Long Island Ducks 8, York Revolution 4
(Central Islip, N.Y., Aug. 28, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the York Revolution 8-4 on Thursday night in the third game of a six-game series at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.
Long Island struck for four runs in the second inning against Revolution starter Ethan Firoved. Ivan Castillo’s sac fly to left, Kole Kaler’s RBI single to left and a pair of throwing errors that scored Troy Viola and Kaler did the damage. Aaron Antonini’s two-out RBI single to left-center in the third extended the Ducks lead to 5-0.
York closed the gap to four in the fourth on back-to-back two-out doubles by Brandon Lewis and Jeffrey Wehler off Ducks starter Michael Dominguez. Another two-out RBI double by Chris Williams in the fifth made it a 5-2 ballgame. However, Ronaldo Flores restored the five-run cushion with a 422-foot two-run homer to left in the bottom of the fifth.
River Town drove in Long Island’s eighth run in the sixth with an RBI single to right. The Revs scratched across two in the ninth on Caleb McNeely’s RBI fielder’s choice and a throwing error, but that was as close as they’d come.
Dominguez did not factor into the decision but pitched four innings of one-run ball, allowing three hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Tanner Jacobson (1-0) picked up the win in his Ducks debut, tossing two innings of one-run ball, allowing a hit and two walks while striking out two. Firoved (1-1) took the loss, giving up seven runs (five earned) on seven hits and four walks in four and one-third innings with two strikeouts.
Flores led the Ducks offense with three hits, two RBIs, two runs and walk. Kaler added two hits, an RBI and a run, while Town also picked up two hits and drove in a run.
The Ducks and Revolution continue their six-game series on Friday night. 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 1,000 fans in attendance will receive Ducks LED Light Sticks, courtesy of Dragonfly Cares. It’s also a Tap Room Friday, and Ducks staff members will be handing out coupons with special offers from The Tap Room to fans as they exit the ballpark. Right-hander David Griffin (6-1, 3.95) gets the start for the Ducks against Revolution lefty Mike Kickham (8-8, 4.61).
Gastonia Ghost Peppers 10, Lexington Legends 5
Lexington, KY – Lexington falls 10-5 as the Gastonia Ghost Peppers take the series. Brady Whalen got the Legends out to an early start, but the Ghost Peppers would immediately answer back with back-to-back home runs in the second inning. Gastonia would tag two more on in the third and fourth innings before the Legens offense came to life as a Brenden Dixon homerun and an RBI triple from Pedro Gonzalez put the Legends in the lead. However, Gastonia would then score six unanswered runs as the Legends were unable to rally.
The Legends and Ghost Peppers returned to Legends field for a rubber match that has major playoff implications, as the Legends only sat a game and a half out of first place coming into the game. Lexington handed the start to Nic Laio, while the Ghost Peppers gave the ball to Nick Wells.
Laio started strong as Gastonia went three up three down to start the game. Lexington was able to take the lead in the first with a two-out solo shot from Brady Whalen. However, the Ghost Peppers would take the lead in the second inning on back-to-back home runs from Narciso Crook and Alexis Olmeda. The Ghost Peppers extended their lead again in the third when Justin Wylie came home on a sac fly to make it a 3-1 ball game.
Gastonia kept the energy going in the fourth with an RBI single from Jack Reinheimer. However, the Legends offense sparked to life in the bottom, starting with a two-run blast from Brenden Dixon that brought it within one run. Pedro Gonzalez was then able to tie it up with an RBI triple before being sent home himself on catcher’s interference to put the Legends in the lead. Gastonia answered right back, tying up the game on an RBI single from Narciso Crook. The Ghost Peppers were then able to pull ahead in the fifth as Olmeda laid down an RBI double that scored one run, which put the Ghost Peppers up 6-5 going into the final three frames.
The Ghost Peppers continued to add on to their run in the seventh when Crook laid down an RBI single that brought Guthrie home to score. Gastonia extended their lead again in the eighth with a solo shot from Wylie. The Legends were able to get two aboard as Dixon and Rock drew back-to-back walks, but Jake Miednik was able to secure the next two outs to leave the Legends empty-handed. The Ghost Peppers refused to let off the pedal as they plated two more in the ninth as Guthrie came home on a fielder’s choice before Aaron McKeithan laid down an RBI single to bring the final run in.
The Legends fall 10-5 as the Ghost Peppers take the series. This loss also drops the Legends to 2.5 games back of first place as they continue to fight for a playoff spot. The win is given to Nic Wells, who improves his record to 6-8 on the season, and the loss is given to Nic Laio, whose record goes to 8-7 on the year. The Legends now head on the road for a three-game series against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs that kicks off August 29th with first pitch slated for 6:45 PM EST.
Lancaster Stormers 8, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 2
Luis Castro went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI to lead the Lancaster Stormers to an 8-2 victory over the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars Thursday evening at Meritus Park.
The win gave the Stormers another series and kept the club one game ahead of the Long Island Ducks in the North Division chase. Both clubs have 18 games remaining on the schedule.
Castro singled in the first inning off Jack Weisenburger (1-8), his fourth consecutive hit, then followed a Nick Ward triple in the third with his first homer as a Stormer on a drive well beyond the wall in left center. He added a single in the fifth before lefty reliever Branden Noriega retired him on a swinging third strike in the seventh. Castro tacked on Lancaster’s final run of the night with a sacrifice fly in the ninth.
