York Revolution 9, Lancaster Stormers 6
York launched four homers, and their stingy bullpen kept Lancaster hitless for the final 7 1/3 innings on Wednesday evening as the Revs topped the Stormers, 9-6, in the middle game of a three-game series at Penn Medicine Park.
With the loss, the Lancaster division lead over the Long Island Ducks was trimmed back to two games. Long Island defeated Gastonia, 12-8, earlier in the day.
Lancaster came out of a wild first inning with the lead. Ryan Higgins and Chris Williams slugged a pair of two-run homers off newcomer Brock Bell in the top of the inning, but the Stormers responded in the bottom of the inning as Nick Ward belted a two-run homer to right, and Nick Lucky drove a two-out, three-run homer to right center for the 5-4 edge.
Higgins tied the game with a bases loaded sacrifice fly in the top of the second. Again, Lancaster responded as Mason Martin singled home Yeison Coca for a 6-5 lead.
The Martin single would turn out to be Stormers’ final hit of the game. Six relievers stumped the Stormers on two walks and one error for the remainder of the night, giving the Revs ample opportunity to come back.
That did not take long. Miles Simington, making his Atlantic League debut, took Max Green (5-7) over the tents in right with one out in the third to tie the game. In the fourth, Jaylin Davis doubled off the right field wall and scored on a pair of deep fly balls for the 7-6 edge.
Shayne Fontana stretched the lead to three with a two-run homer to right off Phil Diehl in the top of the seventh.
Nick Bennett (1-0), the third of York’s seven pitchers, tossed two hitless innings for the win. Brendan Cellucci struck out the side in the ninth around a walk to Melvin Mercedes to pick up his eighth save.
Noah Bremer (9-3) will take the hill for the Stormers on Thursday evening against lefty Mike Kickham (5-0, 9-8). Fans may follow the action on FloBaseball at 6:40.
NOTES: Martin’s RBI was his 85th of the season…Ward and Lucky are tied for second with 78…York has nine homers in the two games of the series… The Revs bullpen has allowed one run on four hits in 12 innings…York leads the season series, 10-7, and will retain possession of the cup with one more win in the next four games…Lancaster hit only one ball out of the infield in the last 6 2/3 innings, a fly out by Kevin Watson, Jr. in the sixth…Melvin Mercedes extended an on base streak to 13 games with a single and walk.
Long Island Ducks 12, Gastonia Ghost Peppers 8
(Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 3, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Gastonia Ghost Peppers 12-8 on Wednesday afternoon in the middle game of a three-game series at CaroMont Health Park.
The Ducks took a 5-0 lead in the top half of the first inning against Ghost Peppers starting pitcher Nick Wells, highlighted by an RBI infield single from Troy Viola and a three-run home run to right field off the bat of Cody Thomas. Gastonia scored a run in the bottom of the frame versus Long Island starter Michael Dominguez on an error and one more in the second by way of a Dominguez wild pitch to get to within 5-2.
The Flock made it 6-2 in their favor in the fourth thanks to a Leobaldo Cabrera run-scoring base hit, but the Ghost Peppers cut the deficit to 6-4 one half-inning later on solo home runs from Eric De La Rosa and Alexis Olmeda. The home team got to within a run at 6-5 in the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly produced by Dalton Guthrie.
Long Island scored six runs in the ninth for a commanding 12-5 advantage by way of a Justin O’Conner three-run home run, a River Town RBI base knock and a two-run tater from Troy Viola. Gastonia would not go down without a fight as they scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to get to within 12-8 on Justin Wylie’s two-run home run and Cole Roederer’s solo blast. With the bases loaded and two-men down and the tying-run at the plate, Ramon Santos put an end to any hope of a Ghost Peppers comeback as the right-hander struck out Jack Reinheimer swinging to secure his third save of the season.
Dominguez registered a no-decision after allowing four runs on five hits in four innings pitched, walking and striking out two. Tanner Jacobsen (2-0) picked up the win in relief after allowing one run on one hit and a walk in one inning on the mound. Wells (6-9) was tagged with the loss, surrendering six runs (five earned) on eight hits in four innings of work, walking three and striking out four.
Town reached base five times in six plate appearances with three singles, a double, an RBI, two runs scored, a walk and a pair of stolen bases. Chris Roller singled, doubled, scored three runs, and stole two bases, while Viola, Thomas and O’Conner each had three runs batted.
The Ducks and Ghost Peppers wrap up their three-game set on Thursday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at CaroMont Health Park. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball. Sign up today by CLICKING HERE. Right-hander David Griffin (6-2, 3.78) toes the rubber for the Ducks against Ghost Peppers righty Craig Stem (3-1, 6.33).
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, September 9, to begin a three-game set against the Lexington Legends. 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 Bark in the Park, presented by VCA Animal Hospitals, and fans are invited to bring their dog(s) with them to enjoy the game. The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive Ducks Drawstring Bags. It’s also a Pat’s Marketplace Tuesday and a Triple Play Tuesday at the ballpark. 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.
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 5, High Point Rockers 4
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs’ Sam Dexter punched an RBI single to left in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and give the Crabs a 5-4 win over the High Point Rockers Wednesday night at Truist Point.
The win puts the Rockers at 67-46 on the season and 26-24 in the second half. Southern Maryland improved to 61-52 overall and 25-25 in the second half. The Rockers remain three games behind Gastonia in the South Division second half race with 13 games remaining in the regular season.
Each team put up a run in the first. The Blue Crabs’ Jackson Loftin led off the game with a single to left then scored on a double by Zack Racusin. High Point countered when Luis Gonzalez led off with a ground rule double to right before scoring on Ben Aklinski’s bloop single to right.
Max Viera’s lead-off triple in the second was followed by a sac fly from D.J. Burt as the Rockers took a 2-1 lead.
The Blue Crabs tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the third on Loftin’s solo homer.
Rockers starter Jake Gilbert exited in the fourth after loading the bases on a pair of hits and a hit batter. Gabe Klobosits came in from the bullpen and allowed a sac fly that put Southern Maryland in the lead at 3-2.
High Point got to Southern Maryland starter Jason Blanchard for a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth and took a 4-3 advantage. Drew Mendoza’s bases-loaded two-run double into the right field corner scored Aidan Brewer and Bryson Parks.
Daniel Blair relieved Klobosits in the sixth and yielded a solo homer to Jamari Baylor that tied the game 4-4.
The Crabs got to Rockers reliever Cam Cotter (L, 0-1) in the eighth to take a 5-4 lead. Following back-to-back singles by Alejandro De Aza and Brett Barrera, Baylor reached on a fielder’s choice and Dexter singled through the left side to score Barrera to give the Crabs the lead.
Endrys Briceno (S, 5_ put the Rockers down in order to earn the save for the second straight night. SMD reliever Cody Thompson (W, 4-6) pitched two innings and did not allow a hit while striking out two.
Aklinski and Brewer each had a pair of hits for the Rockers while Mendoza had two RBI.
Game three of the series is scheduled for Thursday at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point. The Rockers will send righty Erich Uelmen (4-4, 3.49) to the mound to face Southern Maryland’s Shawn Semple (6-6, 3.75). Rocker fans can catch all the action on FLOBASEBALL.TV and on the MixLR app. Thursday’s game is the annual United Way CANpaign and all fans can gain free admission by bringing three non-perishable food items to the gate and redeem those for a free ticket.
Staten Island FerryHawks 12, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 3
Lexington Legends 6, Charleston Dirty Birds 5