JETHAWKS CRYING FOUL AFTER NINTH-INNING LOSS : SAN JOSE 6, JETHAWKS 4.Byline: Bryan Winchell Special to the Daily News Jon Sbrocco hit a three-run, inside-the-park home run In baseball parlance, an inside-the-park home run or "leg home run" is a play where a hitter scores a home run without hitting the ball out of play. Discussion To score an inside-the-park home run the player must run, round, and touch all four bases before a fielder tags that appeared to go foul in the ninth inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. to propel San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. (17-15) to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over the Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. (16-16) Sunday evening at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. The ball was hit down the left-field line, appeared to kick up dirt and rolled to the fence. Left fielder Josh Watts thought it was foul and didn't go after it, allowing the three runs to score. |
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