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Barnstormers Win In Record Time

June 2, 2019 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release


Sunday afternoon's between the Lancaster Barnstormers and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs was a throwback to an earlier era.

Right-handers Kyle Davies and Daryl Thompson both worked through the eighth inning. Defense was superb. The game exceeded all pace of play expectations.

In the end, Dan Gamache tagged a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning lifting Davies and the Barnstormers to a 3-1 victory over the Blue Crabs. It was the fastest nine-inning game in Clipper Magazine Stadium history, lasting a record one hour, 59 minutes.

Davies (3-1) escaped trouble in the first inning, then yielded the only Southern Maryland run in the second. Craig Maddox led off with a double into the left field corner, took third on an Edwin Garcia fly out to center and scored on a hard ground ball to second by Tony Thomas. Mike Falsetti followed with a single before Davies went on a streak of retiring 17 consecutive Blue Crabs hitters.

The right-hander finished eight innings, allowing only four hits and a walk. He struck out four in tossing his fifth consecutive quality start.

Thompson (2-4) was also highly effective. He allowed a leadoff homer to K.C. Hobson in the second but only had to pitch with one runner in scoring position through the seventh inning.

In the eighth, Darian Sandford led off with a ground single into right. Thompson handled a Michael Martinez bunt to the first base side of the mound and forced Sandford at second, but Gamache broke the deadlock with his fourth homer of the year, a fly ball onto the deck in right field.

Thompson threw his second complete game of the year, yielding seven hits and a walk while fanning five.

Cody Eppley took over for Lancaster in the top of the ninth. Pinch hitter Charlie Valerio kept the game alive with a two-out single into right before Eppley retired Maddox on a slow grounder to second for his seventh save.

The Barnstormers are back in action on Tuesday evening, hosting the Sugar Land Skeeters at 7:00. Fans may tune into Blue Ridge 11 or the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, beginning at the top of the hour. Jared Lakind (0-1) will be on the hill for Lancaster.

NOTES: Hobson homered for the third straight game...He has eight on the year and 63 as a Barnstormer...Lancaster has won back-to-back games for the first time in four weeks...Sandford stole his 12th base of the season in the fifth inning...Eppley's save was his 95th in the Atlantic League...Martinez extended a hitting streak to seven games with a single in the fifth...The fastest nine-inning game in franchise history was a 1:55 contest at Camden, May 30, 2009.

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