AtL Lancaster Stormers

Barnstormers Pitching Continues Shutout Streak

Published on April 14, 2017 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release


The Lancaster Barnstormers continue to get dominant pitching against non-Atlantic League foes as six pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout over 10 innings to beat the traveling Black Sox squad, 8-0, Friday afternoon at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

Tommy Shirley and Rommie Lewis each fired three shutout innings for the Barnstormers on Friday with Lewis allowing an infield single on a sharp comebacker. Nate Reed, Anthony Carter, Kevin Munson and R.J. Hively each tossed one scoreless frame as Lancaster's staff combined for its second straight two-hitter. Hively yielded a one-out single in the 10th.

The sextet combined to strike out 14 batters over the 10 innings of work, with Shirley fanning seven in his three-inning stint.

Lancaster plated its first run in the opening inning. Trayvon Robinson grounded a two-out single up the middle and was able to race home on Sean Halton's fly ball down the right field line that bounced in for a triple.

The 'Stormers would not score again until the sixth. Halton grounded a two-out double inside the bag at third and scored on Garrett Weber's single rolled through the left side. A third run scored in the seventh inning. Darian Sandford was hit by a pitch, stole second and third and strode home on a wild pitch.

Five more runs scored in the bonus tenth frame in which the Barnstormers sent hitters to the plate in seemingly random order. Anderson De La Rosa clubbed a three-run homer to left in the inning. Jeff Kobernus and Blake Gailen chimed in with RBI singles.

NOTES: The Barnstormers host the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, their first Atlantic League spring foe, on Saturday afternoon at 1:00...Gates open at noon...The full club will be available for autographs from 12:00-12:30...Infielder/outfielder Rico Noel was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning and taken out of the game but is expected to miss very little, if any, action.

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