A variety of factors led to Beck's inability to gain a victory since joining the Lancaster JetHawks' starting rotation in late April.
Bad luck. Bad control. Lack of offensive support.
None of the above applied Tuesday night at Maverick Stadium.
Beck shut out the California League's best offensive team over seven innings to lead the JetHawks to a 7-0 win over High Desert in front of a paid attendance of 1,119.
Beck was masterful, as he gave up two hits - singles by Mike Berry and Doug Newstrom.
"Anytime you can take a team out of their game at their place," Beck said, "that's good."
Newstrom was stranded on his hit in the second, one of four double plays the JetHawks turned in the game.
Mike Lanza also made a diving stop behind second base to force a runner at second in the fifth when the game was still close.
"The guys made some incredible plays behind me," he said.
Beck (5-3) last won on April 24. He was 0-3 in seven starts prior to Tuesday, and he said he was using primarily three pitches to keep the Mavericks off balance.
"I was locating the fastball well," he said. "My curveball wasn't working at all. I relied mostly on the slider and change."
He combined with relievers John Thompson and Todd Niemeier to shut out the Mavericks, who had a .289 team batting average entering the game.
Sitting No. 3 in the league in hitting are the JetHawks, who have surged to a .283 average. They pounded out 15 hits against three Mavericks pitchers.
"We're playing with a lot of confidence right now," JetHawks manager Dave Brundage said. "We look like a pretty confident team out to achieve something."
The prize on which the JetHawks (30-28) have their eyes is the Southern Division title.
They stayed a game behind first-place Rancho Cucamonga, a 5-4 winner over Stockton.
Lancaster scored four in the seventh with two out to turn a close game into a blowout.
Adonis Harrison doubled with one out and Marcus Sturdivant struck out against Mavericks reliever Chris Sauritch.
After Shane Monahan singled to drive in Harrison and make it 4-0, High Desert manager Joe Ferguson replaced Sauritch with Gary White.
White was ineffective. He gave up three-straight hits to Jose Cruz Jr., Jesus Marquez and Jason Cook, respectively, each driving in a run to give the JetHawks a 7-0 lead.
Sturdivant singled to lead off the game and scored the JetHawks' first run.
After Sturdivant moved up to second on a groundout, he scored on Cruz' single to right field.
The JetHawks had a good opportunity to add to their lead in the second when Scot Sealy and Lanza both singled with one out, but both runners were stranded.
But Lanza came through with a two-out hit in the fourth after a controversial call to help Lancaster take a 2-0 lead.
After Cook reached on a bunt single, James Clifford hit a ball down the right-field line that originally went for a run-scoring triple.
But umpire John Creek overruled the play, saying the ball was foul. Clifford struck out and Sealy flied out, but Lanza then stroked a grounder up the middle that scored Cook.