JetHawks Offense Soars as Ports Fall 19-13
Published on May 11, 2013 under California League (CalL1)
Stockton Ports News Release
LANCASTER, Calif. - The Hangar in Lancaster is well known as one of the most hitter-friendly ballparks in all of Minor League Baseball, and Friday night proved no exception. The Stockton Ports scored 13 runs, the second-most runs they've scored in a game all season, but fell to the Lancaster JetHawks by a final of 19-13 as Lancaster scored 19 runs over the first five innings. Addison Russell went 3-for-5 for Stockton and came a single shy of hitting for the cycle.
After being shut out in Modesto on Thursday night, Stockton took an early lead on Friday as Russell doubled on the first pitch of the ballgame. Three batters later, Josh Whitaker reached on an error and Bobby Crocker followed with a two-run double to left to give the Ports a 2-0 lead. Crocker went 3-for-5 with four RBI.
The JetHawks countered with six runs in the bottom of the inning off Ports starter Sergio Perez (0-1). Perez walked back-to-back hitters to open the first. Andrew Aplin drove in the first Lancaster run with an RBI single to left. M.P. Cokinos followed with an RBI double to left that tied the game at 2-2. Telvin Nash followed with a three-run homer to left that gave the JetHawks a 5-2 advantage. Nash went 3-for-6 on the night and drove in seven runs. Three batters later, Matt Duffy hit an opposite-field homer to right that made it a 6-2 ballgame.
Stockton cut the deficit to two runs as they scored two in the second. With one on and two out, Russell hit a two-run homer to left, his second of the year, to make it a 6-4 game.
Lancaster had another big inning in the second. Perez allowed back-to-back singles to start the inning, then surrendered a two-run double to Cokinos and was lifted from the game in favor of T.J. Walz, who yielded a two-run homer to Nash that made it a 10-4 game.
Perez took the loss, going one-plus inning and allowing nine runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out one.
Walz pitched a scoreless third, but with one out in the fourth, gave up back-to-back singles and hit a batter to load the bases. Omar Duran, who entered the ballgame having retired the last 16 batters he faced, came on from the bullpen and gave up a three-run triple to Chris Epps that gave Lancaster a 13-4 cushion. Duran walked Nolan Fontana and then gave up an RBI double to Joe Sclafani. With two outs in the inning, Nash hit a two-run single to center to make it a 16-4 ballgame.
The Ports plated three runs in the fifth off JetHawks starter Brady Rodgers. With two on and two out, Crocker doubled to right-center to make it 16-6. Ryan Delgado followed with an RBI single to left to bring the score to 16-7 and knock Rodgers from the ballgame one out shy of qualifying for the win. T.J. Geith came on from the bullpen and got Dusty Robinson to hit into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Rodgers received a no-decision, allowing seven runs (five earned) on seven hits while walking two and striking out five over 4.2 innings of work.
The JetHawks got the three runs back in the bottom of the inning. Duran walked back-to-back hitters to open the frame. With one out, Duran walked Fontana to load the bases, at which point Seth Frankoff was summoned from the Stockton bullpen. After getting the second out of the inning, Frankoff gave up a three-run triple to Aplin that gave Lancaster a 19-7 edge.
Duran allowed six runs on three hits over an inning of work. Frankoff tossed 2.2 scoreless innings for the Ports while striking out three.
Chris Devenski (3-1) came on to start the sixth for the JetHawks and walked Tony Thompson with one out. Thompson scored on an ensuing triple to right hit by Russell, making it a 19-8 game. After setting down five in a row going into the eighth, Robinson started the inning with an infield single, Phil Pohl singled to left and Thompson walked to load the bases with nobody out. Russell, needing a single to complete the cycle, hit into a 6-4-3 double play on which a run scored to make it 19-9.
After infielder Wade Kirkland pitched a scoreless eighth for the Ports, Devenski came back out for the ninth. Devenki walked Max Muncy and then gave up a two-run homer to Whitaker. Crocker followed an reached on an infield single, and Delgado came up next an hit a two-run blast own the left field line that cut the Ports deficit to 19-13. Devenski, however, would retire the next three hitters to end the game, including back-to-back strikeouts of Pohl and Thompson.
The 19 runs and 16 hits for the JetHawks were both season high totals, as well as season high totals allowed in those categories for Ports pitching. Each player scored at least once for Lancaster. Three players scored three times for the JetHawks, while four players scored twice. Nash finished with a game-high seven RBI for the JetHawks, while Crocker drove in a team-high four runs for Stokton. Russell and Delgado each drove in three runs in the contest for Stockton.
The Ports and JetHawks will play the second game of their four-game set on Saturday night at The Hangar. Right-hander Drew Granier (4-2, 2.31 ERA) will head to the mound for Stockton, opposed by Lancaster right-hander Tyson Perez (1-1, 5.65 ERA). First pitch is set for 7 p.m. PDT.
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