Charleston 6, Hagerstown 3
The Charleston Dirty Birds secured a 6-3 victory over the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars, powered by timely hitting and a strong pitching performance.
Charleston jumped ahead in the third inning, scoring four runs, sparked by a two-run home run from Phillip Ervin and two runs coming via Jared Carr and Castellanos.
Ogando was stellar on the mound for Charleston, and tossed six shutout innings, allowing only two hits while striking out nine. Hagerstown’s offense was held quiet until the ninth inning, when they rallied for three runs. Osmy Gregorio and Dariel Gomez each drove in a run, but it wasn’t enough as the Dirty Birds closed out the game despite a shaky inning.
York 10, Staten Island 6
(September 4, 2024 – Staten Island, NY): Alerick Soularie broke up a no-hit bid with two outs in the sixth, drilling an opposite field grand slam to spark the York Revolution offense in an eventual 10-6 extra inning victory in the nightcap of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Staten Island FerryHawks. York scored six times in the top of the eighth to take the lead for good, earning a twinbill split at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park.
Frustrated most of the day after a 9-1 loss in the opener, the Revs were held hitless through 5.2 innings in the second game. Trailing 1-0 with the bases loaded, Soularie nailed the Revs’ record 10th grand slam of the season on a line drive toward the corner in right for a sudden 4-1 lead.
Staten Island rallied to tie the game, but the Revs went to work in extras, kicking it into high gear with a six-run eighth tying the biggest extra inning in franchise history.
Starting the eighth with John Cristino on second base, Matt McDermott blooped a base hit to shallow right with Cristino advancing to third and drawing a throw on which McDermott advanced to second. With the infield in, Rudy Martin Jr slashed a two-run single to left as the floodgates opened. Zander Wiel and David Washington followed by pounding back-to-back gappers for RBI doubles, and Soularie picked up his fifth RBI of the night on a single to right. Alfredo Reyes capped it off with an RBI infield single for a 10-4 lead.
Luis Castro (double) and Calvin Estrada (single) drove in runs in the bottom of the tenth, but Matt Turner struck out Jackson Loftin swinging to end the game with the tying run on deck.
Revs starter Zach Neff was outstanding, retiring 13 straight after a game-opening single.
Estrada opened the scoring with an opposite field homer to right with one out in the fifth, giving the FerryHawks a 1-0 lead.
York managed just two walks in 2.2 innings against Staten Island starter Tyler Ras before lefty Bryan Warzek retired all seven batters faced to silence the Revs through five innings.
Cristino worked a leadoff walk against reliever Josh James to start the sixth and McDermott followed with his own free pass. Martin Jr dropped down a sac bunt on which James fumbled it for an error, loading the bases with no outs. James set down the next two, but Soularie cashed in with the clutch grand slam, igniting the Revs dugout and surging the Revs in front, 4-1.
Neff was lifted after an infield hit and a double to begin the bottom of the sixth and Pablo Sandoval greeted reliever Dan Kubiuk with a two-run double grounded past third. Two batters later, Nate Scantlin smacked a game-tying single that trickled into shallow left off the glove of McDermott’s diving attempt at short.
Kubiuk bounced back to strand two, keeping the game tied and Alex Valverde (5-0) eventually picked up the win out of the Revs bullpen with a 1-2-3 seventh.
The thrilling win came after York dropped the opener as Staten Island got to Revs lefty Braden Scott early in his debut start. Kolby Johnson singled home an early run and Castro made it 3-0 with a two-run homer to left, his 21st of the year and fifth against York.
Two more scored in the second on two-out singles from Sandoval and Castro.
FerryHawks starter Taylor Lepard retired his first nine before the Revs loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth, but York could only manage a sac fly by Jacob Rhinesmith as Lepard (2-9) allowed just one run in seven innings for his first career complete game.
Staten Island plated three more in the fifth on Loftin’s bases clearing triple to left center and one more in the sixth when Johnson tripled and scored on Sandoval’s grounder.
