Long Island Ducks 16, Lexington Legends 7
(Lexington, Ky., May 27, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Lexington Legends 16-7 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at Legends Field.
The Ducks struck for two runs in the opening inning against Legends starter Patrick Wicklander on an RBI single to left field by Cody Thomas and a sac fly to left off the bat of Taylor Kohlwey. Curtis Terry countered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run home run to left-center off Ducks starter Sterling Sharp, tying the game at two.
A four-run third inning gave the Ducks a 6-2 lead, with RBI singles by Kohlwey and River Town and a two-run double by Kole Kaler doing the damage. Kohlwey then launched a two-out, two-run homer to right in the fourth, increasing Long Island’s advantage to six.
Lexington pulled to within 8-6 in the fifth on an RBI single by Pedro Gonzalez, a fielding error and a two-run homer by Brady Whalen. JC Encarnacion pushed the lead back up to three for the Flock with a two-out RBI single through the left side in the seventh. Gonzalez lifted a solo homer to left in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 9-7 game.
Town got the run back in the eighth with an RBI infield single to first base. Long Island then put up a six-spot in the ninth to round out the scoring. Encarnacion’s RBI double, RBI singles by Kohlwey and Ronaldo Flores and a two-run homer by town highlighted the inning.
Sharp did not factor into the decision but pitched four and one-third innings, allowing six runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Ryan Sandberg (1-0) picked up the win in his Ducks debut with a scoreless sixth inning. Wicklander (3-3) suffered the loss, surrendering eight runs on 10 hits and two walks in four innings.
Every Ducks batter reached base in the game, with eight recording at least one hit and six collecting multiple hits. Kohlwey led the way with five hits, five RBIs and five runs scored, finishing a double shy of the cycle. Town added four hits, four RBIs and two runs.
The Ducks and Legends continue their three-game series on Wednesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. at Legends Field. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball. Sign up today by CLICKING HERE. Right-hander Zach Plesac (3-1, 2.76) takes the mound for the Ducks against Legends righty Colton Eastman (2-2, 6.75).
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, June 3, to open a three-game set with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. 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.
The Long Island Ducks are in their 25th Anniversary season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and play their home games at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in Central Islip, N.Y. They are the all-time leader in wins and attendance in Atlantic League history, have led all MLB Partner Leagues in total attendance for four consecutive seasons, and have sold out a record 713 games all-time. For further information, visit LIDucks.com or call 631-940-DUCK (3825).
Staten Island FerryHawks 9, Lancaster Stormers 3
The Staten Island FerryHawks came out swinging and never looked back, earning a 9-3 win over the Lancaster Stormers on Monday night at SIUH Community Park. Powered by explosive offense and solid pitching, the FerryHawks took control early and cruised to victory.
Morgan McSweeney took the mound for the FerryHawks to start tonight’s game and set the tone with a scoreless top of the first against the Lancaster Stormers. The FerryHawks offense wasted no time making an impact in the bottom half. Second baseman, Damon Dues crossed the plate on an RBI groundout single by Mark Contreras to put Staten Island on the board. Moments later, Matt Scheffler launched his third home run of the season, extending the lead to 2-0.
The FerryHawks kept the momentum rolling into the second inning when Eddy Diaz knocked in a run with an RBI single. Damon Dues followed him up by with an RBI double from that brought home Nate Scantlin and Diaz to make it 5-0. In the third, the bats stayed hot as newly signed outfielder, Nick Decker ripped his second RBI double of the game, plating two more and pushing the lead to 6-0.
The offense didn’t stop there. Contreras led off the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run to make it 7-0, chasing Stormers starter Steven Lacey from the game after four tough innings. Lacey surrendered nine hits and seven earned runs in his outing.
The FerryHawks kept piling on in the late stages as Pablo Sandoval and Scheffler both scored on an RBI double from Aaron Takacs, stretching the lead to 9-0.
Starting pitcher, Morgan McSweeney finished his outing strong throwing five impressive innings, giving up just three hits and one run while picking up his third win of the season. Trayson Kubo and Luis Guzman appeared in relief.
The two North Division heavyweights get set for five more games at SIUH Community Park this week as Lancaster is in town through Sunday. Get ready for Star Wars Night and the return of FIREWORKS on Saturday at 6:30PM! Head to ferryhawks.com for tickets.
High Point Rockers 5, Charleston Dirty Birds 0
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The High Point Rockers won their fourth straight game, shutting out the Charleston Dirty Birds 5-0 on Tuesday night at GoMart Park.
