Rockers clinch South, York magic number at 1, Ducks waddle off Boxcars
High Point Rockers 5, Lancaster Stormers 3
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point Rockers won the Atlantic League’s South Division first half championship with a 5-3 win over the Lancaster Stormers on Saturday night at Truist Point. The Rockers’ win combined with Southern Maryland’s loss to Lexington gave the Rockers the championship.
High Point (38-18) wins the division over the second place Blue Crabs (31-25). It is the second South Division first half title for the Rockers in the last three years. As first half champions, the Rockers have earned a berth in the ALPB League Championship Series against the second half South Division champion.
The Rockers fell behind 1-0 when Lancaster’s Evan Alexander opened the game with a walk and scored on an infield ground out by Joseph Carpenter.
High Point put up four runs in the third to take the lead. After a solo homer from Braxton Davidson knotted the game at 1-1, Drew Mendoza blasted a three-run shot for a 4-1 advantage.
The lead grew to 5-1 in the fifth when Davidson walked and scored on an infield grounder from Max Viera.
The Stormers rallied in the eighth, touching High Point reliever Stevie Branche for a pair of runs on a two-run double by Mason Martin. Jameson McGrane came on and got the Rockers out of trouble before pitching a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his third save of the season.
Rockers starter Jonah Scolaro (W, 3-2) went five innings and allowed just one hit despite walking five and striking out three. The Stormers did not get another hit until the eighth and the Rockers staff finished with a two-hitter.
Lancaster starter Max Green (L, 0-4) was saddled with the loss, allowing five hits and five runs with one walk and seven strikeouts.
Luis Gonzalez and Mendoza each finished with a pair of hits and Mendoza led all players with three RBI.
The Rockers are slated to take on the Stormers in the series closer on Sunday at 4:05 pm.
York Revolution 14, Staten Island FerryHawks 6
(June 28, 2025 – York, Pa.): The York Revolution matched their largest comeback of the season, erasing a five-run deficit before running away with a 14-6 victory over the Staten Island FerryHawks on Saturday night at WellSpan Park. The win shrinks the Revs’ magic number to one to clinch a first half title which they can do with a win on Sunday when they host the FerryHawks at 1 p.m.
York trailed 5-0 after four innings of play before rallying for three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to go in front. After Staten Island tied the game with a two-out run in the eighth, the Revs matched their biggest inning of the year with an eight-run outburst to put the game away.
Bubba Alleyne started the Revs’ road back with a homer to right leading off the bottom of the fifth. Brandon Lewis followed with a single to left and Jeremy Arocho ripped an RBI double past a sliding Brandon Martorano in left. After taking third on the throw, Arocho scored on Ryan Higgins’ sac fly to center as the Revs quickly closed the gap to 5-3.
York went ahead for the first time with three more in the sixth. Frankie Tostado and William Simoneit singled before Jaylin Davis walked to load the bases with none out. A wild pitch brought home Tostado, and with one out, Lewis laced an RBI single to left, tying the score at 5-5. Arocho put York ahead, following with his own RBI single to deep left as the Revs scored six unanswered.
Staten Island tied it in the eighth on Kolby Johnson’s two-out chopper up the middle, evening the board at 6-6.
The Revs responded with a monstrous rally, scoring all eight runs with two outs. After reliever Reinier Parra (1-1) loaded the bases with walks, Marty Costes came through with a two-run double to left to put the Revs ahead 8-6. Jalen Miller raced home on a passed ball, and Tostado followed by smashing an RBI triple into the right field corner to make it 10-6. Two more walks reloaded the bases before Alleyne was hit by a pitch, forcing in a run. Lewis capped the uprising with a bases clearing three-run double to deep right, polishing off a 3-for-5, four-RBI night.
Cam Robinson secured the victory with a scoreless ninth, his 13th consecutive outing without an earned run and his 20th in 21 appearances overall for the year.
Staten Island had the better of it through the first four innings. Johnson’s first inning homer to left center opened the scoring, and Nick Decker lined a solo shot to right in the second. Pablo Sandoval added a two-out RBI single to left in the second, and an unearned run came home in the third on Cristhian Rodriguez’ ground out. Shayne Fontana legged out a fielder’s choice RBI in the fourth as York fell behind 5-0.
Revs starter Chris Vallimont battled through 5.1 innings, and held things in the fifth and sixth before the offense went to work on erasing the deficit.
Hunter Dula retired all five faced in relief, while Mauricio Llovera (4-0) was scored upon for just the third time in his last 10 outings in the eighth but picked up the victory.
