LAKE ELSINORE -- Entering the night in the midst of six-game losing streak, the Storm were in need of an offensive spark and maybe a little luck to reverse their fortune.

The bats awoke against visiting Stockton but fate was not on their side.

Storm starter Cory Luebke was off to a good start, yielding just one hit into the top of the third when he reached out with his pitching hand to deflect a line drive off the bat of the Ports' Matt Sulentic. Luebke's hand was injured and Storm relievers were unable to contain the Ports in a 9-8 loss at The Diamond on Monday night.

The Storm lost their seventh consecutive game, including each of a recent six-game road trip. Sunday, Lake Elsinore (17-21) was crushed 11-0 in Modesto and one-hit by Nuts pitcher Aneury Rodriguez.

Lake Elsinore's offense did return with 12 hits Monday, and Sam Carter was 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Catcher Mitch Canham also had a pair of hits and two RBIs.

After the hit by Sulentic, Luebke attempted to continue. But when a warmup throw to Canham erratically went to the backstop, a change was made.

Reliever Richie Daigle made it out of the third but ran into trouble in the fourth. After giving up three singles and walking in a run, Stockton's Sean Doolittle hit an 0-2 fastball from Daigle over the 385-foot sign in left-center for a grand slam. By inning's end, the Ports (26-12) had hung seven runs on the Storm and took a 7-1 lead.

Lake Elsinore countered with two in the bottom of the fourth, led off with a walk by Jesus Lopez off Ports starter James Heuser. Lopez then scored on a hit by Lake Elsinore's Sam Carter. Cedric Hunter also scored on a sacrifice grounder from Keoni Ruth.

Archie Gilbert singled in the top of the fifth for Stockton, extending his 24-game hitting streak, 11 shy of a California League record.

Daigle took the loss and was responsible for six runs on four hits and three walks in just 1 1/3 innings.

The game went on more than four hours, delayed severely when the power supply to two lighting towers suddenly shut down in the bottom of the ninth. According to officials, the lights were automatically set to turn off shortly after 11 p.m.

At the time, Carter stood at the plate as the potential game-winning run with two outs and Eric Sogard at first. After a nearly 20-minute delay, the lights were restored and Stockton pitcher Sam Demel struck out Carter to end the game.