Charleston 5, York 4
(Charleston, WV – June 4, 2024) – The Dirty Birds snapped their six-game losing streak in walk-off fashion. The York Revolution led 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth. The Dirty Birds had bases loaded with one out and Clint Frazier at the plate. His gap line drive into left-center field was deep enough to drive in Lyndon Weaver on third and Delino DeShields Jr on second.
Cristofer Ogando earned the win for Charleston despite giving up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning. The Dominican right-handed pitcher gave up the one run off three hits and a hit batter, but he struck out Donovan Casey to end the inning.
The ninth inning was not the only frame the Dirty Birds trailed York. In the fifth inning, York led 3-1. Keon Barnum tied the game with a 2-run double down the right-field line. The left-handed first baseman drove in Gabriel Cancel and Frazier with his only hit of the night.
The Dirty Birds host York tomorrow for Game 2 of the 3-game series. Charleston is in the middle of a nine-game home stand that ends on Thursday June 13.
Lancaster 10, Hagerstown 4
Cristian Santana is having a ridiculous homestand.
The Lancaster DH belted three-run homers in consecutive plate appearances on Tuesday evening to lead the Stormers to a 10-4 victory over the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
With the win, Lancaster’s eighth straight, the Stormers jumped into third place in the North Division and to within four games of the front running York Revolution.
Over the four games of the current homestand, the Dominican Republic native is 9-for-18 with four homers and 15 RBI, basically wearing out the pitching staffs of Charleston and Hagerstown.
Santana reached Dylan Sabia for a 402’ blast to right center field with two outs in the fourth to stretch an early lead to 6-1. In the sixth, Brett Matthews became his second victim as Santana crushed a 437-ft drive into the foliage beyond the center field fence. The six-RBI game was the biggest by a Stormer this season.
Neither starting pitcher made it to the third inning. Hagerstown’s Joe Palumbo (0-1) departed with an injury only 2/3 of an inning into his night. Before leaving, he yielded a two-run double to right field to Joseph Carpenter as Lancaster staked claim to the early lead.
Brady Tedesco took the mound for the Stormers for the first time since May 9. The lefty threw a perfect first inning before running into difficulty in the second, allowing a solitary run on a two-out single to left by Tyler Hill. Carsie Walker took over and fired five innings, yielding five hits and two runs, to pick up his first Atlantic League win.
Trace Loehr, who, like Carpenter, had a three-hit night drove home Nick Lucky with a run in the bottom of the second for a 3-1 lead. The rest of the night belonged to Santana.
Left-hander Max Green (1-3) will make the start for the Stormers on Wednesday evening against right-hander Marvin Gorgas (1-1). Fans may tune into Blue Ridge 11 or FloBaseball, beginning at 6:40.
NOTES: Carpenter tied Santana and Isan Diaz for the longest hitting streaks on the team this season with 11…Santana has hit safely in 28 of 30…Kyle Kasser has a seven-game streak with one hit in each…Ted Stuka threw his fifth straight scoreless inning, despite having runners at second and third and nobody out in the eighth…Nick Lucky reached on catcher’s interference for the second time on the homestand.
High Point 4, Long Island 3
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Zander Wiel blasted a two-run homer and Brian Parreira added a solo shot during a three-run sixth inning that led the High Point Rockers to a 4-3 win over the Long Island Ducks on Tuesday night at Truist Point.
The Rockers were trailing 2-1 after three innings as Long Island’s Tyler Dearden stroked an RBI single and Ryan McBroom hit a sac fly in the third to take a 2-0 lead. The Rockers got one run back in the bottom of the third when Ryan Grotjohn walked and scored on a Ben Aklinski single.
That’s how the score remained until the sixth inning when Long Island starter Wei-Yin Chen (L, 2-2) allowed a one out double to Connor Owings. Wiel followed with his homer to put High Point in the lead for the first time at 3-2. After Colin Moran grounded out, Parreira pulled his homer to right to give High Point a 4-2 advantage.
The Ducks rallied for a run in the top of the eighth when pinch-hitter Aaron Antonini doubled to right, moved to third on a single by Chance Sisco and scored when McBroom’s one-hopper bounced off Rockers pitcher Ryan Meisinger who was able to recover and get the out at first.
Jacob Edwards (W, 3-0) came on in relief of starter Cam Bedrosian in the fourth inning and limited the Ducks to one hit while striking out three over his three innings of work. David McKay tossed a shutout inning in the seventh and Jameson McGrane retired the Ducks in order in the ninth to earn his sixth save.
Game two of the series between the Rockers and Ducks is slated for a 6:35 p.m. start on Wednesday. It will be First Responder’s Night with all first responders receiving four complimentary tickets with proper ID.
Southern Maryland 5, Lexington 1