Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 10, High Point Rockers 7
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs scored five runs in the eighth en route to a 10-7 win over the High Point Rockers Saturday night at Truist Point.
The Rockers at 27-11 continue to hold a 7.5 game lead over Charleston (19-18) in the Atlantic League’s South Division. The win gives the Blue Crabs a 19-19 record.
Tied 5-5 after seven, the Blue Crabs struck for five runs on five hits off High Point reliever Tommy Doyle (L, 0-1). Second baseman John Taylor hit the big blow, a three-run homer that capped the inning.
The Rockers took the 1-0 lead early in the first when Ben Aklinski scored on a Drew Mendoza single off Southern Maryland’s righty Shawn Semple.
Southern Maryland’s Jackson Loftin answered back in the second by driving in Giovanni Digiacomo with a sacrifice fly off High Point southpaw Kent Emanuel to tie the game at 1-1. The lead was extended to 2-1 in the third when Ethan Wilson doubled and scored on a Jamari Baylor single.
Southern Maryland increased its lead to 4-1 lead as Loftin pounded a two-run homer.
Aklinski’s solo homer in the fourth pulled the Rockers to within 4-2 before scoring three times in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. Luis Gonzalez tripled and scored on a Mendoza double. Max Viera plated Mendoza with a single and an error by the Blue Crabs allowed Viera to score, giving the Rockers the lead.
Cody Thompson (W, 1-1) pitched two innings, allowing four hits and two runs while striking out three.
Down 10-5, High Point rallied in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of runs coming on Jack Conley’s second homer of the season. But SMD’s Andre Scrubb pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save, his third of the year.
The Rockers will take on the Blue Crabs in a rubber match on Sunday at 4:05 pm.
Lebanon Ironmaster 11, Staten Island FerryHawks 8
The first four games of the Lebanon Ironmasters (Lancaster Stormers) six day homestand were noncompetitive to put it mildly. In three games against Hagerstown and one against the Ferryhawks, the average final score was 15-3. Saturday night was a bit more stressful.
Relief pitcher Phil Deihl dealt with most of that stress when he entered into an 11-8 ballgame with the bags full and just one away in the eighth inning. The lefty got out of the jam in four pitches, striking out center fielder Shayne Fontana and getting third baseman Pablo Sandoval to ground out. Diehl came back out in the ninth and shut the door to complete the five-out save.
Before Diehl performed his magic to keep the Ironmaster streak alive at 11-0, the game had some pretty wild mood swings.
Staten Island jumped on Ironmasters starter A.J. Alexy right out of the gate when Fontana hit his fourth home run of the season in the top of the first. The Ferryhawks added another in the next inning when right fielder Aaron Takacs lifted a sacrifice fly into center. An inning later, Sandoval doubled the Ferryhawks lead to 4-0 with a one-out single roped into right. It was looking bleak at that point for Lebanon, but then, another single inning explosion occurred.
The bottom of the third included seven runs scored on five Ironmasters hits. Lancaster’s first two runs crossed when Danny Amaral beat out a dribbler to the third base side of the mound, and Shane Barringer (0-2) threw the ball away. Then louder hits started coming. First baseman Mason Martin drove one home with a double to the right center gap. Left fielder Alex Isola dropped one into center to bring the game to even. And then two batters later, Ironmasters designated hitter Ariel Sandoval cranked a three-run bomb to right-center for a 7-4 edge the club never lost.
Martin launched a pair of homers, and Andrew Semo chimed in with an RBI single to extend the Lebanon lead to 11-5.
Lebanon reliever Kyle Johnson gave up three Staten Island runs in the seventh, two on a homer by Mark Contreras. Scott Engler took over in the eighth and walked the bases loaded around an Amani Smith sacrifice bunt.
Enter Diehl, who slammed the door shut behind him.
Jackson Rees (3-1) took over from Alexy in the fourth and was awarded the win.
Lebanon goes for its first sweep of the year Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Keyland Killgore (1-3) makes his eighth start of the year for the Ironmasters while righty Morgan McSweeney (4-0) takes the hill for the Ferryhawks. Don’t miss the action from Penn Medicine Park starting at 1:55 p.m. on Blue Ridge 11 and FloBaseball.
NOTES: Martin set the Lancaster franchise record for fewest games to reach 100 RBI…He accomplished the feat in his 98th career game in Lancaster, breaking the mark previously held by Andretty Cordero…He has 39 homers and 103 RBI in that stretch…Sandoval is 12-for-30 with nine RBI in a seven-game hitting streak…Joseph Carpenter is 11-for-22 on the homestand and batting .412 at Penn Medicine Park…The club went its 32nd consecutive game without a triple.
Long Island Ducks 3, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 0
(Hagerstown, Md., June 7, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 3-0 on Saturday evening in the middle game of a three-game series at Meritus Park.
The Ducks jumped out in front 1-0 in the top half of the third inning thanks to an RBI single off the bat of River Town against Flying Boxcars starting pitcher Domenic Picone. Long Island made it 2-0 in the fourth courtesy of a Ronaldo Flores run-scoring base knock. The Flock went ahead 3-0 in the sixth by way of a solo home run to left centerfield produced by Flores.
The Flock pitching staff did the rest as the foursome of starter Ryan Sandberg and a trio of relievers in Jacob Asa, Mark Washington and Braydon Nelson stymied the Hagerstown offense all evening long with pinpoint control, allowing just three hits while not walking a batter and striking out a combined ten men overall.
