Negron's Walk-Off Homer Evens Series 1-1
September 7, 2008 - California League (CalL1)
Lancaster JetHawks News Release
(Lancaster, CA) -Kris Negron was the hero Sunday afternoon, drilling a three-run homerun to centerfield to give the JetHawks a thrilling 9-6 win. The victory evened the JetHawks best-of-five game series against the Lake Elsinore Storm at one game apiece.
With two outs and the bases empty in the bottom of the tenth inning, Reid Engel reached on an error and Luis Segovia beat out an infield hit. Negron said after the game that he was just looking for a pitch to hit hard somewhere. Over the centerfield wall worked marvelously.
Lancaster scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning to race out to a 5-0 lead. The big blow was a three-run homer from DH Jon Still.
Lake Elsinore inched closer with single runs in the second, fourth, sixth and seventh. Lancaster starter Chris Province game the team five solid innings in which he allowed three runs. In the ninth, the Storm scored twice off reliever Derrick Loop to take a 6-5 lead.
Leading off the bottom of the ninth, pinch-hitter Michael Jones, who was a late scratch from the lineup, singled up the middle. Jones was then replaced by pinch-runner Matt Sheely. After Negron popped up a bunt attempt, Sheely went first to third on a wild pitch. With one out and Sheely at third, the Storm were forced to bring the infield in. Yamaico Navarro then bounced a ball to shortstop that eluded the leaping effort of Storm SS Anthony Contreras to score Sheely with the tying run.
In the top of the tenth inning, Lancaster reliever Jason Blackey walked a batter with one out. Storm rightfielder Sam Carter lined a ball to deep rightfield that looked like it would leave the yard. However, Daniel Nava made a sensational jumping catch at the wall to rob Carter of a homerun to keep the game tied.
The series shifts to Lake Elsinore for games three and four Monday and Tuesday night at 7:08 PM. If necessary, the teams will return to Lancaster for a game five Wednesday evening.
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