Long Island Ducks 10, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 4
(Central Islip, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 10-4 on Sunday evening in the final game of a three-game series at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.
Troy Viola put the Ducks in front in the first inning with an RBI single to right field off Flying Boxcars starter Quinton Martinez. Hagerstown took the lead with a three-run third inning against Ducks starter David Griffin, highlighted by RBI doubles from Ossie Abreu and Bryce Cannon sandwiched around a sac fly to left by Cary Arbolida. However, Long Island countered with two runs in the bottom of the inning on Aaron Antonini’s RBI groundout and Ronaldo Flores’ RBI single to tie the game at three.
A three-run sixth inning put the Flock back on top 6-3, with Cody Thomas’ solo homer to center and sac flies off the bats of Kole Kaler and Chris Roller doing the damage. Two more runs in the seventh on Seth Beer’s RBI single to right and Ivan Castillo’s RBI double to right extended the advantage to five for Long Island.
Hagerstown plated a run in the eighth to close within 8-4 on an RBI groundout to short from Mark Black. Viola answered back in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single to left to round out the scoring.
Neither starter factored into the decision. Griffin tossed five innings of three-run ball, allowing five hits and a walk while striking out seven. Martinez also threw five innings of three-run ball, giving up five hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Nolan Clenney (3-0) picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief, working around two hits. Andrew Simone (0-1) took the loss, conceding three runs (one earned) on two hits in one inning of relief.
Beer led the Ducks offense with three hits, an RBI and a run. Viola added two hits, three RBIs and a walk, while Encarnacion finished with two hits, three runs and a pair of walks.
The Ducks hit the road on Tuesday night to open a three-game series against the Lancaster Stormers. First pitch is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. at Penn Medicine Park. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball. Sign up today by CLICKING HERE. Left-hander Juan Hillman (8-5, 5.02) gets the start for the Ducks against Stormers righty Matt Swarmer (0-3, 11.06).
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, August 26, to begin a six-game series against 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). It’s a Pat’s Marketplace Tuesday, and Ducks staff members will be handing out coupons for $5 off a purchase of $50 or more at Pat’s Marketplace as fans exit the ballpark. 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 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 11, Staten Island FerryHawks 3 (5 innings)
The Lancaster Stormers and the umpiring crew had had enough of rain delays. The Staten Island FerryHawks had had enough of the weekend.
With all that in mind, a sudden cloudburst and more rain in the forecast brought to an end an 11-3, five-inning Lancaster victory over Staten Island Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series. It was the 11th consecutive win for the Stormers and will maintain at least a three-game lead in the North chase, pending the outcome of Long Island’s home game against Hagerstown early Sunday evening.
Sunday’s game started off on a rocky note for the Stormers. Eddy Diaz tripled to right center field as Kevin Watson, Jr. had the ball come loose on a diving effort. Cristhian Rodriguez followed with a home run to right center, and Mark Contreras knocked a single into left center. Noah Bremer (8-2) righted himself and retired the next three batters to keep the deficit at two.
Lancaster quickly responded. Mason Martin drew a one-out walk from Alex Mack (3-3) and headed to third on a double to right center by Joseph Carpenter. Both scored when Nick Lucky dunked a shallow single into center. Lucky took second on the throw home and scored when Kevin Watson, Jr. looped a nearly identical base hit in front of Contreras in center.
Matt Scheffler’s double to left center tied the game with one out in the top of the third, but Lancaster countered with a huge two-out rally in the home half of the inning.
With the bases loaded and two down, Mack worked ahead of Slater Schield on a pair of foul balls to the right side. Schield worked the count back to 2-2 then lined a two-run single into center. Nick Ward beat out a smash that was flagged by first baseman Alberto Osuna, and Yeison Coca sprinted home from second with the inning’s third run. Martin and Carpenter followed with consecutive RBI singles to extend the margin to five.
Joe Campagna tacked on a two-run homer in the fourth, and Watson, with his fourth hit of the afternoon, doubled home Martin in the fifth to cap the scoring.
