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Big Bottom Of The Eighth Sinks 'Stormers

August 28, 2019 - Atlantic League (AtL)
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For seven innings on this Tuesday night at TD Bank Ballpark, Lancaster Barnstormers' starting pitcher Jared Lakind and reliever Pedro Echemendia held the Somerset Patriots off the scoreboard. For five innings, the one run the Barnstormers were able to put on the board in the top of the third inning was the only offense on the night, and it looked as if the 'Stormers could pull off their second straight one-run victory over the Patriots.

Then came the bottom of the eighth inning. The Patriots scored seven runs off Barnstormers' relievers Logan Sawyer (1-1) and Bryan Harper and that was all she wrote in a 7-1 Patriots victory.

Sawyer was summoned for the second consecutive evening to start the eighth. A leadoff double to right by Alfredo Rodriguez ignited the outburst. Gabriel Bracamonte dropped a sacrifice bunt back to the mound, but third baseman Joe Terdoslavich missed the tag on a throw from Sawyer, giving Somerset runners on the corners. A walk loaded the bases, and shortstop Michael Martinez's bounced a throw low and away from catcher Anderson De La Rosa on a grounder by Mike Ohlman as the tying run scored.

Harper came in to attempt to stop the bleeding with the bases loaded and no outs, but was only able to get one out despite facing four batters. After a pop up in foul territory from Jimmy Paredes resulted in the first out of the inning, a walk to Michael Crouse forced in the lead run. Rey Navarro produced another with a station-to-station single, and a second bases loaded walk forced in the fourth Patriots run of the inning. Back-to-back singles off Cody Eppley allowed all three of Harper's men to score as the Patriots piled it on in their way to the 7-1 victory in the second game of the four game set in front of 4,416 fans.

Prior to the Somerset outburst, the game featured a tremendous pitchers' duel. Lakind pitched six shutout innings in his eighth quality start of the season, giving up six hits with one walk and five strikeouts- Three of those hits and two of those strikeouts came in a high-intensity bottom of the sixth inning where Lakind threw 22 of his 83 pitches while preserving his 1-0 lead. Echemendia tacked on a scoreless seventh, allowing one walk. Patriots starter Rick Teasley fired seven strong innings, yielding six hits and one run while walking one and striking out seven on 101 pitches.

Right-handers Nate Roe (3-2) and Chris Beck, who both threw scoreless innings while yielding no baserunners and striking out one batter apiece.

Lancaster managed its only run in the third on the speed of Darian Sandford. The Lancaster center fielder greeted Teasley with a single, stole second and took third on a K.C. Hobson grounder before scoring on a passed ball charged to Ohlman.

The 'Stormers best chance to add to their total came in the top of the fifth inning when De La Rosa and Martinez strung together one-out singles, but a groundout by Melvin Mercedes and a Devon Torrence strikeout ended the threat. De La Rosa and Martinez both went 2-4 on the night as they combined for four of Lancaster's six hits, with Sandford and Hobson recording the others.

Up next for the Barnstormers (18-26, 42-72 overall) is the third game of this four game series with the Patriots (18-27, 60-55 overall), set for tomorrow night at 7:05pm. Left-hander John Anderson (10-6 with a 3.71 ERA) is scheduled to get the start for the Barnstormers, while right-hander Liam O'Sullivan (5-8 with a 3.06 ERA) is scheduled to go for the Patriots. Fans may tune in to the Lancaster Barnstormers' YouTube Channel (go barnstormers baseball) at 6:45pm for the Gochnauer's Home Appliance Center Dugout Report, with play-by-play action to follow.

NOTES: De La Rosa stretched his hitting streak to 11 games, the fourth longest on the team this season...Sandford has hit safely in eight in a row...His steal in the third was his 58th of the season and his 185th as a Barnstormer, moving him within six of the fifth place on the league's career list...Lakind has thrown six of his eight quality starts away from Clipper Magazine Stadium.

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