York 10, Lancaster 3
(July 4, 2024 – York, Pa.): The York Revolution provided afternoon fireworks on July 4th, using another big inning to complete the sweep of the Lancaster Stormers, 10-3 on Thursday in front of a season-high 6,352 fans at WellSpan Park. With the win, skipper Rick Forney earned the 1,000th win of his managerial career.
Michael Horrell used a double play ball to face the minimum in the first inning, and York jumped out early against Stormers starter Brady Tedesco.
After Colton Welker worked a two-out walk to keep the first inning alive, Jacob Rhinesmith pounded a two-strike pitch off the top of the Arch Nemesis for an RBI double, extending his hitting streak to 12 consecutive games.
York nursed the 1-0 lead until the bottom of the fourth inning. Tedesco grazed Kobe Kato with a curveball to start the inning before a single from Alfredo Reyes chased the starter. Carsie Walker entered in relief, walking Ciaran Devenney before Matt McDermott plated a pair with a single to center. Two batters later, Donovan Casey blasted a pitch over the batter’s eye in center field for a grand slam, which brought his league leading RBI total to 71 as the York lead exploded to 7-0.
Jack Conley put the Stormers on the board in the top of the fifth with a solo home run over the Nemesis. Horrell (3-3) finished the inning with a strikeout, completing his day with five strong frames.
York got the run right back in the bottom half when Reyes launched a solo shot of his own over the wall in left to make it 8-1.
Lancaster got a run on a two-out double from Trace Loehr in the sixth off reliever Denny Bentley, cutting the lead to 8-2.
Rhinesmith put the cap on another big offensive day in the bottom of the sixth as he launched a two-run home run to the lawn in right center field, putting York into double digits for the 17th time in their past 41 games and extending the lead to 10-2.
Lancaster scratched across a run on a broken bat fielder’s choice in the seventh, but Frankie Bartow ended things with a flyout, closing down the 10-3 win.
The game was scheduled for seven innings in advance of evening Independence Day festivities at WellSpan Park, following a 47-minute rain delay at the outset.
York (42-20) will look to tie their single half wins record on Friday when they host the Staten Island FerryHawks at 6:30 PM. Ethan Lindow takes the ball for York in the first half finale which features a Jersey Lunch Bag Giveaway (first 1,000 fans). It is also Unused Ticke Redemption Night as fans who bring unused tickets from the 2024 season into the Shipley Energy Ticket Office can exchange them for a complimentary ticket. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
Notes: York’s lead in the North Division grows to a franchise record 12 games, which would tie the second largest division lead in a half in Atlantic League history (Southern Maryland, 2022 first half). The Revs have won 17 of their last 19 home games. The crowd of 6,352 was the Revs’ second home crowd of 6,000-plus this season and their largest since July 4, 2021. The Revs have won three of their last four July 4 games, all at home. York improves to 11-1 in this season’s War of the Roses series, having won seven straight which ties their all-time record head-to-head against Lancaster (2010, 2023). The seven straight wins is one shy of a franchise record against any opponent; York won eight straight head-to-head against Bridgeport in 2011 and against Camden in 2014. Casey’s 71 RBI are two shy of a Revs single half record set by Carlos Franco in the first half of the 2022 season; it is tied for the second most in a single half, matching Chris Nowak’s total from the 2012 second half.
Staten Island 9, Hagerstown 0
The FerryHawks defeated the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars by a score of 9-0 on Thursday night at SIUH Community Park. The shutout victory completed the FerryHawks’ three-game sweep over the visiting Boxcars.
After home starter Aaron Leasher retired the side in order in the top of the first, the FerryHawks’ lineup wasted no time getting to business against opposing right-hander Gunnar Groen. The first three batters walked, then a Nate Scantlin double plated the first two runs of the game before a wild pitch brought in a third to give the FerryHawks an early lead.
It would be all FerryHawks from here. After a clean second from Groen, the home team returned to action with a Luis Castro leadoff home run to start the third inning, followed in the fourth by a double off the bat of newcomer Jordan Howard and a towering two-run homer by Pablo Sandoval to make it six to nothing.
