McDonald Slugs 30th Homer in Regular-Season Finale
September 8, 2015 - California League (CalL1)
Lancaster JetHawks News Release
LANCASTER, Calif. - The JetHawks fell behind early on a first-inning, five-run rally and could not recover in a 10-4 loss to the High Desert Mavericks to close the regular season on Monday night at The Hangar.
Marc Wik, Edwin Medina and Chase McDonald all homered for the JetHawks (75-65). Medina's home run was the first of his professional career, and McDonald notched his 30th of the season to become the first JetHawk to hit 30 homers in a season since Jon Gaston hit 35 in 2009.
Lancaster went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and was held hitless over the final three innings.
The Mavericks (78-62) plated five runs in the top of the first inning before Christian Powell (3-3) recorded an out. Chris Garia led off the game with a walk, and three consecutive singles by Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Evan Van Hoosier and Joe Jackson gave High Desert a 2-0 lead. Royce Bolinger followed with a three-run homer to cap the rally.
McDonald led off the bottom of the second inning with a double, advanced to third on a groundout and scored the first JetHawks run on a Mott Hyde sacrifice fly.
With two out in the bottom of the third, Wik and Medina hit back-to-back homers off Dallas Gallant (2-1). McDonald led off the home half of the fourth with a home run, but Lancaster would not score again in the game.
Gallant yielded a total of four runs on six hits and three walks over 5.2 innings, but received ample run support to record the win.
High Desert added three runs in Powell's fifth and final inning for an 8-4 lead. A Kiner-Falefa RBI-single in the sixth against Andrew Walter and an eighth-inning RBI-groundout by Jackson off Ryan Thompson extended the Mavericks' lead to six runs.
Troy Scribner and Kevin Comer held the Mavericks scoreless in the seventh and ninth innings, respectively. High Desert received a combined 3.1 innings of scoreless relief from Joeanthony Rivera, Jose Monegro, David Ledbetter and John Fasola.
The JetHawks and the Mavericks will open the South Division Mini-Series on Wednesday at The Hangar with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Both teams' starting pitchers are yet to be announced.
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