Staten Island starter Dylan Sabia debuted with four shutout innings before the Revs offense came to life against the FerryHawks bullpen.
The game ended with a celebratory feeling around the ballpark as the postgame fireworks got underway and both players and fans awaited the result of the Hagerstown at Long Island contest. The Revs were one Boxcars defensive out away from clinching a first half title, but Hagerstown third baseman Alan Alonso whiffed on a routine popup that would have ended the game and Long Island won on a wild pitch to delay the Revs’ celebration.
York leads the North Division by seven games with seven still to play in the first half and can finalize a first half championship and playoff berth with a win on Sunday afternoon.
Notes: The five-run comeback ties the largest of the year, along with a win vs Lancaster on April 30 when York erased a 6-1 deficit and won 8-7. The eight-run eighth ties the Revs’ biggest inning of the year, matching their eight-run sixth inning in the third game of the season, an 11-3 win at Gastonia on April 27. Costes went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and extended his on-base streak to 39 consecutive games, the league’s longest this season and third longest in Revs history.
Up Next: The Revs will look to wrap up a first half title with a win on Sunday as RHP Michael Horrell (2-1, 2.57) faces lefty Adalberto Mejia (0-4, 7.39) at 1 p.m. The day features York County Library Summer Quest, Harry Potter Day with Character Appearances, Kids Eat Free Sunday by D.F. Stauffer’s Biscuit Co., Captain Bob’s Crab Feast – Two Hour All-You-Can-Eat Crab Picnic, and Sunday Funday presented by Weis Markets. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
Long Island Ducks 9, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 8 (10 innings)
(Central Islip, N.Y., June 28, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated by the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 9-8 in 10 innings on Saturday night in the middle game of a three-game series at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.
The Ducks jumped out in front 3-0 in the bottom half of the first inning courtesy of a three-run home run to left centerfield off the bat of JC Encarnacion against Flying Boxcars starting pitcher Quinton Martinez. Hagerstown cut the deficit to 3-1 in the third thanks to a solo home run to left by Tyler Williams off Ducks starter David Griffin.
The visitors got to within 3-2 in the fourth on Joe DeLuca’s sacrifice fly. The Flock stretched their advantage to 4-2 in the bottom of the frame on a Justin O’Conner run-scoring double. The Flying Boxcars got to within a run a 4-3 in the sixth on DeLuca’s RBI base hit. Long Island made it 5-3 one half inning later on O’Conner’s second RBI two-base hit of the ballgame.
Hagerstown scored three runs in the seventh to take their first lead of the ballgame at 6-5 on a two-run home run to right field by Dante Leach and an RBI single from Bryce Cannon. River Town’s solo blast to right in the last of the seventh knotted the game at six apiece.
DeLuca’s two-out RBI base knock in the ninth gave Hagerstown their first lead of the night at 7-6, but O’Conner’s third run batted in in the bottom of the ninth came by way of a base hit with Long Island down to their final out of the ballgame. Tyler Williams’ RBI double in the tenth put the Flying Boxcars back out in front 8-7, but a popup that was dropped at third base by Alan Alonso at third base on a ball hit by Cody Thomas plated Chris Roller with the tying-run, and then Town hustled down the line from third base with the winning run on a wild pitch thrown by Rafael Kelly as the Ducks tallied their second waddle off victory in 2025.
Neither starter factored into the decision. Griffin allowed three runs on six hits across six innings pitched, walking one and striking out five. Martinez surrendered four runs on one hit in three and one-third innings of work, walking three while striking out six. Jacob Asa (3-1) picked up the win after giving up an unearned run on one hit in one inning of relief to go along with a walk and a strikeout. Kelly (2-4) suffered the loss, allowing three runs (one earned) two hits and a walk in one and two-thirds innings on the mound.
O’Conner had three hits and three RBI’s en route to the victory, while Town had a hit, three runs scored and four walks.
The Ducks and Flying Boxcars wrap up their three-game series on Sunday afternoon. Game time is slated for 1:35 p.m., with the Fairfield Properties Ballpark gates opening at 12:35 (12:20 for full season ticket holders). The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive Ducks Bandanas, courtesy of Atria Senior Living. It’s also a FourLeaf Family Funday Sunday at the ballpark. Prior to the game, fans will be able to enjoy a Catch on the Field from 12:40 until 1:00. After the game, fans are invited back down to the field for Kids Run the Bases. Right-hander David Griffin (4-1, 4.40) toes the rubber for the Ducks against Flying Boxcars righty Julian Minaya (0-3, 10.63).
Lexington Legends 8, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 2
Gastonia Ghost Peppers 9, Charleston Dirty Birds 4