`HAWKS SQUASH STORM JETHAWKS 7, LAKE ELSINORE 1.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LAKE ELSINORE - One day the JetHawks don't hit. The next day their pitching fails them. Or their defense. A lot of things have to go wrong for a team to get to 23 games below .500 less than two months into the season. But that is where the JetHawks were entering Wednesday before a rare game in which they excelled in all the above areas in a 7-1 victory over the Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm are a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and are a farm team of the San Diego Padres. in front of 1,337 at the Diamond. JetHawks starter Phil Stockman (1-0) struck out eight batters and allowed four hits, two walks and one unearned run in 5 2/3 innings, combining with three relievers on a six-hitter. Jesus Cota was 4 for 5 with two RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in , including a run-scoring triple for Lancaster (16-38) in a three-run inning in the top of the third. Second baseman Andy Green was among six players with two or more hits and made an outstanding over-the-shoulder catch in short right field in the fourth. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Tuesday's top performers: Kurt Airoso (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ) hit his fourth homer and drove in two runs for Double-A Erie (Pa.). ... Steve Smyth (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) had a no-decision for Double-A West Tennessee, allowing two runs on three hits with eight strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. ... Garrett Atkins (UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ) had two hits for Double-A Carolina (N.C.). ... Curt Fiore (LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit ) had three hits (including a homer and a double), an RBI and five runs scored for Double-A Greenville (S.C.). ... J.T. Stotts (Hart/CSUN) had an RBI, a single and two runs scored for Single-A Visalia. ... Mike Frick (CSUN) tossed two scoreless innings for Single-A Modesto. -Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): box Box: MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (see text) |
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