The Ducks come to town on Tuesday to open a three-game series. Lancaster will send Matt Swarmer (0-3) to the mound against lefty Juan Hillman (8-5). Fans may tune into FloBaseball at 6:40 to follow the action.
NOTES: Lancaster is 11-0 with Campagna behind the plate…Bremer threw Lancaster’s first complete game of the year…He won his fourth straight start and eighth of his last nine decisions…Carpenter has hit safely in 10 straight, his season-high and one short of the team’s…Watson has 15 RBI in the last nine games…He has eight steals in the last 11…The Stormers have won their last seven meetings against Long Island.
High Point Rockers 10, Charleston Dirty Birds 6
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – High Point’s Evan Edwards hit a pair of home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs to help lead the Rockers past the Charleston Dirty Birds 10-6 on Sunday afternoon at GoMart Park. The win gives the Rockers a 3-3 split in the six-game series.
The Rockers became the first team in the Atlantic League to reach 60 wins and their record now stands at 60-39. High Point is 19-17 in the second half and they trail South Division-leading Gastonia (22-14) by three games and are behind second place Lexington (20-15) by 1.5 games.
The Rockers banged out 14 hits with Evans hitting a solo homer in the second and a grand slam in the seventh. Luke Napleton and Max Viera each chipped in with four-hit efforts as well.
Edwards opened the scoring for High Point, blasting his 14th homer of the season to lead-off the second inning for a 1-0 lead. Napleton followed suit, leading off the fourth inning with his fourth of the year, that staked the Rockers to a 2-0 lead.
Charleston made it a 2-1 game after four when Joseph Rosa walked and eventually scored on a ground out by Alsander Womack.
High Point stretched its lead to 3-1 in the fifth when Viera doubled and scored on a groundout by Alex Dickerson.
High Point starter Erich Uelmen (W, 4-3) held the Dirty Birds to four hits and one run over his five innings of work.
The Rockers broke the game open with a seven-run seventh inning that included Edwards’ grand slam, an RBI double from Ian Yetsko and a run-scoring single from Viera.
Kyle Halbohn tossed a shutout sixth inning and David Hess was touched for a pair of runs in the eighth but struck out four in his two innings of work.
Anthony Diaz (L, 2-3) yielded six hits and three runs over his 4.2 innings of work.
Charleston scored five runs over the final two innings including a two-run homer from Rosa and a three-run homer from James Nelson.
The Rockers will return to High Point and open a nine-game home stand on Tuesday, August 19. High Point will host Lexington in six games from Tuesday through Sunday and after taking August 25 off, Charleston will visit Truist Point for three games from August 26-28.
NOTES: The Rockers placed RHP Mike Devine on the injured list on Sunday . . . Edwards’ two homers were his first since re-joining the Rockers earlier this week after a two-month stint in the Los Angeles Angels farm system . . . Ian Yetsko extended his hitting streak to seven games . . . He was nine-for-22 (.409) in five games against Charleston . . . Rockers manager Jamie Keefe served a one-game suspension on Sunday after his third ejection of the season . . . Keefe served as the analyst alongside play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Howe on the broadcast.
York Revolution 14, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 4
(August 17, 2025 – Waldorf, Md.): William Simoneit launched a pair of homers including a ninth inning grand slam as the York Revolution put an exclamation mark on a weeklong road trip with another series win, pounding the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, 14-4 on Sunday afternoon at Regency Furniture Stadium.
York rallied with two outs in the first as Chris Williams and Shayne Fontana (nine-game hitting streak) singled before Simoneit worked a walk to load the bases. Jeffrey Wehler provided the first huge hit of the day with a bases clearing three-run double off the base of the fence in left center, spotting the Revs an immediate 3-0 lead.
Wehler came up big defensively an inning later, making a perfect relay from left fielder Jaylin Davis to the plate, nailing Jamari Baylor attempting to score on Sam Dexter’s two-out double, keeping Southern Maryland off the board.
Revs starter Mike Kickham withstood another early test in the third as Ryan McCarthy and Jackson Loftin led off with singles and Zach Racusin’s sac bunt put two in scoring position with one out. Kickham retired Ethan Wilson on a shallow fly out and struck out Dondrei Hubbard looking to hand the Crabs another zero on the scoreboard.
