AtL Lancaster Stormers

Barnstormers' Staff Pieces Together Win

Published on September 11, 2014 under Atlantic League (AtL)
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Lancaster used five pitchers on an emergency basis on Thursday evening to weave together a 4-2 victory over the Camden Riversharks in the rubber game of a series at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The Barnstormers remained tied with Sugar Land atop the Freedom Division standings, two games better than Southern Maryland. Lancaster's lead over Long Island in a wild card race was stretched to five games.

Earlier in the day, the Barnstormers were notified by league officials that Nick McCully was ineligible by league rules. In the right-hander's absence, Lancaster was forced to go to Derrick Loop, who had not pitched in two weeks, and the lefty responded with three nearly perfect innings. Evan Englebrook worked two frames, yielding the two Camden runs. Cody Eppley (4-0) threw the next two. Scott Patterson picked up the eighth, and Jason Urquidez went the ninth for his 26th save.

Lancaster struck for a run in the bottom of the third on a single to center by Lance Zawadzki, a sacrifice bunt and Olmo Rosario's two-out double over Brian Van Kirk's head in left.

Camden answered quickly in the fourth off Englebrook. Paddy Matera reached when Zawadzki fumbled a one-hopper to his left, recovered, and threw low to first base. Bryan Pounds dropped a single into shallow left center to add a second runner. A single to the left of a drastic shift against Jose Julio-Ruiz brought home the tying run, and Van Kirk gave Camden its only lead of the game with a single to center. Greg Golson's throw nearly nailed Pounds, but it trickled away from Juan Apodaca as the other runners advanced to second and third. The inning turned when P.J. Phillips lined into a 4-6 double play. Jose Morales struck out to end the threat.

Cole Garner trotted home on a bad pickoff throw by starter Eric Kline in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game, and the tie was preserved when Amadeo Zazueta was cut down at home on a perfect 8-4-2 relay following a Brandon Chaves double to right center.

The Barnstormers forged ahead in the sixth. With one out, Garner walked against Pedro Liriano (2-11). He advanced on a single to left the second of three hits by Brett Carroll. Gabe Jacobo delivered the run with a base hit to left center.

Infield singles by Carroll and Golson around a clean hit to center by Jacobo loaded the bases off Jon Lujan in the eighth. The Barnstormers were able to produce one run on a one-out sacrifice fly to right on a line drive by pinch hitter Andrew Clark.

Urquidez yielded a single to Zazueta and walk to pinch hitter Zack MacPhee in the ninth before getting Chaves on a shallow fly to left to close out the evening.

Lancaster hosts Sugar Land in a critical three-game series beginning Friday night. The Barnstormers will send right-hander Shunsuke Watanabe (7-2) to the hill against 2011 Barnstormer Matt Wright (11-8). The winner of the series will lead the division and own the tiebreaker. Fans may tune into 1390-AM, WLAN; 1390wlan.com or the I Heart Radio cell phone app, beginning at 6:45.

NOTES: Blake Gailen extended his on base streak to 28 games with an intentional walk in the seventh...Rosario kept his hitting streak alive at 12...Yusuke Kajimoto lost a nine-game streak...Urquidez' save was his 50th with the Barnstormers, one shy of the franchise career record, held by Tim Hamulack.

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