Lake Elsinore Completes a Sweep

Lake Elsinore opened the game with five consecutive runs and scored its final run on a wild pitch to defeat Lancaster, 7-6, at the Hangar on Wednesday night and sweep a three-game series.

Greg Connors of the JetHawks (10-17) tied the score, 5-5, with a home run in the fifth, but a two-out wild pitch on a strikeout in the seventh gave the Storm the winning margin.

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Up next: Tonight-Saturday, vs. San Jose at the Hangar; Sunday-Tuesday at Rancho Cucamonga.

AROUND THE LEAGUES

Scanning Tuesday’s box scores:

Triple A--Jacob Cruz (Channel Islands High) is heating up after a slow start with Buffalo. Cruz, an outfielder traded from the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians last year, went four for five to increase his batting average to .259. . . . Bryan Corey (Thousand Oaks, Pierce College) pitched a scoreless inning to lower his earned-run average to 3.60 for Toledo (Tigers). Corey has steadily improved after a couple of rocky early outings. . . . Ryan McGuire (El Camino Real) had three hits for Ottawa (Expos), lifting his average to .258.

Class A--Jon Garland (Kennedy) allowed five hits and two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings to improve to 2-1 for Winston-Salem (White Sox). Garland struck out five and walked two. . . . Catcher Chris Paxton (Palmdale) had two hits, including his sixth double, for Frederick (Orioles) and is batting .360. . . . Shortstop Jack Wilson (Thousand Oaks, Oxnard College) hit his ninth double and drove in two runs for Peoria (Cardinals).