Brandon Gold allowed a tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning and the Lancaster JetHawks fell to the San Jose Giants, 4-2, on Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium.
Gold (3-1) allowed four runs on eight hits over seven innings with two strikeouts and two walks. The loss is his first with the JetHawks.
Dillon Dobson broke the 2-2 tie in the sixth with a two-run home run to give the Giants (56-67, 26-27) the lead for good.
The JetHawks (67-56, 29-24) had their best comeback chance in the seventh inning. Wilson Soriano and Garrett Hampson recorded back-to-back infield singles to put two runners on with one out, but Soriano was caught stealing third on a controversial call by umpire Tom West. Yonathan Daza struck out to end the inning.
Lancaster took the lead against Giants starter Matt Solter in the second inning. Wes Rogers was hit by a pitch and Dillon Thomas and Mylz Jones followed with singles to load the bases. Chris Rabago delivered a sac-fly to score Rogers.
Daza reached with one out in the third inning on an error by shortstop Ryan Howard and moved to second on a wild pitch. He scored on a Roberto Ramos base-hit.
The Giants tied the game with two runs in the fourth.
Matt Krook (4-9) tossed one scoreless inning of relief to pick up the win. Dylan Rheault earned his league-leading 20th save with a perfect ninth inning.
The series concludes on Thursday afternoon in San Jose. Ty Culbreth (4-1) starts for the JetHawks against Shaun Anderson (2-1). First pitch is 12:30 p.m.
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