Barnstormers Thumped In Nightcap
Published on May 8, 2019 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
Jared Mitchell slammed two homers and drove in six runs to lead the Sugar Land Skeeters to a 15-6 win over the host Lancaster Barnstormers Tuesday evening at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
The rout completed a day-night doubleheader sweep for the Skeeters who took the opener, 1-0.
Mitchell clubbed a solo homer with one out in the top of the first off Jonathan Albaladejo (0-3). Cody Stanley and Juan Silverio added solo blasts over the next pair of innings for a 3-0 Sugar Land lead.
Stanley connected again in the top of the fifth for a 6-0 lead. Mitchell tacked on a RBI single later that inning before an eighth run crossed the plate on a force play grounder.
The Mitchell slam came in the top of the eighth off reliever Logan Sawyer on the heels of a bases loaded walk to Alvaro Rondon and made it, 13-1. Two more strode home as Albert Cordero greeted Caleb Gindl with a two-run double.
Gindl singled home a run in the bottom of the eighth, and the Barnstormers built some momentum with four runs on five singles in the ninth, including two on a base hit to left center by Dan Gamache.
The series concludes on Wednesday at 11:00 AM with John Anderson (2-0) taking the hill for the Barnstormers. Fans may tune into the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, beginning at 10:45.
NOTES: Sugar Land banged out 21 total hits and had 42 total bases in the game...The run and hit totals were the most since a 17-run, 22-hit performance by Bridgeport at Harbor Yard on August 8, 2017...The last opposing player to drive in six runs in a game was Ryan Dent of York, June 11, 2017...Brian Mayer recorded his first RBI on a sacrifice fly in the ninth...K.C. Hobson has hit safely in seven of the last eight games.
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