AtL Lancaster Stormers

Barnstormers Drop 6-3 Decision in Series Finale

Published on May 8, 2019 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release


Denis Phipps homered twice, and Kevin McGowan fired six shutout innings early Wednesday to lead the Sugar Land Skeeters to a 6-3 win over the Lancaster Barnstormers, completing a series sweep at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

Phipps reached John Anderson (2-1) for a one-out blast to right center in the fourth inning. Two frames later, the Sugar Land left fielder greeted lefty reliever Matt Marksberry with a drive that landed just shy of the upper walkway in left field, capping the Skeeters' scoring for the day.

Despite the Phipps heroics, it was a seemingly innocent beginning to the third inning which ignited the Skeeters.

Alvaro Rondon, leading off against Anderson, fell behind in the count. The Sugar Land shortstop battled through a number of two strike foul balls before legging out a double on a liner to right center. C. J. McElroy followed with his own double to the same gap, staking McGowan to a 1-0 lead. Chris Colabello drove home a second run with a sac fly to left later in the inning.

Between the Phipps clouts, Jared Mitchell, who drove in six runs Tuesday night, doubled home a pair in the fifth inning.

McGowan limited the Barnstormers to only two hits and a walk through six innings, but the game started to swing in Lancaster's favor in the seventh.

Joe Terdoslavich and Josh Bell drew walks from Kevin Comer around a single by K.C. Hobson to load the bases with nobody out. One run scored on a force play grounder by Parker Morin. Devon Torrence drove in a second with a two-out single to center to narrow the gap to 6-2.

The Barnstormers were again in business in the eighth inning as Dan Gamache walked on four pitches, and Caleb Gindl dropped down a perfect bunt. Both runner moved ahead on a wild pitch from James Dykstra.

With the count 3-2 on Terdoslavich, Dykstra was pulled with an injury. Matt West took over and retired three straight hitters without a ball put into fair territory. The Barnstormers managed to score Gamache on a wild pitch to trim the lead to three.

Morin led off the ninth with a single, but the Barnstormers never brought the tying run to the plate against Felipe Paulino, who earned his third save.

Lancaster heads to Somerset to open a four-game series on Thursday evening. Lefty Jared Lakind will make the start for the Barnstormers against right-hander Liam O'Sullivan. Fans may tune into the Barnstomrers YouTube Channel, starting at 6:15.

NOTES: The Barnstormers have lost six consecutive games at home...Sugar Land has 16 extra base hits in the last two games with three mutli-homer games...Hobson has hit safely in eight of nine...Torrence's RBI in the eighth was his first.

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