York Revolution 5, Staten Island FerryHawks 1
The Staten Island FerryHawks suffered a tough 5-1 loss Friday night at SIUH Community Park, falling to the York Revolution in the first matchup of the series.
Morgan McSweeney took the mound for his tenth start of the season. He started off the game striking out the side in the first but the Revolution were able to score one run in each of the first three innings to grab a 3-0 lead.
McSweeney was able to settle down for the next two innings but the Revolution’s Jeremy Arocho sailed a two-run bomb in the sixth to make it 5-0.
On the other hand, the Revolution’s Wes Scott kept the Hawks scoreless for the first five innings. It was not until Mark Contreras’s sixth inning solo homer that the Hawks would be on the board to make it 5-1. This would be the Hawks’ lone run of the night.
With a triple in the third and a single in the eighth, Contreras was a double short of a cycle as he went 3-3 at the plate with a walk.
Scott was finished after 6.1 innings as he only gave up one run with eight strikeouts. Revolution’s Dallas Woolfolk came in shortly after Contreras’ blast to finish the seventh. The Revolution’s bullpen was able to keep the Hawks scoreless for the rest of the night.
Trayson Kubo took over for McSweeney in the seventh and threw two scoreless innings to keep the Hawks in the game. Reinier Parra pitched a scoreless ninth but the Hawks were not able to make a comeback.
Fans were excited to see Pablo Sandoval back, however he was 0-3 with two strikeouts and a walk.
The FerryHawks are looking to prevent the Revolution from clinching a series win tomorrow, Saturday night at 6:30 PM at SIUH Community Park.
Harrisburg Giants 8, Long Island Ducks 2
Every time the Lancaster Stormers don an alternate jersey, it brings a win.
Playing as the Harrisburg Giants on a night paying tribute to the Negro Leagues, the Stormers ended a five-game losing streak with an 8-2 victory over the Long Island Ducks at Penn Medicine Park.
Keylan Killgore (2-4) gave the Stormers 5 2/3 shutout innings on four singles and a walk. Jackson Rees pulled the lefty out of a tight spot in the sixth, striking out JC Encarnacion who stood at the plate as the tying run.
Rees and Diehl continued the shutout through the eighth inning before Ronaldo Flores reached Gerson Moreno with a two-run homer in the top of the ninth.
Mason Martin ignited the offense with his 17th homer of the season, a solo blast in the first off Ryan Sandberg (1-2). The lead grew to 3-0 in the second on a wild pitch and RBI single by Yeison Coca.
The “Giants” did not score again until the sixth inning. Martin led off with a double and took third on a wild pitch. Alex Isola walked to add a second runner. With one out, Carpenter singled to right, his third hit of the night for a 4-0 lead. Coca added his second RBI on a bases loaded walk.
Nick Lucky closed out the “Harrisburg” scoring with a three-run homer to right in the top of the seventh.
Noah Bremer (3-1) will take the hill for the Stormers on Saturday at 6:45. Long Island will counter with lefty Juan Hillman (2-3). Fireworks will follow the action. Fans may tune into FloBaseball, beginning at 6:40.
NOTES: Martin leads the league with 17 homers…He has 31 extra base hits in 43 games played this season and a total of 120 bases…He has 18 homers against Long Island in his career…Carpenter is batting .421 (32-76) at home…Killgore has thrown 17.1 innings against Long Island, allowing only two earned runs…Martin has a 14-game on-base streak and Coca has been aboard in 13 in a row…Diehl has thrown 10 straight shutout innings.
Lexington Legends 11, High Point Rockers 5
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The High Point Rockers dropped their second consecutive game, falling 11-4 at the Lexington Legends at Legends Field in the opening game of a three-game series. It marked just the third time this season the Rockers have dropped back-to-back games.
The Rockers (35-14) magic number to clinch the Atlantic League’s South Division title stands at eight as second place Southern Maryland (27-21) lost at Gastonia, 5-2.
The Rockers started the day with the fifth-best record in professional baseball at .729. They trailed Pecos League members Garden City (17-2, .895), Tucson (16-4, .800), and San Rafael (18-6, .750) and Mexico City (38-14, .731) in the Mexican Baseball League.
The Rockers trailed 4-3 in the fifth inning before Lexington scored five unanswered runs to take an 8-4 lead. The Legends added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh and High Point tallied once in the ninth for the 11-5 final.
Lexington jumped on the board in the bottom of the first when, with two outs, Brady Whalen doubled and scored on an error by Rockers shortstop Aidan Brewer on a ball hit by Curtis Terry. Terry then scampered home on an error by catcher Jack Conley.
The Rockers tied the game with two runs of their own in the top of the third when Carlos Amezquita singled to right and scored on a double by Luis Gonzalez. Drew Mendoza followed with an RBI single to plate Gonzalez and knot the game at 2-2.
The Legends surged to a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the third on back-to-back doubles from Whalen and Terry and an infield ground out by Pedro Gonzalez.
High Point cut the lead to 4-3 in the fifth on Gonzalez’s eighth homer of the season, a solo shot.
But Lexington went up 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth on Whalen’s third double of the game and a two-run homer from E.J. Cumbo.
The Legends chased Rockers starter Cooper Casad (L, 1-2) in the sixth when J.T. Riddle doubled and scored on Dylan Rock’s two-run homer. Casad left after 5.1 innings, having allowed 11 hits and eight runs, six earned, and two strikeouts.
Jake Gilbert came on in relief and walked Whalen who then moved to second on a balk and advanced to third on an infield single by Curtis Terry. Whalen then scored on a wild pitch from Gilbert to put the Legends in command at 9-3.
Lexington starter Ben Ferrer (W, 1-1) exited after six innings, having scattered eight hits and allowing three runs on two walks and four strikeouts.
Reliever Michael Esposito came on in the seventh and walked Gonzalez and Mendoza to start the inning before inducing Ben Aklinski to ground into a 5-4-3 double play. After Esposito walked Braxton Davidson, Lexington manager Paul Fletcher pulled Esposito in favor of Jimmy Loper. Jack Conley greeted Loper with an RBI single to score Gonzalez. Alex Dickerson singled through the left side to load the bases but Loper fanned Brewer to escape the jam.
In the bottom of the seventh, Riddle line a shot into the left field corner that scored Jerry Huntzinger to put the Legends up 10-4.
Conley added an RBI single for the Rockers in the top of the ninth, one of his three hits on the day. Whalen went four-for-four for the Legends with four runs scored and an RBI.
Game two of the series is set for Saturday night at Legends Field with a 7 p.m. first pitch.
NOTES: Rockers pitching coach Frank Viola was ejected in the bottom of the seventh inning during a mound visit.
Charleston Dirty Birds 6, Hgerstown Flying Boxcars 2
Gastonia Ghost Peppers 5, Southern Maryland 2