STORM SWEEPS 'HAWKS FROM PLAYOFFS LAKE ELSINORE 11, JETHAWKS 6.Byline: - Gideon Rubin LANCASTER - During the regular season, the JetHawks were an opportunistic hitting team that got consistently solid starting pitching and made beating up on Lake Elsinore look ridiculously easy. All of that changed in the playoffs, and as a result the JetHawks were swept by 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 the California League's best-of-five Southern Division championship series. Lancaster lost to the Storm 11-6 on Monday in front of 698 at Clear Channel Stadium. The JetHawks were 16-4 against Lake Elsinore in the regular season, including winning 10 of 11 games against the Storm at home. The JetHawks batted .301 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 during the regular season, but were 4 for 28 in that category through the first two games. They 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 more opportunities Monday, including a second-and-third, no-outs situation in the third 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. of a game it trailed 4-1. A.J. Shappi, who stood to take the loss, allowed eight runs on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. to become the fifth consecutive JetHawks starter who pitched less than four innings. |
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