Really.
Batting .143 against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes this season, Monahan tried moving Chris Dean and Jason Cook over with two sacrifice attempts. But Monahan fouled off both.
So instead, he moved them both over the plate with a two-run triple down the right-field line, keying a seven-run eighth inning that powered the JetHawks to an 8-1 victory over Rancho Cucamonga in the second-half opener for both teams Wednesday night.
The come-from-behind victory, in front of 6,018 at the Epicenter, came suddenly and without warning. Up until teeing off on Rancho Cucamonga reliever Andy Hammerschmidt for six runs on five hits opening the eighth, Lancaster (1-0, 37-34) did nothing with Quakes starter Keith Davis.
Davis, who closed the first half packing 4-6, 4.68 numbers, opened the second on a 180-degree bender. He allowed only four hits and one walk in seven innings, striking out eight and allowing only two Lancaster runners past first base.
But Davis was already icing his arm when the eighth began. And that's when the JetHawks put Rancho on ice.
Newly promoted Dean opened with a single and moved to second on a walk to Cook. Monahan's triple gave Lancaster its first lead of the night.
But not its biggest. Jesus Marquez followed with a ringing double off the center-field wall. Scot Sealy singled Marquez to third and James Clifford drove him home with a double down the right-field line.
In came former Riverside Pilot and Mariner farmhand Craig Clayton, who served up a threerun homer to newcomer Doug Carroll on his first pitch.
Translation: seven runs for seven-straight batters. And, adding a ninth-inning RBI single and a second-inning single, a 3-for-4, four RBI night for Carroll.
Besides getting the JetHawks off on the right track starting the second half, the come-from-behind barrage spared Lancaster starter Trey Moore. He continued his quality outings, allowing four hits and one run in six innings.
By then, however, Moore was swimming upstream. The one flaw, the one thing that caused his demotion earlier this season - wildness - put the JetHawks behind. Moore opened the game by walking Chris Prieto, who moved to third on Rick Gama's broken bat double down the right-field line.
The .366-hitting Antonio Fernandez provided the lone RBI through the first seven innings with a groundout.