Lancaster 14, Long Island 10
The Lancaster Stormers erupted for 13 runs in a span of five innings on Sunday afternoon, then had to withstand a rocky ninth inning as Lancaster outlasted the Long Island Ducks, 14-10, in the rubber game of a three-game series at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
With York dropping its third straight one-run game to Hagerstown, the Stormers now lead the North Division by 2 ½ games over the Revolution and by four over the Ducks. Nineteen games remain on the schedule.
The Stormers trailed, 4-1, heading into the bottom of the fourth inning when Mason Martin cracked his fourth homer of the series deep over the boards in right to open the inning. Joseph Carpenter followed with a single to right and was forced at second. Kyle Kasser added a single and took second when Nick Heath’s throw to third skipped to the dugout fence. Chris Proctor tied the game with a single to right center and would later score on Isan Diaz’ single to right center as the Stormers took a 5-4 lead against Mike Montgomery (6-6).
That lead did not hold. A walk to Chance Sisco and double by Leobaldo Cabrera chased long reliever Adam Wibert. Jackson Rees (6-1) took over and allowed both runners to score on separate singles but struck out the side to close the inning.
Martin opened the fifth with a double into the right field corner and brought the tying run home on Joe Stewart’s single to center. Lefty Jake Fishman, who dominated Lancaster on Saturday night was summoned. Kasser fouled off a bunt, then, with the Long Island defense in motion in anticipation of another sacrifice attempt, Kasser swung away and lined a single through the vacant infield to produce the lead run. Trace Loehr added an RBI single later in the inning for an 8-6 advantage.
Another homer by Martin, a solo shot by Proctor, and Stewart’s three-run fly ball onto the right field deck padded the cushion to 14-6.
Those runs turned out to be needed. Steffon Moore was summoned to wrap up the game but walked four right-handed batters before yielding a two-run single to Nick Heath. Kyle Johnson yielded an RBI single by Yonny Hernandez to move the tying run into the on-deck circle. Ryan McBroom succumbed to a strikeout, closing the afternoon.
Lancaster will open a three-game series at Staten Island Tuesday evening at 6:30. Max Green (9-5) will take the hill for the Stormers. Fans may tune into FloBaseball, starting at 6:25.
NOTES: The win was the 452nd for skipper Ross Peeples, tying him with Butch Hobson for the franchise record…Diaz extended his hitting streak to 14 games and his RBI streak to 11 but failed to pick up an extra base hit for the first time in nine games…He opened the day with a liner off the signs in right center…Martin hit five homers for the weekend and now has 12 in four weeks…Proctor’s homer was his first since July 16 and his 10th of the season…He has 11 hits in his last five games…Stewart has 12 XBH in 91 at bats…Lancaster used seven pitchers on the day.
Hagerstown 3, York 2
(August 25, 2024 – Hagerstown, Md.): After sweeping the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars in each of their previous four head-to-head series, the York Revolution were dealt their first sweep all season with a 3-2 loss on Sunday evening at Meritus Park.
The Flying Boxcars continued to find seemingly every hole offensively, plating a first inning run as Welington Dotel reached on a two-out infield single, stole second and scored on Nellie Rodriguez’ base hit through the left side.
Osmy Gregorio led off the second by serving a base hit into right and stole second. Joe Campagna’s bloop single set up runners at the corners and a double play grounder off the bat of Ozzie Abreu made it a 2-0 game.
Blake Berry blooped a double along the left field line with one out in the fourth and Gregorio followed with an RBI double to left to put Hagerstown up 3-0. With two outs, Revs shortstop Matt McDermott made a great diving play on a grounder in the hole to prevent another run from scoring, and Revs starter Jon Olsen (10-2) finished his outing with scoreless innings in the fifth and sixth, tossing up a quality start despite suffering the loss.
York finally got to Hagerstown starter Mike Kickham in the sixth as Alerick Soularie’s two-out RBI single to left put the Revs on the board, snapping a streak of 12 straight scoreless frames. An error loaded the bases but Kickham (6-12) limited the damage with an inning-ending ground out, finishing six strong innings in the win.
York inched closer in the eighth as David Washington drew a two-out walk and Soularie ripped an RBI double down the left field line to pull within 3-2, but reliever Aneudy Cortorreal avoided any further harm with an inning-ending ground out, and Rafael Kelley allowed just a two-out walk in the ninth to notch the save.
Zach Neff capped the Revs’ day on the mound with two scoreless frames in the seventh and eighth out of the bullpen.
York (69-37) has dropped a season-high-tying three straight, just their third three-game losing streak all year and their first since the first three games of the second half (July 6-9). The Revs have previously completed nine series sweeps while now having been swept for the first time.