Blue Crabs starter Cael Chatham (0-2) had retired nine straight until Ryan Higgins hustled his way to second after pounding a hard grounder past third base. Originally scored a double, the play was later changed to an error. Bubba Alleyne followed with an RBI triple down the right field line and circled the bases on the play when Loftin’s relay to third sailed high as the Revs’ lead surged to 5-0.
Dexter’s two-out RBI single to left got Southern Maryland on the board in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 5-1 game.
The Revs did the Crabs one better, scoring twice in the fifth. Jalen Miller led off the fifth with a rocket off the left field scoreboard for a leadoff single and Caleb McNeely slashed a double down the third base line. That set up Williams and Fontana who teamed up for back-to-back deep sac flies as the lead mounted to 7-1.
A two-out throwing error in the bottom of the fifth allowed the Blue Crabs to plate their second run, and Loftin chased Kickham with a two-run double to left center with one out in the sixth. Davis picked up his second outfield assist of the day as Wehler relayed to third to cut down Loftin attempting to stretch it to a triple.
Danny Denz allowed an infield single but struck out Wilson to finish the sixth with a 7-4 lead for Kickham (7-8) who allowed four runs (three earned) in 5.2 innings, improving to 3-0 through three starts since being acquired by the Revs.
The Revs had much more in the tank offensively as Davis led off the seventh with a base hit and later bolted home on a wild pitch to make it 8-4.
Simoneit nailed a solo homer to left center in the top of the eighth, going yard for the second consecutive game, and the Revs turned it into a runaway with five more runs in the ninth.
Davis kicked things off with a hit by pitch and three consecutive one-out walks were issued by reliever Dalton Ross. The last of those came to Fontana which forced in the Revs’ 10th run, and Simoneit put the capper on the week with a grand slam to left as the lead exploded to 14-4.
The Revs completed a full week without allowing a run after the sixth inning. Lefty Jimmy Burnette made his York debut, stranding two while striking out the side in the seventh. Ian Churchill stranded two more in a scoreless eighth, and Ethan Firoved handled a 1-2-3 ninth to close it out.
The Revs finish a 4-2 road trip with back-to-back victories and a pair of series wins at Long Island and Southern Maryland. They have won three consecutive series overall, improving to 58-41 on the season and 19-17 in the second half.
Notes: York’s 14 runs is their most since July 20 when they put up 17 runs in a Sunday victory at Hagerstown. Their 14 runs came on just 12 hits, five of which went for extra bases. Every batter had at least one hit. All five pitchers used by the Revs were lefties. Miller scored his league-leading 94th run, tying Eric Patterson (2014) for sixth on the Revs’ single-season list. Simoneit’s two-homer game is the Revs’ fifth of the year and his second, having also done the trick on June 11 at Hagerstown. His grand slam is the third of the year for the Revs and first since Frankie Tostado blasted one on May 31 vs Long Island; Miller had the other on May 16 vs Hagerstown. Simoneit’s five RBI are one shy of his career-high of six set on June 18 vs Hagerstown. Simoneit ties Miller for the team lead with 16 home runs, a total that is tied for 10th most in the league. He has hit three homers in the past two games, and has now blasted four in his past eight games; fellow catcher Williams hit his fourth in eight games the previous night. The five-run ninth ties their largest ninth inning of the season (June 12 at Hagerstown). Burnette becomes the 14th new player and 12th pitcher to debut with the Revs since July 17; he becomes the sixth former Toronto Blue Jays prospect (fifth pitcher) on the current roster as he joins the Revs after having pitched at Triple-A Buffalo in parts of three consecutive years. York improves to 30-18 on the road.
Up Next: The Revs open a six-game homestand Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars. RHP Chris Vallimont (5-4, 5.92) starts the opener. The homestand is sponsored by West Shore Wildlife. Tuesday is the Senior Fair presented by Capital Blue Cross. It is also a WellSpan Sports Medicine Silver Slugger Tuesday. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
Gastonia Ghost Peppers 10, Lexington Legends 5