JetHawks swept to end season, finish .500
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - The JetHawks wrapped up the regular season with a 6-5 loss to the Lake Elsinore Storm on Monday at The Diamond.The defeat dropped Lancaster (70-70, 37-33) to .500 to finish the season, the first time the club has ever finished with an even record in its
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - The JetHawks wrapped up the regular season with a 6-5 loss to the Lake Elsinore Storm on Monday at The Diamond.
The defeat dropped Lancaster (70-70, 37-33) to .500 to finish the season, the first time the club has ever finished with an even record in its 23-year history. The JetHawks dropped their final four games of the season to the Storm (68-72, 34-36), getting swept in a four-game series for the first time since June, 2016.
The JetHawks rallied for two runs in the eighth inning to get within a run of the Storm, but
Down, 6-3, in the eighth,
An error in the first inning led to three unearned runs for the Storm. After an
Lancaster answered with three runs in the second inning to tie it up.
Peña was unable to keep the game tied in the bottom of the second. The right-hander gave up a
The only other Storm run came on a Brad Zunica solo home run to start the fifth against Salvador Justo.
Lawson lasted five innings, allowing three runs on three hits with six strikeouts and a career-high-tying five walks.
The JetHawks are off Tuesday before beginning the best-of-five South Division Finals against Rancho Cucamonga. Game 1 is Wednesday at The Hangar.