Lancaster Falls to San Jose, 3-1

Ryan Jones hit his fifth home run of the season and Billy Martin had two hits, but the San Jose Giants defeated the Lancaster JetHawks, 3-1, in a California League game Friday night at San Jose.

Vance Cozier (3-2) pitched six scoreless innings for San Jose.

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Lancaster catcher J.D. Closser was named California League player of the week. Closser, who is hitting .429, was 13 for 26 with 10 runs batted in in seven games.

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Today’s game: Lancaster at San Jose, 5 p.m. Next home game: 7:15 p.m., Monday vs. Modesto. On the radio: KUTY-AM (1470).

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Scanning Thursday’s box scores:

Triple A--Bob Scanlan (Harvard-Westlake) earned his seventh save for Ottawa (Expos) with one scoreless inning in a 4-1 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. . . . Right fielder Ryan Radmanovich (Pepperdine) hit his sixth double for Portland (Padres) in a 7-6 victory at Sacramento.

Double A--Designated hitter Pete Paciorek (Glendale College) hit his second home run and center fielder Darrell Dent (Montclair Prep) had two hits and three RBIs for Jacksonville (Dodgers) in an 8-5 victory over Birmingham.

Class A--Erasmo Ramirez (Cal State Northridge) is 1-2 after pitching 2 2/3 hitless relief innings for San Jose (Giants) in a 5-3, seven-inning victory at Modesto. . . . Left fielder Covelli Crisp (Pierce) had four singles and one RBI for Potomac (Cardinals) in a 3-2 loss at Winston-Salem. . . . Catcher Ryan Hamill (Chaminade) had three hits, including two doubles, for Peoria (Cardinals) in a 5-2 loss to Burlington. . . . First baseman Jason Botts (Glendale College) had a single and a double for Savannah (Rangers) in a 7-5 loss to Charleston.