WILLIAMS HAS A STREAKY NIGHT.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - JetHawks outfielder Marland Williams took his hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak a step further, and he took one for the team in the process. But between singling in his first at-bat to extend his hitting streak to 19 games (the second-longest stretch in franchise history) and being hit by a pitch to drive in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 15th 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 7-6 victory over High Desert on Wednesday, Williams took sole possession of a dubious California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth record, striking out in six times in consecutive at-bats. After what he called ``the worst game I ever had in my life,'' Williams tried to take everything in stride Adv. 1. in stride - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride" in good spirits . ``It's something I can laugh about now,'' Williams said. ``Six strikeouts is just something you don't feel comfortable with or happy about, but it's something that you have to live with and put behind you. I wish it didn't happen to me, but it did, so I've just got to go on and continue to improve.'' One of the top base-stealing prospects in all of minor-league baseball, a raw Williams started his first full year of pro ball at Lancaster this season after batting Batting has several meanings:
He's since developed into a prospect, batting .296 (108 for 365) going into Thursday, and was third in the league with 51 stolen bases (he's long since broken the franchise record in that category). ``We knew we were going to have to take the good with the bad,'' JetHawks manager Mike Aldrete Williams, who said he struck out swinging on high fastballs in five consecutive at-bats, called Wednesday night's game a learning experience. ``It's just something that you really can't explain,'' he said. ``I was just going up to the plate thinking `I've already struck out this many times, and I might do it again.' It's all in your head, you've just got to let it go.'' He had a strong game Thursday, going 3 for 4 - with no strikeouts - against High Desert. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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