Left-hander Aaron Leasher turned in one of his strongest starts of the season, pitching seven and a third innings of shutout baseball, giving up a walk and six hits while striking out five. Bryan Warzek finished out the eighth, then right-hander Jimmie Sherfy locked down the blowout win and the series sweep in the 9th. Aaron Leasher, the reigning ALPB Pitcher Of The Month, picked up the win.
The 4th of July FerryHawks action was accompanied by pregame festivities outside the stadium gate, as well as a fireworks show to cap off the Independence Day victory. The FerryHawks will begin a six-game road trip on Tuesday that will include three matchups apiece against the York Revolution and Long Island Ducks.
Long Island 5, Charleston 4
(Central Islip, N.Y., July 4, 2024) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Charleston Dirty Birds 5-4 on Thursday night in the rubber game of a three-game series before a past-capacity crowd of 7,059 at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.Tillman Pugh’s sacrifice fly to center field in the third inning off Ducks starter Stephen Woods Jr. gave Charleston a 1-0 lead. Frank Schwindel answered in the bottom of the third with an opposite-field three-run home run to right off Dirty Birds starter Mack Lemieux. Scott Kelly’s RBI single through the left side in the fourth bumped the Ducks lead up to 4-1.
Keon Barnum drew a bases loaded walk in the seventh, closing the gap to 4-2, but the Ducks got the run back in the bottom of the frame when Chance Sisco scored on a double play. Phillip Ervin scored on an error in the eighth inning to make it two-run game at 5-3. Barnum lifted a solo homer to right in the ninth, trimming the Ducks lead to one, but the visitors were unable to pull even.
Woods Jr. (4-3) earned the win, tossing six innings of two-run ball, allowing seven hits and three walks while striking out eight. Lemieux (1-4) lasted four and two-thirds innings, conceding four runs on seven hits and three walks with one strikeout. Ramon Santos picked up his third save of the year, striking out four while giving up a run on a hit.
Sisco led the Ducks offense with three hits and a run, while Bradley Jr. added two hits, an RBI and a run and Schwindel drove in three runs.
The Ducks hit the road on Friday night to open a three-game series against the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Meritus Park. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball by CLICKING HERE. Left-hander Jimmy Robbins (3-2, 5.33) gets the start for the Ducks against Flying Boxcars righty Parker Markel (1-2, 4.44).
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, July 9, to begin a three-game set with the York Revolution. Game time is slated for 6:35 p.m., with the Fairfield Properties Ballpark gates opening at 5:35 (5:20 for full season ticket holders). As fans exit the ballpark following the game, Ducks staff members will be handing out coupons for a special offer from Francesco’s Trattoria East Islip. It’s also a Triple Play Tuesday, and if the Ducks turn a triple play during the game, one lucky fan will be a grand prize winner of $25,000. Tickets for the game, and all Ducks games, are available by visiting the Fairfield Properties Ballpark box office, calling (631) 940-TIXX or CLICKING HERE.
Gastonia 7, High Point 6
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Gastonia’s Josh Stowers and Marc Flores hit back-to-back doubles in the ninth inning to break a 6-6 tie and lead Gastonia to a 7-6 win over High Point in front of a crowd of 4,045 at Truist Point on Thursday night.
The Rockers and Gastonia waged a back and forth battle all night long, with High Point overcoming a 6-4 deficit in the sixth with RBI hits from Jake Washer and Clayton Mehlbauer to knot the game at 6-6.
Gastonia opened the scoring with a run in the fourth on a triple by Josh Stowers and an RBI single from Flores. The Rockers bounced back with a pair of runs in fourth on Connor Owings’ two-run homer for a 2-1 advantage.
In the fifth, Gastonia used a two-run homer from Kevin Watson, Jr. to move ahead 3-1 before the Rockers answered back in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single from Martin Figueroa and a sac fly off the bat of Evan Edwards.
A three-run homer from Gastonia catcher Hidekel Gonzalez in the sixth gave the Baseball Club a 6-4 lead until the Rockers tied it in the bottom of the sixth.
Gastonia reliever Jake Miednik (W, 4-0) pitched the final two innings and allowed only one hit to earn the win. Jameson McGrane (L, 2-3) pitched the ninth for the Rockers and allowed the go-ahead run.
High Point will now start a three-game home series with the Lancaster Stormers on Friday night at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point. A postgame fireworks show will follow the game.
Southern Maryland 12, Lexington 4