Long Island 7, York 4
(York, Pa., May 15, 2024) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the York Revolution 7-4 on Wednesday morning in the middle game of a three-game series at WellSpan Park.
The Ducks took a 2-0 lead in the first inning courtesy of a solo home run to right field produced by Jackie Bradley and an RBI single from Hector Gomez versus Revolution starter Ethan Lindow. Long Island made it 5-0 in their favor in the third on run-scoring singles from Hector Gomez and Aaron Antonini and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Manuel Geraldo. York cut the deficit to 5-1 one half inning later against Long Island starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen thanks to a sacrifice fly by David Washington.
Leading 5-2 in the fifth, the Flock added a run in for a 6-2 advantage on Geraldo’s RBI base knock. With the visitors out in front 6-4 in the sixth, Long Island tacked on a run as Ryan McBroom belted an RBI double for his third hit of the ballgame which gave the contest its final score of 7-4.
Chen (2-1) registered the victory, giving up four runs (three earned) on nine hits in five innings of work, walking two and striking out a season-best six. Lindow (1-1) suffered the loss after allowing six runs (five earned) on 13 hits (one home run) in five innings on the mound, striking out three batters. Matt Seelinger shut the door in the bottom of the ninth retiring all three batters he faced for his second save of the season.
McBroom collected three hits in the winning effort, including two doubles while also driving in a run, crossing the plate twice and drawing a walk.
The Ducks and Revolution wrap up their three-game set on Thursday morning. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at WellSpan Park. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball by CLICKING HERE. Left-hander Emilio Marquez (0-1, 4.15) toes the rubber for the Ducks against Revolution lefty Aaron Fletcher (1-1, 0.60).
Southern Maryland 9-9, Lancaster 5-8
The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs got to celebrate a pair of walkoff wins on Wednesday evening. The Lancaster Stormers were left scratching their heads.
Southern Maryland struck for five runs in their final at bats in both games of a doubleheader to sweep the Stormers, 9-5 and 9-8, at Regency Furniture Stadium.
In the opener, Lancaster had rallied from a 3-0 deficit to send the game into extra frames, knotted at 4-4. Joseph Carpenter broke up Shawn Semple’s shutout with a leadoff homer in the fifth, and Trace Loehr cut the lead to 3-2 with a two-out RBI single. After the Blue Crabs scored again in the bottom of the fifth on the third unearned run of the night off starter Jack Labosky, Chris Proctor came through with a game-tying, two-run homer off Endrys Briceno (1-0) in the seventh, and Cristian Santana’s two-out RBI single plated Loehr with the lead run in the top of the eighth.
Manager Ross Peeples summoned James Hoyt (0-3) to pick up a tough save. Hoyt walked Juan Kelly, and the two runners advanced on a bunt by Josh Broughton. Aaron Hill was walked intentionally to load the bases. A passed ball charged to Proctor allowed the tying run to score before Anthony Ray walked to refill the bags. Alan Alonso jumped on the first pitch he saw for a decisive grand slam.
The second game loss was more staggering. Lancaster bolted out to an 8-1 lead through 3 ½ innings as Jack Conley clubbed a two-run homer in the second, and four different Stormers hitters picked up RBI singles in the fourth.
However, Alonso cracked a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the fourth off spot started Nolan Long, reversing the game’s momentum. The Stormers never picked up another hit while Southern Maryland remained on the attack. Broughton collected a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the fifth but held the lead at 8-4. Two strikeouts and a pickoff got Max Green (0-3) through the sixth, but the lefty ran into all kinds of trouble in the seventh.
Matt Hibbert opened the inning with a single to right center. Green fanned Michael Wielansky but never got another out. Anthony Brocato slugged a two-run homer down the left field line, and, following a walk to Kelly, Broughton belted a nearly identical long ball to tie the game. Hill walked and Gabe Wurtz got the Blue Crabs over the top with a double to the gap in left center.
Nile Ball (2-1) will take the hill for the Stormers on Thursday morning against right-hander Garrett Martin (2-0). Fans may watch the game on FloBaseball, starting at 10:30 AM.
NOTES: Carpenter’s homer was his first…He hit four at Southern Maryland in 2023…Santana has hit safely in 15 of 16 games played…Lancaster placed IF Isan Diaz (lower body injury) on the injured list, retroactive to Sunday…He came out of Saturday’s game after legging out a double…Labosky became the first Lancaster starter to go seven innings this season…He yielded five hits and a walk and one earned run.
High Point 7, Lexington 1
HIGH POINT, N.C – The High Point Rockers overcame a 1-0 deficit with a pair of home runs in the fourth inning and went on to defeat the Lexington Legends 7-1 in front of an Education Day crowd of 2,076 at Truist Point. Back to back solo shots from Colin Moran and Zander Weil powered the Rockers to the win.
The Lexington Legends took a 1-0 advantage in the fourth inning with a homer from Tristan Pompey.
The Rockers gained the lead on consecutive homeruns by Moran and Weil off Lexington starter Dustin Beggs (L, 0-2) in the fourth.
Rockers’ starter Taylor Guerrieri exited after pitching four strong innings. He allowed four hits and a single run while striking out three.
In the fifth, the Rockers grew their lead to 4-1. Martin Figueroa and Cayman Richardson each reached base before a wild pitch from Beggs put runners at second and third. Connor Owings laced a two-out single that plated both runners.
Moran led off the sixth inning with a double followed by a single from Weil with Moran scoring on a sac fly from Brian Parreira, pushing the Rockers ahead 5-1.
Jacob Edwards (W, 2-0) threw two innings following Guerrieri’s departure and only allowed one hit. Austin Ross tossed a 1-2-3 seventh inning and Ryan Meisinger pitched around a hit and an error in the eighth to keep the Legends off the board.
High Point’s lead grew to 7-1 in the seventh when Lexington pitcher Michael Byrne loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hit batter. Wiel then singled to score both runners.
Lexington starter Dustin Beggs (L, 0-2) kept the Rockers hitless until the fourth inning. He went five innings and struck out six while walking two.
The Rockers are set to play the Legends on Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. in the third and final game of the series at Truist Point.