AtL Lancaster Stormers

Barnstormers Take Season Finale, 9-0

Published on September 21, 2014 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release


It was all hands on deck Sunday afternoon for the Lancaster Barnstormers.

Butch Hobson used 11 position players and seven pitchers in the season finale as the Barnstormers finished the campaign with a 9-0 victory over the Camden Riversharks at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The Barnstormers closed out the second half with a record of 42-28 and completed the season at 81-59, the second best overall mark in the Atlantic League. Lancaster awaits either York or Somerset in the first round of the playoffs beginning on Wednesday.

Sunday's game was decided early. With two outs and two on in the first inning, Wilson Batista rapped a sharp single up the middle to score Greg Golson with the game's first run. Brett Carroll followed with a single to left center to plate Blake Gailen for a 2-0 lead. Gabe Jacobo laced a three-run homer to right center for a 5-0 advantage.

An RBI single by Lance Zawadzki in the third, and Gailen's solo homer in the first padded the cushion to 7-0. Keith Castillo put the finishing touches on the day with a two-run homer to right center in the eighth, his first home run as a Barnstormer.

Dan Osterbrock held Camden to one baserunner over three innings. Shunsuke Watanabe entered in the third and pitched two scoreless frames, working out of a bases loaded, none out jam in the top of the fifth by picking up two strikeouts and a fly ball to shallow center. Evan Englebrook and Derrick Loop split the sixth. Pete Andrelczyk (5-8) fanned the side around an infield hit in the seventh. Cody Eppley worked the eighth, and Jason Urquidez had the ninth in a non-save situation.

Urquidez fanned Camden shortstop Brandon Chaves to bring the season to a close, shortly after 3:30, 150 days after it all began in Texas.

The Barnstormers open the playoffs at home, Wednesday at 7:00. Lancaster will send Chris Schwinden (14-5)to the hill. Fans may tune into 1390-AM, WLAN; 1390wlan.com or the I Heart Radio cell phone app, beginning at 6:45.

NOTES: Gailen ended the regular season on a 36-game on base streak...Lancaster won 23 of its final 30 games...Andrelczyk became the first Barnstormer to appear in 70 games on the mound...Zawadzki finished the season with 14 RBI in the last nine games...The Barnstormers outscored Camden, 32-8, in the final series.

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