The Stormers took the early 2-0 lead in the second. Nick Lucky slapped a single into left. On a third strike to Joe Campagna, the Lancaster center fielder stole second and went to third on a wild throw by Andrew Semo. Kevin Watson, Jr. picked up the first run with a long triple to the gap in left center and scored on a sac fly to left by Alex Isola.
Hagerstown fought back with two runs off starter Luke McCollough in the third. Mason Walker led off with a line drive single into left and scored one out later when Tyler Williams tagged a long double to left center. Cary Arbolida cut the lead to 4-2 with a single to right, and Gary Mattis stung a single to center before McCollough struck out Bryce Cannon to end the inning.
The bullpen took over in the fifth. Max Green (5-6) survived a bases loaded jam, getting a called third strike on Semo to end the threat. Four other relievers tossed a perfect inning apiece to secure the win.
Campagna homered in the sixth, Ward had an RBI single in the seventh, and the Stormers had two more sac flies in the win.
Noah Bremer (8-3) will make the start for Lancaster on Friday against Staten Island’s Alex Mack (3-4). Fans may tune into the action on FloBaseball at 6:45.
NOTES: Yeison Coca singled to open the ninth to stretch his hitting streak to nine games…Campagna’s homer extended his hitting streak to nine…Ward had his 39th multi-hit game…Green has thrown 13 straight scoreless out of the pen…Three Stormers were hit by pitches on the night with Watson being lifted after he was hit by Franklin Paulino in the eighth inning.
Charleston Dirty Birds 8, High Point Rockers 5
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point Rockers shutout the Charleston Dirty Birds for eight innings on Thursday night. Unfortunately, it was the final eight innings of the game after the Birds had put up an eight spot in the first inning and went on to beat the Rockers 8-5 at Truist Point.
It was a valiant effort by the Rockers to chip back all night long given the deficit they put themselves in at the start of the game.
The highlight for the Rockers came in the eighth inning when Ben Aklinski became just the second player in Atlantic League history to record 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in the same season.
The Rockers continue to hold the best overall record in the Atlantic League at 65-43 and are now 24-21 in the second half. Gastonia defeated Lexington to move two games ahead of High Point in the South Division second half standings and 2.5 games in front of third place Lexington.
It was a tough night for lefty Alex Barker (L, 0-1), making his second start for the Rockers after being acquired from the New Jersey Jackals. Barker allowed a lead-off single to James Nelson, followed by a single from Alsander Woman, a three-run homer from Keon Barnum and a solo homer from Zach Daniels. That was followed by two more doubles, a walk and another three-run homer from Demetrius Moorer. When the dust cleared, Charleston had scored eight runs on eight hits.
High Point began its comeback in the bottom of the first with solo homers from Aklinski and Evan Edwards to make it an 8-2 contest.
Jake Gilbert came on in the second and posted his best outing of the year. He went four innings, allowed just one hit and one walk and struck out seven while keeping Charleston scoreless. David Hess followed with three shutout innings and Jameson McGrane struck out two in the ninth as Charleston failed to score after the first inning.
The Rockers offense showed sporadic signs of life. Aklinski added his second homer of the night and his 30th of the season, a solo shot leading off the fifth, to cut the deficit to 8-3. The Rockers added two more in the seventh on a two-run triple from Aidan Brewer to make it 8-5.
But High Point left two men on in the eighth and Luke Napleton led off the ninth with a single to bring the tying run to the on-deck circle. But Charleston turned a 4-6-3 double play and was able to escape with the 8-5 win.
The Birds were led by Barnum and Moorer who each drove in three runs. In fact, after the first inning, the Rockers pitchers allowed just four hits and had only two runners advance to second base.
Charleston reliever Samuel Reyes (W, 4-4) was credited with the win as starter Eddy Demurias went just four innings, allowing two runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
Aklinski walked with two outs in the eighth and stole second to record his 30th stolen base of the season. He joins Charleston James Nelson who earned 30-30 status on Tuesday night as the only ALPB players in the 30-30 club.
Aklinski and Napleton, with two hits each, accounted for four of High Point’s seven hits in the game.
The Rockers now hit the road for a three-game series at Hagerstown, High Point’s only visit to Meritus Park this season. The Rockers will open with Erich Uelmen (4-3, 3.50) on the mound to face Flying Boxcars lefty Quinton Martinez (1-6, 5.65).
Rocker fans can catch all the action on FLOBASEBALL.TV and on the MixLR app.
The Rockers return home to start a six-game homestand with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
NOTES: INF Nick Longhi was placed on the Injured list prior to Thursday’s game . . . Aklinski scored twice on Thursday to give him 100 runs scored, his third 100-run season of his ALPB career . . . He became the second ALPB player with three 100-run seasons, joining former Long Island Duck Ray Navarrete (2007-09) . . . Aklinski also moved into third place all-time in Atlantic League homers with 130, passing Jeremy Owens (Somerset/Southern Maryland, 2005-14) . . . Owens hit his 129 homers in 829 games over eight seasons . . . Aklinski did it in his fifth season and 591st game . . . The Rockers have now homered in 10 straight games.
Staten Island FerryHawks 10, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 5