York 6, Long Island 3
(May 16, 2024 – York, Pa.): In front of the largest day game crowd in WellSpan Park history of 6,324 fans, the York Revolution snapped a three-game losing skid to avoid the sweep on Thursday morning, knocking off the Long Island, 6-3 on Baseball in Education Day in York. The Revs were aided by a phenomenal pitching performance by Aaron Fletcher who went eight strong innings in the win.
York finally took its first lead of the series in the bottom of the second inning. Rudy Martin Jr. knocked in Jacob Rhinesmith on a check swing single that blooped into shallow left field. Ciaran Devenney followed with a two-run double down the left field line before Kobe Kato drove in a fourth run via a groundout. York strung together five hits in the inning, including four in a row to go up 4-0.
Fletcher (2-1) was spotless early, retiring the first 11 he faced to begin the game.
After a two-out walk to Frank Schwindel, Long Island rattled off three straight two-out singles in the top of the fourth, including RBI knocks from Chance Sisco and Rixon Wingrove.
The Ducks strung together another stretch of three straight hits in the fifth inning, with Aaron Antonini driving home another run with a single to cut York’s lead to 4-3.
After the strong second inning at the plate, York hit a dry spell against Long Island starter Emilio Marquez who retired the last 11 hitters he faced. He finished his day with eight strikeouts and no walks over five innings.
David Washington finally broke that stretch leading off the bottom of the sixth, driving an opposite field home run off of reliever John LaRossa on a 3-0 pitch. The blast provided a cushion for the Revs as they extended the lead to 5-3. Washington has hit safely in all 11 games he has played with York, with RBIs in all but one.
Trey Martin added more insurance with a seventh inning sacrifice fly, putting York up 6-3.
Fletcher locked in after the fifth inning single by Antonini, retiring the last 11 batters he faced, reaching a new-career high in strikeouts with seven while also covering a season and career-high eight innings in the longest start by an Atlantic League pitcher so far this year.
Matt Turner retired the side in order in the ninth, earning his first save with York and fourth of his professional career. York pitching retired the last 14 Ducks of the game and finished the tidy effort in just two hours and 15 minutes.
The crowd of 6,324 is not only the largest Baseball in Education Day attendance figure in Revs history but also the largest overall crowd for any day game. It is the biggest crowd at WellSpan Park for any game since July 4, 2021.
The Revs embark on a week-long road stretch beginning on Friday in Lancaster when they resume a suspended game against the Stormers at 4 p.m. followed by the regularly scheduled game at 6:45 p.m. 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 3:40 p.m.
Lancaster 8, Southern Maryland 2
After a pair of gut-wrenching losses on Wednesday evening, the Lancaster Stormers put together one of the best all-around performances early Thursday in an 8-2 win over Southern Maryland at Regency Furniture Stadium.
The win was the 400th in the managerial career of Ross Peeples. With the victory, he also becomes the 10th winningest manager in Atlantic League history.
Nile Ball (3-1) fired seven solid innings, yielding six hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out seven. The right-hander allowed a two-out RBI single by Michael Wielansky in the third and a leadoff homer by Alan Alonso in the fifth. With the win, Ball now has 24 in a Lancaster uniform, giving him sole possession of fifth place on the franchise’s all-time list.
Chris Proctor went 4-for-5 to spur the offense. He triggered a five-run second inning with a one-out bunt single off Garrett Martin (2-1). Joseph Carpenter singled Proctor to third, and Justin Farmer walked to load the bases. Jack Conley’s deep fly to center advanced all three runners. Trace Loehr followed with a two-run single into left for a 3-0 lead. Loehr took second on Anthony Brocato’s throw to the plate and scored when Alonso dropped Shawon Dunston, Jr.’s infield pop up. Nick Lucky gave the Stormers a 5-0 lead with a single to left.
Conley chimed in with a leadoff homer in the fourth. Doubles by Cristian Santana and Proctor produced Lancaster’s seventh run. Carpenter picked up an RBI with a ground ball in the seventh.
Ted Stuka and Jackson Rees combined to retire the final six Blue Crabs of the day after Wielansky reached Stuka for a leadoff double in the eighth.
The Stormers and York Revolution will complete a suspended game at 4:00 on Friday afternoon. York leads, 5-0, in the top of the fourth. The regularly scheduled game will begin at 6:45 and last seven innings. All the action may be followed on FloBaseball.
NOTES: With three hits, Santana has hit safely in 16 of 17 games and is now batting .391…Proctor boosted his average to .373…Ball now has 310 strikeouts as a Stormer and needs 13 more to tie Peeples for second on the list…Peeples needs 52 more wins to catch Butch Hobson for the top spot in Lancaster franchise history.
High Point 7, Lexington 5
HIGH POINT, N.C – The High Point Rockers scored three times in the fourth inning to overcome a 5-3 deficit and went on to defeat the Lexington Legends 7-5 on Thursday night at Truist Point. The win gives the Rockers a 2-1 series win over the Legends.
In the fourth inning, shortstop Clayton Mehlbauer led off the frame with a double to right-center and scored on a single by Martin Figueroa. After stealing second, Figueroa was driven home by Connor Owings who then moved to third on a single by Ben Aklinski. Colin Moran brought home Owings with the go-ahead run on a fielders choice.
Lexington had taken an early lead 2-0 in the first inning after High Point starter Neil Uskali walked three consecutive batters to start the game. The Rockers put up their first run in the bottom of the first as Moran plated Figueroa on a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-1 game.
Payton Robertson staked the Legends to a 3-1 advantage as he smacked a double in the second inning and scored on a single by Mikey Reynolds. High Point tied the game with a pair of runs in the second as Evan Edwards scored on a single by Gavin Johns followed by a run-scoring single from Figueroa.
A pair of errors by High Point in the fourth inning gave Lexington a 5-3 lead.
In the fifth, the Rockers scored three times to take a 6-5 lead before Aklinski’s solo homer in the seventh put High Point up 7-5 to account for the final score.
The Rockers will start a three game weekend series against the Charleston Dirty Birds on Friday with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Truist Point.
Staten Island 10, Hagerstown 0
Hagerstown MD – The Boxcars played in front of yet another record crowd of 2636 in Meritus Park.
Staten Island opened the scoring in the fourth, when Robert Brooks homered to start off the high scoring FerryHawks performance.
Notching 15 hits on the night, Brooks, Norman and Dunand notched 2 runs batted in a piece on the evening, with Johnson, Sandoval and Scantlin putting up 1 each as well. Pitcher Aaron Leasher also had a stellar night on the mound, going 6 innings, and striking out 4 and allowing no runs. The high powered FerryHawks offense powered through to a 10-0 win on night 3 of 6 at Meritus Park.