Is it any wonder why the Lancaster JetHawks didn't waste much time getting on the team bus after experiencing another dreadful loss, 5-1 against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Saturday night in front of 6,404 at The Epicenter.
The JetHawks dropped their third in a row and fell to 18-12 in the California League, while the Quakes won their second in a row and improved to 12-17.
"It's not good baseball," Lancaster manager Dave Brundage said after most of the JetHawks had filed out of the visitors' clubhouse less than five minutes after the end of the game. "We're turning routine balls into errors."
Lancaster came into the game with 47 errors in 29 games, an average of 1.62 per game, and the JetHawks have been especially poor in the field over the past four games, with 14 errors.
They committed three more in the second inning on Saturday, leading to three Rancho Cucamonga runs.
Second baseman Jason Cook booted Sean Watkins' grounder to begin the inning. David Brinkley then hit a chopper to Carlos Villalobos at third base, who bobbled the ball for his 15th miscue of the season.
Lancaster starter Brett Hinchliffe walked Leroy McKinnis to load the bases, and Juan Melo followed with an RBI fielder's choice to make it 1-0.
Ben Davis hit a grounder that went off the glove of shortstop Luis Molina, allowing Darryl Brinkley to score.
Hinchliffe then got into the ugly act, hitting John Massarelli with a pitch to load the bases and then hitting Dickie Woodridge on the very next pitch to force in Melo and make it 3-0.
Those were more than enough runs for Quakes starter Shane Dennis.
A 6-foot-2, 200-pound left-hander, Dennis kept the JetHawks off guard in his seven-inning stint.
After giving up a check-swing infield single to Marcus Sturdivant that led off the game, Dennis retired nine of the next 10 batters.
Dennis, who struck out eight, also pitched well when he got into jams in the fourth and fifth.
Shane Monahan, on a bunt, and James Clifford, both singled to begin the fourth. But Villalobos popped out and Shawn Buhner hit into an inning-ending double play.
In the fifth, Dusty Wathan walked with one out and was forced at second on Luis Molina's grounder.
Sturdivant then hit his second single of the game, a high bouncer over Watkins' head at first. Molina went to third, but Cook grounded out to shortstop to end the threat.
The JetHawks were finally able to push a run across in the seventh.
Buhner doubled to center field and went to third on Wathan's single to left. Molina drew Dennis' second walk of the game to load the bases for Sturdivant.
He hit a grounder to third baseman Antonio Fernandez, who stepped on third for one out but threw wildly to first, allowing Buhner to score and make it 3-1.
Cook popped out to end the inning.
Hinchliffe pitched seven innings, his longest outing of the season, and gave up just two hits.
"You get a performance like that, an outing like that," Brundage said, "and it's disappointing for someone to get a loss."
Clint Gould relieved Hinchliffe in the eighth and gave up a pair of unearned runs.
Brinkley led off with a single and went to second on an errant pick-off attempt by Gould. McKinnis walked and two batters later, Gary Matthews hit a grounder that went right under Molina's glove and into center field, scoring two runs and making it 5-1.