'Hawks Hold on for Win in Visalia
July 27, 2019 - California League (CalL1)
Lancaster JetHawks News Release
VISALIA, Calif. - The JetHawks took an early lead behind starter Lucas Gilbreath and staved off a late Visalia Rawhide rally to take the series-opener, 7-6, at Recreation Ballpark on Friday night.
After taking an early 6-0 lead, Visalia (19-17, 63-39) rallied to get within two runs at 7-5 heading into ninth inning. Closer Tommy Doyle gave up a home run to Jorge Perez but held on to pick up his league-leading 18th save. The run was the first earned run he'd allowed since June 21.
The JetHawks (21-15, 54-49) took the lead in the third on Sean Bouchard's three-run home run. Casey Golden immediately followed with a solo shot, marking the fourth pair of back-to-back home runs for the club this season.
Bouchard added an RBI-single later in the game to give him four RBIs on the night and putting him atop all active Cal Leaguers with 68 RBIs on the season.
Taylor Snyder added a solo homer later in the game, his 13th of the season and his ninth in 31 games since the All-Star break.
Meanwhile on the mound, Gilbreath (4-8) struck out a career-high and team season-high 11 batters over 6.2 innings. He did now allow a hit until the fourth inning and didn't allow a run until Anfernee Grier's two-run home run in the seventh.
The Rawhide scored three more runs in the eight to get closer.
Lancaster has won five-straight and can tie their season-best win streak with a victory in the second game of the series on Saturday night. Will Gaddis will start for the JetHawks against Shumpei Yoshikawa. First pitch is 7 p.m.
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