CAL LEAGUE: BULLPEN FALTERS, WIN STREAK ENDS L.E. 9, JETHAWKS 8.Byline: - Gideon Rubin LANCASTER - New additions have significantly improved a JetHawks bullpen that struggled much of the second half. But it is not a unit that is impermeable impermeable /im·per·me·a·ble/ (-per´me-ah-b'l) not permitting passage, as of fluid. im·per·me·a·ble adj. Impossible to permeate; not permitting passage. , as a blown save in Wednesday night's game against Lake Elsinore illustrated. The JetHawks blew a three-run lead and lost 9-8 in front of 1,309 at Clear Channel Stadium, snapping their eight-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" . The JetHawks led 7-4 going into the seventh, when they committed two errors as Lake Elsinore scored three runs to tie the score. The Storm took a 9-7 lead in the eighth with two runs on three hits off JetHawks setup man Micah Owings  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. , highlighted by Juan Ciriaco's 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 double. Owings, a third-round draft pick out of Tulane, took a 1.08 ERA into the game. Jeff Cook went 2 for 4 with an RBI double and solo homer to lead off the ninth, extending hitting streak to 13 games. |
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