VISALIA – The Lancaster JetHawks took an early lead behind starter Lucas Gilbreath (pictured above) 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 the 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 inning on Sean Bouchard’s three-run home run. Casey Golden immediately followed with a blistering 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 runs batted in on the night and putting him on top of the list of 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, Lucas 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 inning.
The Rawhide scored three more runs in the eighth inning to get closer.
Here’s the box score.
Lancaster has won five straight games and could tie their season-best win streak with a victory in the second game of the series against Visalia on Saturday night at Recreation Ballpark.
JetHawks single-game tickets, group tickets, ticket packages and season tickets are on sale now. Visit jethawks.com or call 661-726-5400 for more information.
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