Hernandez Falls Short of Cycle in Loss
Published on July 8, 2014 under California League (CalL1)
Lancaster JetHawks News Release
LANCASTER, Calif. - Teoscar Hernandez homered and tripled but fell a doubly shy of the cycle as the JetHawks came up two runs shy in a 7-5 loss to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Monday night at The Hangar.
Hernandez hit a solo home run off starter Tom Windle (9-4) in the first inning to give the JetHawks (50-38) an early but short-lived lead.
Rancho Cucamonga (48-40) tied the game on a Steven Proscia scoring fly ball in the second inning and went on to score three runs in the third and one in the fourth to build a 5-1 lead against Kent Emanuel (3-3). Chris Jacobs and Aaron Miller hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the third before Kyle Farmer's scoring grounder. Corey Seager doubled home a run in the fourth inning. Seven of the Quakes' 14 hits were doubles.
Emanuel allowed five runs on 10 hits in five innings of work with six strikeouts.
Hernandez put Lancaster back in the game with a two-run triple in the fifth inning. He scored on Conrad Gregor fly ball to make it a one-run game.
Reliever Zach Morton entered in the sixth and allowed two quick runs. Jacobs and Miller hit consecutive doubles again before Farmer doubled them both home.
Jack Mayfield doubled in the seventh and scored on an error for Lancaster's final run.
Rob Rogers tossed a perfect ninth inning for his seventh save.
The JetHawks dropped three of four in the series and fell to 10 games back of the Quakes in the second half. Lancaster is 4-12 in its last 16 games.
The JetHawks welcome the last place Inland Empire 66ers to town on Tuesday night for the first of a three game series. Evan Grills will make his JetHawks debut against Mike Clevinger. First pitch is 6:30 p.m.
Don't miss a moment of exciting JetHawks action at The Hangar in 2014. Playoff tickets and other great ticket packages are on sale now. To order, call (661) 726-5400 or visit jethawks.com.
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