Hagerstown’s sweep is their first in franchise history while their three-game winning streak is one shy of matching the longest of their inaugural season. The Revs are now 15-6 against the Boxcars as Hagerstown (32-74) doubled its win total against York over the weekend.
The Revs return home to open a seven-game homestand on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against the Long Island Ducks as RHP Michael Horrell faces Daniel Corcino in the opener at WellSpan Park. Promos include WellSpan Sports Medicine Silver Sluggers, First Capital Federal Credit Union Member Appreciation Night, and Top Gun Night presented by York County Veterans Outreach. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
High Point 10, Southern Maryland 4
WALDORF, Md. – The High Point Rockers banged out 17 hits en route to a 10-4 win over Southern Maryland in the series finales on Sunday afternoon at Regency Furniture Stadium.
The win sets up the Rockers for what will be a decisive final stretch of the regular season. High Point (24-19) is in third place in the Atlantic League’s South Division with 20 games remaining. The Rockers visit second place Gastonia (26-17) for four games starting on Tuesday and then travel to Charleston (29-14) for four games next weekend.
On Sunday, the Rockers blistered four Blue Crab pitchers in taking the series two games to one. Gilberto Jimenez led the charge with three hits and a pair of runs scored while Ryan Grotjohn added three hits including a pair of doubles to go with two RBI.
Southern Maryland took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Anthony Brocato led off the winning against High Point starter Cam Bedrosian (W, 7-3) with a single. A single by Juan Kelly moved Brocato to third and he scored on a sac fly by Ian Yetsko.
The Rockers tied it in the top of the third with a pair of extra base hits. Jimenez tripled to start the frame and scored on a double to right by Grotjohn. Connor Owings followed with an RBI triple to score Grotjohn then came around to score on a single by Ben Aklinski.
Brocato hit a solo homer in the fourth to pull SMD to within a run at 3-2.
Southern Maryland tied the game in the fifth. Anthony Ray’s pop-up to shallow left was dropped by Grotjohn, allowing Ray to reach second. After a walk to Josh Broughton, Anthony Hill singled to score Ray and tie the game at 3-3.
The Rockers regained the lead in the sixth when Martin Figueroa led off with a single. Brian Parreira then doubled into the right field corner, allowing Figueroa to score from first. Parreira moved to third on a wild pitch from Southern Maryland reliever Hunter Schilperoort (L, 1-3). D.J. Burt then lined out to center, allowing Parreira to score on the sac fly and give the Rockers a 5-3 advantage.
In the top of the seventh, Evan Edwards singled and Quincy Nieporte blooped a double down the rightfield line to put runner at first and third. Figueroa drew a walk from reliever Cody Thompson to load the bases ahead of Burt grounding a single through the left side to score two and put the Rockers up 7-3. Grotjohn’s infield single plated Figueroa as High Point went up 8-3.
High Point added insurance runs in the eighth when Aklinski was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a single by Figueroa, and in the ninth on an Owings sac fly.
Brocato added a solo homer in the eighth, his second of the game.
The Rockers’ doubleheader at Gastonia on Tuesday is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start at CaroMont Health Park.
NOTES: After a day off on Saturday, the Rockers returned catcher Brian Parreira, center fielder Ben Aklinski and DH Quincy Nieporte to the line-up with D.J. Burt returning to second base from CF… Gilberto Jimenez was seven-for-10 over the final two games of the series… He was four-for-six with a pair of doubles, a homer and three runs scored on Saturday and went three-for-four with a triple, two walks and two runs scored on Sunday… Aklinski has now been hit by a pitch 17 times this season, the second-most in the league… Aklinski has 98 hits on the season and is two shy of collecting 100 or more hits for the fourth consecutive season…
Charleston 14, Staten Island 0
The Staten Island FerryHawks were defeated by the Charleston Dirty Birds by a final score of 14-0 Sunday afternoon.
Staten Island’s starter was righty Mike Shawaryn, who got charged with 6 earned runs (7 total) and 10 hits. Lasting 4.2 innings, Shawaryn was relieved by a trio of bullpen arms. J.P. Woodward went 1.1 while allowing no runs and a strikeout, followed up by Mark Faello (1 inning, 1 run) and Anthony DaFabbia (5 runs and 6 hits in one inning). Catcher David Melfi made his second pitching appearance as a position player, allowing one run on two hits in the ninth inning.
The bats for Staten Island were quiet in the shutout loss, as the Hawks pieced together four hits in the game. All four hits were collected by different players, including Pablo Sandoval, Ben Norman, Alejandro DeAza and Kolby Johnson. Each hit was good for a single.
The FerryHawks will take Monday off before initiating a three game series with the Lancaster Stormers this upcoming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at SIUH Community Park. The Stormers (29-15) currently lead the North Division by 2.5 games with York, (26-17) right on their coattails.
Gastonia 7, Lexington 4