Gastonia Ghost Peppers 6, Charleston Dirty Birds 4
GASTONIA, N.C. – Matt Hartman spun six scoreless frames in Gastonia’s 6-4 win over Charleston on Friday night, leading the Ghost Peppers to take sole possession of first place in the South.
Hartman, coming off being named ALPB Pitcher of the Month of July, was brilliant Friday. The right-hander struck out seven in the six shutout innings, retiring the final 12 batters he faced.
Hartman got run support right away, with the Ghost Peppers scoring two in the first and five runs over the first three innings.
Nate Scantlin started things off with a leadoff homer against Jamison Hill, crushing his 11th home run of the year. Cole Roederer followed suit with an RBI double in the opening frame, plating Justin Wylie.
The Peppers scored on two wild pitches thrown by Hill in the second, making it 4-0 after two. Henderson Perez’s run-scoring single in the third gave Hartman a 5-0 lead to work with.
Jack Reinheimer knocked in the sixth Ghost Peppers run with a liner off the left-field wall, scoring Narciso Crook.
Art Warren picked up his first save of the season, dealing a 1-2-3 ninth and shutting the door on Charleston, as the Ghost Peppers won, 6-4.
Gastonia won its sixth straight game and has now won 10 of its past 11 contests. The Peppers slid into first place in the South Division with the win, improving to 17-11 in the second half. The fourth game of the six-game set is on Saturday at 7 p.m.
York Revolution 7, Lexington Legends 3
(August 8, 2025 – York, Pa.): Chris Vallimont struck out ten batters and Jaylin Davis launched a pair of home runs as the York Revolution knocked off the Lexington Legends, 7-3 on Friday night at WellSpan Park.
Vallimont (5-3) worked into the eighth and allowed just a bloop single after the first inning to earn the win while Davis collected four RBI, slugging three-run and solo shots to the opposite field. Chris Williams also blasted a long ball for the second consecutive night.
Lexington jumped to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Three batters into the game, Curtis Terry opened the scoring with an RBI single to left as the Revs fell behind in the top of the first for the 13th time in their past 15 home games. The Legends were nearly limited to just one run, but Shayne Fontana’s diving attempt on Brian Fuentes’ two-out liner to right center came loose, resulting in a two-run single.
The Revs answered right away. Jalen Miller led off with a single to left and stole his first of three bags on the night. It took until there were two outs, but Miller scored as William Simoneit ripped an RBI single to left to get the Revs on the board. Fontana kept the inning alive with a seeing-eye single up the middle, and Jeffrey Wehler came through with a big RBI single to left as three consecutive two-out hits immediately brought the Revs within 3-2.
Williams crushed a solo bomb to left center, tying the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the second.
With two on and two out in the third, Davis provided the big blow with an opposite field three-run homer to right center, doubling the Revs’ run total as they surged ahead, 6-3. Davis added a towering leadoff homer to right on the first pitch in the sixth for his second multi-homer game of the year.
Vallimont retired nine straight until allowing a one-out bloop single to Paul Winland in the fifth on a ball that Davis nearly caught on a diving effort in center. He struck out the side that inning, going on to retire another nine in-a-row, making it 18 of 19 batters set down through the first out of the eighth.
Vallimont whiffed cleanup man Pedro Gonzalez for his 10th strikeout of the night on the second out of the sixth inning, and retired his next five batters on quick ground ball outs. That included a seven-pitch seventh inning and a one-pitch out to begin the eighth. He was lifted after a four-pitch walk to Dylan Rock, as he lasted 7.1 innings with just four hits and three runs allowed. He walked three and struck out 10, firing 70 of his 99 pitches for strikes.
Ian Churchill took over and got ahead of EJ Cumbo who reached on a two-strike single to left, but Churchill finished the inning retiring Terry on a 6-4-3 double play for his 12th consecutive scoreless outing.
Nick Mikolajchak retired the side in order in the top of the ninth, using a pair of nifty defensive plays from Wehler at short followed by a game-ending strikeout.
Notes: Vallimont’s double digit strikeout performance is his second of the season and third of his Revs career; he becomes the fourth pitcher in Revs history with at least three double-digit strikeout games, joining Nick Raquet and Jorge Martinez who both did it four times and Mitch Atkins who owned three such efforts. Davis’ two-homer game is the Revs’ fourth of the season and his second while his four-RBI performance is his third of the year. Davis snapped an 0-for-18 skid and homered for the first time since July 11; he now has 13 homers in just 44 games with York as 10 of those 13 have been hit to the opposite field. The Revs have nine homers in four games on their current homestand. The Revs stole four bases including three by Miller who became the league’s second to 40 steals on the season; he now has 42, four shy of the league lead, as he enjoyed his third game of three steals or more this season.
Up Next: The Revs will host the Legends on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. as RHP Tyler Palm (3-3, 4.71) faces righty Ben Ferrer (2-3, 6.28). It is Bike Night presented by Eisenhauer’s Harley-Davidson and the night features postgame inside-the-park fireworks and a York Revolution Fan Club game-worn jersey auction. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
Long Island Ducks 8, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 4
(Hagerstown, Md., Aug. 8, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 8-4 in ten innings on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Meritus Park.
Long Island took a 1-0 advantage in the top half of the third inning on a two-out RBI single from Ivan Castillo off Hagerstown starting pitcher Julian Minaya. The Flying Boxcars scored three times in the bottom of the frame for a 3-1 edge on sacrifice flies by Tyler Williams and Cary Arbolida and an RBI base-hit off the bat of Aaron Takacs versus Ducks starter Ryan Sandberg.
