit his 12th home run for Asheville (Rockies) in a 3-2 victory over Savannah.

Short Season--Ryan Hamill (Chaminade) had three hits and drove in a run for Johnson City (Cardinals) in a 10-7 loss to Princeton. . . . Chris Testa (Palmdale) had two hits and drove in two runs for the Rockies in an 11-3 victory over the White Sox in an Arizona League game. Joe Borchard had two hits, including his first double, and drove in three runs for the White Sox.

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