JetHawks take rubber game, series from Nuts
MODESTO, Calif. - Will Gaddis pitched well and his battery mate, Joel Diaz, delivered three RBIs to help lead their club to a 6-4 win over the Modesto Nuts on Sunday night at John Thurman Field. The rubber-game win snapped a four-series losing streak for the JetHawks (63-61, 29-27) and
MODESTO, Calif. - Will Gaddis pitched well and his battery mate,
The rubber-game win snapped a four-series losing streak for the JetHawks (63-61, 29-27) and kept them two games behind the Lake Elsinore Storm for the South Division's final playoff spot heading in to the final 14 games of the season.
Gaddis (10-7) improved to 4-0 over his last four starts, allowing just one unearned run on three hits over 5.1 innings. The win was his team-leading 10th of the season. He left the game with one out in the sixth inning due to an apparent injury.
His catcher, Diaz, gave him the lead in the fifth inning with a two-run single to put Lancaster ahead, 2-1.
After Jimmy Herron brought home a run with a sac-fly in the sixth inning, Diaz added another with a RBI-single in the seventh.
Jack Larsen cut the lead in half with a two-run triple in the eighth inning against reliever
Penn Murffee (5-5) gave up two runs over five innings and picked up the loss.
The JetHawks finished the season 7-10 against Modesto (56-70, 26-30) but went 6-4 at John Thurman Field.
Lancaster begins a three-game series at Inland Empire on Tuesday night after an off-day Monday. Ryan Rolison is scheduled to start the series-opener at San Manuel Stadium. First pitch is 7:05 p.m.