Big inning spells doom for JetHawks

But sometimes the pain is worse for the pitcher than it is for the batter who was hit by the pitch.

Lancaster starter Jason Turman hit three batters during his six innings of work against San Jose Saturday. Two of them came back to haunt him, as the Giants beat the JetHawks 4-2 before a Fireworks Night crowd of 4,823 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium.

The biggest mistake by Turman (1-3), who had not hit a batter in his first four starts this season, was putting runners on base in front of San Jose designated hitter Mike Glendenning. The graduate of Crespi High School went 2-for-4 in the game and drove in three runs.

The first two RBI came in the third inning two batters after Turman had hit William Otero with an 0-1 pitch. Turman jumped ahead of Glendenning 0-2, but watched the count go full.

Glendenning then skied what appeared to be a medium depth fly ball toward right field. But the gusty winds at The Hangar caught hold of the ball and blew the towering shot over the right-field wall, erasing what was a 1-0 Lancaster lead.

After the JetHawks' Luis Figueroa tied the game in the fourth inning on the second of two errors charged to San Jose right fielder Angel Melendez, Turman hit his third batter of the night.

Tony Zuniga was the victim this time with two outs in the top of the fifth. That brought up Glendenning, who laced an RBI double over the head of Harvey Hargrove and off the center-field wall to once again give the Giants the lead, 3-2.

Tim Flaherty added a solo home run in the eighth for a little insurance. The homer was the first baseman's fifth of the year.

San Jose starter Jacob Esteves (2-0) lasted 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, one of which was earned, on five hits and no walks. He also struck out eight.