Baseball

Shafter 6, Wasco 1

Baseball

Shafter 6, Wasco 1

Donald Lutz hit his California League-leading 10th home run of the season in the 9th inning Tuesday to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 3-2 victory over the Lancaster JetHawks at Clear Channel Stadium.

Three Blaze pitchers, led by starter Justice French, held Lancaster to four hits. French worked six scoreless innings, struck out four and walked two.

Donald Lutz hit his California League-leading 10th home run of the season in the 9th inning Tuesday to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 3-2 victory over the Lancaster JetHawks at Clear Channel Stadium.

Three Blaze pitchers, led by starter Justice French, held Lancaster to four hits. French worked six scoreless innings, struck out four and walked two.

BALTIMORE -- Josh Hamilton became the 16th player to hit four home runs in a game, launching a quartet of two-run drives against three different pitchers in a history-making performance that carried the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday

Hamilton homered off Jake Arrieta in the first and third innings, added another off Zach Phillips in the seventh and topped it off with a one-for-the-books shot against Darren O'Day in the eighth. During the last at-bat, Hamilton took a mighty hack and missed, lined a foul into right-field seats and then sent an 0-2 pitch over the center-field wall.

BALTIMORE -- Josh Hamilton became the 16th player to hit four home runs in a game, launching a quartet of two-run drives against three different pitchers in a history-making performance that carried the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday

Hamilton homered off Jake Arrieta in the first and third innings, added another off Zach Phillips in the seventh and topped it off with a one-for-the-books shot against Darren O'Day in the eighth. During the last at-bat, Hamilton took a mighty hack and missed, lined a foul into right-field seats and then sent an 0-2 pitch over the center-field wall.

Manav Shah and Bhavik Patel are moving on in qualifying for the 112th U.S. Open.

Shah was co-medalist in local qualifying at Fort Washington Golf Course in Fresno on Monday with a 4-under-par 67, tying Fresno's Ryan Nelson.

Manav Shah and Bhavik Patel are moving on in qualifying for the 112th U.S. Open.

Shah was co-medalist in local qualifying at Fort Washington Golf Course in Fresno on Monday with a 4-under-par 67, tying Fresno's Ryan Nelson.

2012 Kern County Track & Field Championships

Liberty High School

2012 Kern County Track & Field Championships

Liberty High School

The excitement started to brew back in mid-March when Bakersfield bowler Joe Smith won the District Finals at AMF Riverside Lanes in Riverside. It was the same weekend as our Mixed City Tournament and the news spread quickly at AMF Southwest Lanes that Smith would be going on to Vegas to bowl in the record-breaking $700,000 AMF National In-League Tournament.

Smith, 26, was among 108 finalists to compete the weekend of April 27-28, at The Orleans in Las Vegas. Finalists were competing in four divisions: Open, Division A, Division B and Division C. Smith was competing in the Open division. This year more than 25,000 AMF league bowlers entered this tournament.

The excitement started to brew back in mid-March when Bakersfield bowler Joe Smith won the District Finals at AMF Riverside Lanes in Riverside. It was the same weekend as our Mixed City Tournament and the news spread quickly at AMF Southwest Lanes that Smith would be going on to Vegas to bowl in the record-breaking $700,000 AMF National In-League Tournament.

Smith, 26, was among 108 finalists to compete the weekend of April 27-28, at The Orleans in Las Vegas. Finalists were competing in four divisions: Open, Division A, Division B and Division C. Smith was competing in the Open division. This year more than 25,000 AMF league bowlers entered this tournament.

TAFT -- The depth of Garces' boys golf team was tested Monday like it hadn't been before this season.

The Rams answered like never before, too, earning themselves the Central Section's South Area championship at Mifflin-Buena Vista Golf Course.

TAFT -- The depth of Garces' boys golf team was tested Monday like it hadn't been before this season.

The Rams answered like never before, too, earning themselves the Central Section's South Area championship at Mifflin-Buena Vista Golf Course.

LANCASTER -- Tony Cingrani allowed only one earned run and struck out eight in six innings of work to lead the Blaze to a 9-6 victory Monday over the Lancaster JetHawks at Clear Channel Stadium

Devin Lohman had two hits, including his third homer of the season, three runs and two RBIs for the Blaze, which totaled 12 hits off three Lancaster pitchers.

LANCASTER -- Tony Cingrani allowed only one earned run and struck out eight in six innings of work to lead the Blaze to a 9-6 victory Monday over the Lancaster JetHawks at Clear Channel Stadium

Devin Lohman had two hits, including his third homer of the season, three runs and two RBIs for the Blaze, which totaled 12 hits off three Lancaster pitchers.

The future looks promising for Kern County track and field.

Several meet records were broken Saturday at the Kern County Track and Field Champions at Liberty High.

The future looks promising for Kern County track and field.

Several meet records were broken Saturday at the Kern County Track and Field Champions at Liberty High.

The Modesto Nuts pulled away with a five-run eighth inning en route to an 8-4 victory over the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Nuts starter Josh Smith (1-4) earned the victory, allowing one run over six innings as Modesto took two-of-three from Bakersfield in the series.

The Modesto Nuts pulled away with a five-run eighth inning en route to an 8-4 victory over the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Nuts starter Josh Smith (1-4) earned the victory, allowing one run over six innings as Modesto took two-of-three from Bakersfield in the series.