Bond Strikes Out 14 for Lancaster

The Lancaster JetHawks got a dominating pitching performance from left-hander Jason Bond and routed the Visalia Oaks, 10-3, Friday night in a California League game at Recreation Park in Visalia.

A former reliever, Bond struck out 14, a JetHawk season high. He allowed an unearned run in seven innings, struck out the side three times and recorded 14 of 21 outs on strikeouts.

Bond (3-6) didn’t allow a hit through 5 2/3 innings and retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced. Bond was replaced in the eighth by Javier Gutierrez.

The JetHawks (28-20) scored in the second, third and fifth innings to take a 3-1 lead. They extended the margin to 7-1 in the fifth, when Tarrik Brock’s two-run single off reliever Brian Kern capped a four-run uprising in which Lancaster batted around.

The JetHawks scored three runs off Jose Paulino in the eighth, highlighted by a two-run single by Josh Watts.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Former JetHawk ace Ken Cloude has been promoted to the Seattle Mariners from double-A Memphis and will make his major-league debut today at the Kingdome, starting against the Chicago White Sox. Cloude had an 11-7 record and 3.87 earned-run average for Memphis. He was 15-4 for the JetHawks last year.

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Scanning Thursday’s box scores: TRIPLE A--Right-hander Roland De La Maza (St. Genevieve) improved to 9-1 by winning a seven-inning complete game, striking out eight, in Buffalo’s 4-1 victory over Oklahoma City. . . . Omaha second baseman Steve Sisco (Thousand Oaks) hit three doubles and Louisville left fielder Dmitri Young (Rio Mesa) hit a home run and drove in three runs in Louisville’s 11-6 victory over Omaha. . . . Outfielder Jacob Cruz (Channel Islands) of Phoenix had three hits, including his 43rd double to raise his batting average to .367. . . . DOUBLE A--San Antonio’s Scott Richardson (Cal State Northridge) and Mobile’s Gary Mathews Jr. (Mission College) each had two hits. Mathews is batting .314. CLASS A--West Michigan’s Robert Fick (Northridge, Ventura College, Newbury Park) had four hits, including his 44th double, to raise his average to .355. . . . Eric Gillespie (Northridge) of Cedar Rapids had two hits, including his 24th double.