Notes: The Revs (73-42) tie a franchise record for victories in a season of fewer than 140 games, matching the 2011 club who went 73-51 in 124 games. York is one win shy of clinching a franchise record for winning percentage in a season. The Revs go for a series win Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with lefty Aaron Fletcher squaring off against Noe Toribio. 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 6:10 p.m.
Long Island 10, Lancaster 4
(Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 4, 2024) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Lancaster Stormers 10-4 on Wednesday evening in the middle game of a three-game series at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
The Stormers took a 1-0 advantage in the bottom half of the first inning on a Gaige Howard RBI single off Ducks starting pitcher Nick Tropeano. Long Island tied the game at one in the second courtesy of a Yoelquis Cespedes run-scoring base hit versus Lancaster starter Noah Bremer. Lancaster jumped back out in front 2-1 a half-inning later by way of a Damon Dues RBI single.
The Flock scored five times in the fourth for a 6-2 advantage, highlighted by a two-run home run to right field off the bat of Joe DeLuca and three consecutive run-scoring base knocks from Scott Kelly, Kole Kaler and Yonny Hernandez. The visitors tacked on two more runs in the fifth and sixth frames respectively for a 10-2 cushion on a Leobaldo Cabrera solo roundtripper to left, an RBI two-base hit from Aaron Antonini and run-scoring singles from DeLuca and Taylor Kohlwey as Long Island matched a single-game season-high with 19 hits in the contest en route to the victory.
Tropeano (4-1) picked up the win after allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits in six innings pitched, walking three and striking out four to notch his first quality start of the season. Bremer (9-6) suffered the loss, giving up eight runs (seven earned) on 12 hits across four and two-thirds innings of work, walking one while striking out four.
Cespedes and Alexis Pantoja had three hits apiece, while Kaler, Cabrera, Antonini, Kohlwey, DeLuca and Kelly each had two hits as every player in the Long Island starting lineup recorded at least on hit in the ballgame.
The Ducks and Stormers wrap up their three-game set on Thursday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. at Clipper Magazine Stadium. Fans can follow all the action live on FloBaseball by CLICKING HERE. Left-hander Mitchell Senger (Ducks debut) gets the nod for the Flock against Stormers right-hander Oscar De La Cruz (3-3, 4.32).
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, September 10, to begin the final homestand of the regular season with a six-game series against the High Point Rockers. 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). The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive Ducks Magnetic Photo Frames, courtesy of AARP. It’s also a Francesco’s Trattoria Tuesday and a Triple Play Tuesday at the ballpark. Tickets for the game, and all Ducks games, are available by visiting the Fairfield Properties Ballpark box office, calling (631) 940-TIXX or CLICKING HERE.
Lexington 2, High Point 1
HIGH POINT, N.C.- For the second consecutive night, Lexington Legends closer Nick Gardewine slammed the door on a High Point Rockers comeback, sealing a 2-1 victory at Truist Point on Wednesday. Gardewine’s lights-out performance stifled the Rockers’ offense in the final frame, giving Lexington back-to-back wins and handing the Rockers another frustrating loss.
The Rockers struck first in the bottom of the second inning. Ben Aklinski drew a walk, followed by an Evan Edwards single, putting runners in scoring position. Brian Parreira grounded out to first, but not before Aklinski crossed the plate, giving the Rockers a 1-0 lead.
Rockers’ starting pitcher Jeremy Rhoades was in command early, racking up five strikeouts through seven innings and keeping Lexington scoreless until the seventh. However, Lexington’s Jacob Barfield hit a solo shot to right field, tying the game at 1-1.
The turning point came in the top of the eighth. After Korry Howell stole second and third, Pedro Gonzalez knocked a single to center, driving in Howell and giving the Legends a 2-1 lead. Despite High Point’s attempts to rally, they couldn’t find a way past Gardewine, who struck out Parreira to end the game, just as he had the night before.
The Rockers will look to recover when they face Lexington at Truist Point in game three of the six game series. Thursday’s game, with a 6:35 p.m. first pitch, will be First Responders Night with all area first responders receiving up to four complimentary tickets to the game.
Gastonia 10, Southern Maryland 3