The Rockers continue to maintain the Atlantic League’s top record at 21-7, matching the best start in club history, shared with the 2023 Rockers.
The Rockers used a pair of big hits in the sixth inning to surge to the win.
Ben Aklinski returned to action on Tuesday after nursing an injury over the weekend, and promptly homered with one out in the fourth to give the Rockers their initial 1-0 lead.
Jamison Hill (L, 1-3) departed in the fifth after having allowed the Rockers to load the bases. Max Viera was hit by a pitch, Cody Wilson singled and D.J. Burt drew a walk. Luis Gonzalez then singled to center to plate a pair of runs. Evan Edwards then doubled to center to score two more and give the Rockers the 5-0 cushion.
High Point starter Kent Emanuel (W, 4-0) worked six innings, allowed five hits, two walks and struck out eight.
Lefty Braeden Ogle set the Dirty Birds down in order in the seventh and Tommy Doyle finished the shutout with two scoreless innings while striking out two.
Game two of the series is a matinee on Wednesday with the two teams scheduled to start at 10:35 am at GoMart Park.
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 14, Gastonia Ghost Peppers 6
York Revolution 4, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 3
(May 27, 2025 – Hagerstown, Md.): The York Revolution picked up a rain-shortened 4-3 victory over the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars in five innings on Tuesday night at Meritus Park. York improves to 17-9 and remains in front by two games for first place in the North Division.
With a light but steady rain persisting from the start of the game, it became apparent that a shortened contest was potentially in the cards, putting a bigger emphasis on plays early in the game as potential game changers.
The first of those came in the bottom of the first inning. With two on and one out, Welington Dotel slashed a single to right field. Boxcars manager Shane Turner, coaching at third base in his first game as manager, sent Jesus Lujano attempting to score from second, but right fielder Justin Connell unleashed a perfect one-hop strike to the plate nailing Lujano to keep the game scoreless.
The Revs scored in the top of the second as William Simoneit’s fly ball to left center was dropped following a collision between Lujano and left fielder Chris Kwitzer. That allowed Marty Costes to score a two-out run all the way from first base putting York ahead 1-0.
York rallied for three more runs in the third. Ryan Higgins led off the frame with a base hit to center and Connell worked a one-out walk. Frankie Tostado pounded an RBI double toward the left field corner for his league-leading 18th double of the season. A wild pitch plated Connell and Costes picked up a sac fly when Tostado tagged and raced home on a pop up to second baseman Gary Mattis that was caught against the netting in foul territory as the lead grew to 4-0.
Miles Williams led off the bottom of the third with a homer to left to get Hagerstown on the board but Revs starter Foster Pace set down the next three, carrying a 4-1 lead through three innings.
The Boxcars tightened the margin in the fourth. After Errol Robinson legged out an attempted double play to keep the inning alive, Joe DeLuca served a two-run double to left that landed in front of Higgins who attempted a sliding grab, bringing Hagerstown within a run at 4-3. Revs second baseman Jalen Miller made a lead-saving play up the middle on Williams’ grounder for the final out, throwing on the run to first where Tostado made a terrific pick to keep the lead intact.
Dotel’s two-out single kept the Boxcars alive in the bottom of the fifth inning and pushed the tying run to second, but reliever Dallas Woolfolk (1-0) entered to retire Kwitzer on a pop up to make it an official five-inning game.
Play was halted at that point after most of the contest had been competed in a driving rain. The umpires ruled the game final 30 minutes later.
Domenic Picone (1-2) went all five innings for Hagerstown, allowing four runs on four hits in the loss. He walked five and struck out five.
Pace walked just one batter and fanned three, working around eight hits to keep the Revs in front through his 4.2 innings.
Notes: The rain-shortened game was the 30th in Revs history but only the second to last just five innings; the other was a 5-1 loss on July 22, 2018 vs Sugar Land. York’s 17-9 record is the best in franchise history through 26 games. The Revs are now 9-1 against the Flying Boxcars, having won eight consecutive games head-to-head. The game was also delayed 18 minutes at the outset due to rain.
Up Next: The two teams are scheduled to square off again on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Revs lefty Matt Walker (0-1, 7.36) facing Hagerstown southpaw Mike Kickham (0-3, 9.43). Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 98.9 FM & 1350 WOYK, 989woyk.com, The New WOYK app, and FloBaseball.TV.