'HAWKS BATS LATE TO ARRIVE LANCASTER OUTHITS A'S BUT STRANDS 10 IN LOSS MODESTO 12, JETHAWKS 7.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - The JetHawks hitters seem to be at their best in situations that matter least. For the second consecutive day, Lancaster feasted during garbage time Garbage time, also known as "junk time", is a term used in American sports (most commonly, basketball and football) parlance to refer to the period of time at the end of a timed sporting event when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both Sunday in a 12-7 loss to the Modesto A's in front of 2,709 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. The JetHawks (3-7) got 10 of their 13 hits in the last five innings, by which time Modesto led 5-1, and they never trailed by less than three runs after that. On Saturday night, seven of Lancaster's nine hits came after the A's had taken an 11-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh. ``We're getting our hits,'' said JetHawks first baseman Jesus Cota, who was 3 for 5 with two doubles. ``We had more hits than they did, but I guess we're just hitting the ball at the wrong time. We're not hitting with runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on .'' Lancaster stranded 10 baserunners and squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. several opportunities, including a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the fifth, when Modesto pitcher Michael Wood Michael Wood refers to:
Corey Myers was 2 for 4 with a double, extending his hitting streak to nine games. Josh Kroeger was 3 for 5 with two doubles and three 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 , and Edge was 2 for 5 with two doubles. Eight of the JetHawks hits were doubles; however, they haven't homered in three games and have just four homers this season. JetHawks starter Francisco Trejo (0-1) allowed seven runs - two earned - on seven hits. --Matchup: Right-hander Casey Daigle (1-0, 2.77 ERA) will pitch for the JetHawks when they play host to Rancho Cucamonga at 7:15 tonight in the opener of a four-game series. MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT --Saturday's top performers: Eric Munson (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ) homered for Triple-A Toledo (Ohio). ... Ryan McGuire (El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
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