Homers Can't Help Ports In 11-4 Loss
LANCASTER, Calif. - The Stockton Ports had six hits on Sunday afternoon, three of which left the yard. Stockton, however, was buried by a six-run seventh inning for the Lancaster JetHawks as the JetHawks won their fifth straight and send Stockton to its seventh straight defeat in an 11-3 final
LANCASTER, Calif. - The Stockton Ports had six hits on Sunday afternoon, three of which left the yard. Stockton, however, was buried by a six-run seventh inning for the Lancaster JetHawks as the JetHawks won their fifth straight and send Stockton to its seventh straight defeat in an 11-3 final at The Hangar.
Lancaster opened the scoring early as
The JetHawks widened their lead in the fifth. With runners at the corners at one out, Lancaster executed a double steal on which Hilliard stole second and Rodgers stole home. After a
Shore would suffer the loss, going 4.1 innings and allowing four runs on eight hits while walking one and not recording a strikeout.
Stockton got a run back in the sixth on a leadoff home run by
Lancaster, though, would put the game away in the bottom of the sixth while facing Gilbert. With the bases loaded and one out, Rodgers drove in a run with a sac-fly to right to make it 5-2. Hilliard followed with an RBI single, Mundell came up next and lined a two-run single to left, and, two batters later,
Gilbert went an inning-and-two-thirds and allowed six runs on six hits.
Brown hit his second home run of the night for Stockton with one out in the seventh and it was the final run allowed by JetHawks starter
Rodgers would cap off a 4-for-4 night for Lancaster with a solo home run to center off Ports reliever
With a two-home run day, Brown became the third Ports player to have a multi-home run game on the season (Sean Murphy, Mikey White).
Having lost seven straight, the Ports will close out their seven-game road trip on Monday as they wrap up their set with the JetHawks. Left-hander