Sandberg registered a no-decision after firing four scoreless innings on just two hits allowed and a season-high six strikeouts. Asa (2-0) earned the win with a pair of scoreless frames and strikeouts. Picone (1-4) suffered the loss, surrendering three runs on seven hits and seven strikeouts. Nelson tossed a perfect ninth with a punchout for his second save of the campaign as Long Island tallied their second shutout of the season as a pitching staff.
Flores had three hits, including a home run, two RBIs and a run scored as the catcher extended his hitting streak to a team-high 13 consecutive games overall dating back to May 20th.
The Ducks and Flying Boxcars wrap up their three-game set on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at Meritus Park. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball. Sign up today by CLICKING HERE. Right-hander Justin Alintoff (0-2, 8.59) toes the rubber for the Ducks against Flying Boxcars left-hander Mike Kickham (1-3, 6.42).
Long Island returns home on Friday, June 13, to open a three-game set with the High Point Rockers. 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). The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive a Ducks Plush Bat Dog Toy, courtesy of K9 Mania Dog Training. It’s also a Tap Room Friday, and Ducks staff members will be handing out coupons with a special offer from Tap Room to fans as they exit the ballpark. 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.
The Long Island Ducks are in their 25th Anniversary season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and play their home games at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in Central Islip, N.Y. They are the all-time leader in wins and attendance in Atlantic League history, have led all MLB Partner Leagues in total attendance for four consecutive seasons, and have sold out a record 713 games all-time. For further information, visit LIDucks.com or call 631-940-DUCK (3825).
Gastonia Ghost Peppers 7, Charleston Dirty Birds 6
York Revolution 9, Lexington Legends 8
(June 7, 2025 – Lexington, Ky.): The York Revolution blasted four home runs in a rain-shortened 9-8 win in six innings over the Lexington Legends on Saturday night at Legends Field. The wild high-scoring battle featured a bench clearing incident and a total of six ejections.
York built an immediate lead with three runs in the top of the first. Marty Costes opened the scoring with an opposite field homer to right, making it four consecutive games with a long ball for the Revs’ two-hole hitter. Frankie Tostado laced his league-leading 22nd double down the right field line, and Brandon Lewis launched a two-run homer to left as the Revs quickly jumped on top 3-0.
The Revs added another run in the second as Bubba Alleyne legged out a hustle double on a liner up the right center alley, stole third, and scored as Ryan Higgins drilled an RBI double off the left center fence to make it 4-0.
York starter J.C. Ramirez retired his first four batters of the night, but Lexington got to him for three runs in the second, scoring on an Andy Atwood RBI double to left and back-to-back balks.
The Revs got two of those runs back in the third as Jeffrey Wehler singled with two outs to keep the inning alive and Jaylin Davis blasted a two-run homer to right for a 6-3 lead.
Dylan Rock tied the game with a three-run homer to left in the bottom of the third, knotting things at 6-6. Two batters later, Brian Fuentes was hit by a pitch sparking a bench clearing incident. Ramirez and catcher Michael Berglund were ejected along with a third representative from the Revs bench as Danny Denz exited. Fuentes, Gonzalez, and manager Paul Fletcher were all sent packing from the home side.
Higgins cranked a homer to left center to lead off the fourth as the Revs went back on top 7-6.
Lexington went back ahead in the bottom of the fourth as Brady Whalen lined a two-run double to left center, seesawing the Legends on top 8-7.
York took one last lead in the fifth inning, scoring twice on RBI singles from Davis and Higgins for the decisive 9-8 advantage.
Hunter Dula (3-1) picked up the win with 2.2 innings in relief. He allowed two runs in the fourth but squashed a further Lexington threat by picking off Whalen and inducing a slick inning-ending 3-6-3 double play started by Higgins at first base. Dula went on to retire the side in order in the fifth for the game’s first scoreless half inning since the bottom of the first.
Leading by a run, York lefty Ian Churchill was greeted with a leadoff double by nine-hole hitter Austin Bates in the bottom of the sixth but struck out the top three batters in the Legends order to claim the save, the fourth of his pro career, stranding the tying run at third as rain intensified and the game was called prior to the start of the seventh. Play had also been halted briefly for a six-minute delay in the middle of the fifth.
York improves to 25-13, maintaining a four-game lead for first place in the North Division while continuing the best start to a season in franchise history. The Revs have won six of eight and 10 of their last 13. They have also won six consecutive road games for the second time this year.
Notes: York has homered at least four times in three of the last seven games. They have hit 19 home runs in those seven games including 13 over the past four contests. Davis became the 15th different player to go yard for the Revs this season. Costes (2-for-3) is now 13-for-26 (.500) with five homers on a seven-game hitting streak. He has an RBI in nine consecutive games, and his four-game homer streak is the Revs’ longest since Isaias Tejeda homered in a record six consecutive games in 2019. Costes’ four-game homer streak ties Chris Nowak (2012) and Eric Patterson (2013) for second longest in Revs history. Wehler (2-for-4) has hit safely in seven straight and is now batting .444 over his last 10 games. Higgins went 3-for-3 with a double, homer, and three RBI and is now hitting .433 with four homers, four doubles, and nine RBI over the past week. Bullpen catcher Matt Zaremba made his pro debut, entering to catch in the third inning when Berglund was ejected; he reached base safely for the first time by drawing a walk in the top of the fifth.
Up Next: The Revs will go for a series sweep on Sunday at 2 p.m. Lefty Jordan Morales (0-0, 4.91) faces Lexington righty Wilton Castillo (2-3, 5.28) in the finale. Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 98.9 FM & 1350 WOYK, 989woyk.com, The New WOYK app, and FloBaseball.TV beginning at 1:40 p.m.