RIVERSIDE — Jason Jones is not a pitcher who is going to register big numbers on the radar gun.

What Jones can do at times, however, is work efficiently and keep the amount of barreled balls to a minimum.

The 6-foot-1 senior right-hander needed only 78 pitches and just under two hours to complete a five-hit gem, as the King defeated crosstown foe Arlington 5-0 in a nonleague baseball game Wednesday afternoon.

“He knows who he is, and he’s not going to try to do too much,” Wolves coach Justin Solis said about Jones. “JJ is not going to blow the ball by batters. He’s going throw his pitches, hit spots and work with good counts. He really knows how to set up pitches. We stress with him, and most of our pitchers, to hit bats not barrels.”

Jones peppered the zone Wednesday, throwing 52 pitches for strikes. He faced a three-ball count only twice. His fastball topped out at 82 miles per hour, but it was off-speed pitches in the 70s that handcuffed the Lions.

“I just attacked the zone today,” said Jones, who picked up his first win of the season. “A lot of off-speed stuff, and my change-up was really working. My defense played great, so I was looking to get some ground balls.”

King (6-1) got to Arlington starter Carter Johnson for three runs in the second inning. (read the rest of the article here)