Stormers beat storm, FerryHawks

Everyone around Lancaster was rained out on Wednesday night, but the Stormers and Staten Island FerryHawks had a “window” open long enough to get an official game recorded.

Jake Thompson doubled twice, and Joseph Carpenter slammed his first home run of the season as the Stormers dropped Staten Island, 7-3, in the second game of a six-game series at Penn Medicine Park.  The contest, Lancaster’s 12^th consecutive win over Staten Island dating back to July, 2025, was shortened to six innings due to the arrival of the heavier rains.

Most of the game was played in a steady drizzle, but conditions deteriorated from the fourth inning until the game became unplayable in the sixth.

Carpenter took lefty starter Brandon Haston (0-2) onto the deck in right field leading off the home second for a 1-0 lead.

Jason Bollman managed the FerryHawks for the first three innings, striking out six.  As the rains continued to fall, the right-hander lost a sense of the strike zone in the fourth.  Staten Island grabbed the lead on a hit batter, two wild pitches, two walks, a balk and Ian Yetsko’s infield single off Bollman’s glove.

The lead was short.  Tyler Miller opened the fourth with a double and scored on a throwing error by shortstop Carlos Amezquita on Nick Lucky’s ground ball.  A pair of walks from Haston loaded the bases, and Jalen Battles delivered with a sharp single through the hole on the left side of the diamond.

After Jeremy Arocho protected a 4-3 lead in the fifth with a diving stop up the middle against Blake Rutherford, the Stormers began to pull away.  Thompson doubled, moved up on a throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carpenter in the fifth.  Thompson doubled home two more in the sixth.  Two batters later, with Carpenter standing at the plate in a downpour, the umpires pulled the teams off the field.  Play never resumed.

Andrew Schultz (1-0) struck out the side in the sixth inning to earn the win.

Luke Albright (0-1) will take the mound for the Stormers at 11:00 AM Thursday against Staten Island right-hander Stephen Woods, Jr.  Fans may follow the action on HomeTeam Network/Dugout TV starting at 10:50.  Subscriptions are available through lancasterstormers.com.

NOTES:  Thompson has eight extra-base hits in eight games…Stormers pitching has 22 strikeouts in the series…Marc Flores made his first start at 1B with Carpenter taking the DH role.