The Flock scratched across a pair of runs in the ninth to tie the game at three apiece thanks to a run-scoring infield single from Ed Johnson and an RBI fielder’s choice by River Town. The visitors scored five more times in the tenth for an 8-3 cushion as Cody Thomas plated the lead run with a base knock. Two batters later Taylor Kohlwey drove in a pair with a two-out, opposite-field double to left. The rally concluded when River Town reached on a fielding error committed by Hagerstown reliever Casey Marshalwitz that enabled Kohlwey and Kole Kaler to cross the plate. The Flying Boxcars got a run back in the bottom of the inning on Arbolida’s RBI single but would get no closer as Nolan Clenney erased Gary Mattis by way of a fly ball to Thomas in right to give Long Island a come-from behind extra-inning victory as they improve to 5-5 when free baseball is played in 2025.
Neither starter factored into the decision. Sandberg allowed three runs on five hits in six and two-thirds innings pitched, walking one and striking out five. Minaya gave up one run on six hits across five innings on the mound, walking three and striking out one. Ramon Santos (2-0) registered the win with a scoreless and hitless inning to go along with a walk and a strikeout. Zane Robbins (1-2) suffered the loss after allowing three runs (two earned) on one hit and two walks in three batters faced.
Thomas singled twice and doubled while picking up an RBI and a run scored. Kohlwey had a pair of singles, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
The Ducks and Flying Boxcars continue their three-game set on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at Meritus Park. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball. Sign up today by CLICKING HERE. Right-hander Jonah Dipoto (3-3, 3.26) takes the mound for the Ducks against Flying Boxcars righty Jonh Henriquez (2-7, 7.84).
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, August 12, to begin another three-game set against the 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). It’s Jewish Heritage Night, presented by the JCCs of Long Island, and following the game, all fans in attendance will be treated to a Fireworks Spectacular. The Ducks will also be wearing special commemorative jerseys during the game, which fans can bid on via the LiveSource Mobile App. Tickets to the game and all Ducks games are now available and can be purchased by visiting the ballpark box office, calling (631) 940-TIXX or CLICKING HERE.
Lancaster Stormers 8, Staten Island FerryHawks 4
A late night bus trip and early wakeup call did not phase the Lancaster Stormers.
Joseph Carpenter and Nick Lucky combined to drive in five runs, and the stingy Lancaster bullpen tossed 4 1/3 scoreless innings as the Stormers defeated the host Staten Island FerryHawks, 8-4, in a special 10:30 AM series opener at SIUH Community Park.
With the win, the Stormers pulled to within one-half game of the division-leading Long Island Ducks, who play on Friday evening at Hagerstown.
FerryHawks starter Wes Scott (0-4, 4-7) cost himself with control issues. He loaded the bases in the first inning on two walks and a hit batter. Lucky picked up the first run with a ground single into left field. Alex Isola was also hit by a pitch to force a second run across.
After Eddy Diaz belted a solo homer to center off Luke McCollough in the bottom of the inning, the Stormers went back to work in the second. Slater Schield led off with a double, and Nick Ward followed with a walk. One out later, Carpenter located the gap in left center with a two-run double. He would steal third and score on a slow grounder to third by Lucky.
A triple by Lucky and sacrifice fly by Kevin Watson, Jr. stretched the lead to 6-1.
McCollough faded in the bottom of the fifth. The right-hander picked up the first out, but consecutive doubles by Drew Maggi and Cristhian Rodriguez cut the lead to 6-2. Kolby Johnson cleared a leaping Lucky with a single to left center, and Diaz brought home two with a double to the left field corner.
Kyle Johnson (3-0) took over and struck out Matt Scheffler to end the inning. Johnson, Phil Diehl, Jackson Rees and Scott Engler worked a scoreless inning apiece to nail down the win with the help of insurance runs knocked in by Isola on a ground out and by Carpenter on a single.
Lancaster will send Noah Skirrow (11-3) to the mound on Saturday evening against fellow right-hander Ofelky Peralta (0-2). Fans may tune into the game on FloBaseball at 6:25.
NOTES: Lucky became the first Stormer since Gilberto Mejia in 2011 to produce seven triples in a season…Mejia had 10…Lucky has six RBI in the last three games…Diehl walked Kolby Johnson in the seventh, his first walk since June 13…Carpenter’s double was his 76th as a Stormer.
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 10, High Point Rockers 4
High Point Rockers 4, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 0
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point Rockers and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs split a doubleheader Friday at Truist Point. Southern Maryland won the first game 10-4, a contest that was suspended in the third inning on Thursday. In the regularly scheduled night caps, Rockers pitchers Jonah Scolaro and Jameson McGrane combined to shutout the Blue Crabs 4-0.
In the opener, SMD’s Sam Dexter drove in five runs with a pair of triples to lead a 13-hit attack. Aidan Brewer and Alex Dickerson each belted a two-run homer for the Rockers and Ben Aklinski added a solo shot to account for all of High Point’s runs in the opener.
In the nightcap, Scolaro spun six marvelous innings, scattering six hits over six innings while walking just one and striking out six. McGrane came on in the seventh and struck out two to preserve the win.
Dickerson had two of High Point’s five hits in the nightcap including an RBI double in the first and another double in the fifth. Braxton Davidson doubled and scored on Aidan Brewer’s BRI single in the fourth.
Rockers are now 56-35 overall and 15-13 in the second half while Southern Maryland is 48-42 and 12-15. Gastonia, at 17-11 in the second half, moved into first place in the South, a half-game in front of 16-11 Lexington.
Game five of the six-series is slated for a 6:35 p.m. start on Saturday at Truist Point. The Rockers will send RHP Mike Devine (1-1, 5.54) to the mound to face Southern Maryland RHP Connor Overton (0-2, 4.07). Rocker fans can catch all the action on FLOBASEBALL.TV and on the MixLR app.