Bottom Of Order Carries Barnstormers
Published on May 18, 2011 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
Lancaster is showing good balance in the batting order.
The bottom four hitters in Butch Hobson's Thursday lineup all cracked home runs as the Barnstormers knocked off the Somerset Patriots, 11-4, on Baseball in Education Day at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Lancaster (11-4) has won four in a row and now leads York by 2 1/2 games in the Freedom Division.
J.C. Holt started the barrage with a two-out, two-run homer to right off Kris Honel (0-1) in the bottom of the second inning for a 2-1 lead. Terry Tiffee followed a pair of third inning walks with a jolt to right center, his third of the season as Lancaster's lead stretched to 5-1.
Kevin Howard added a two-run shot in the sixth off reliever Casey Cahill for a 7-1 lead. Emerson Frostad capped the Lancaster scoring with a three-run belt to right in the seventh, following an RBI single by Howard. It was Frostad's fourth hit of the day.
Jerome Williams (2-0) started for the Barnstormers and allowed seven hits and three runs in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed a double by Jeff Nettles and RBI single by J.R. Hopf in the second inning to fall behind, 1-0, then faced the minimum of 12 batters over the next four innings. He was chased in the seventh as Josh Pressley doubled into the right field corner and scored on a single to left by Nettles. Following the third double play turned by the 'Stormers defense in the game, Fernando Cortez launched a solo blast, cutting Lancaster's lead to 7-3 at the time.
The game was delayed for 54 minutes by rain in the top of the eighth inning.
Lancaster will conclude its homestand with a 6:30 start against Somerset on Thursday evening. Ross Peeples (0-1) will make the start against fellow lefty Bill Pulsipher (0-0). The game will be aired on Fox Sports Radio, 1490, WLPA and streamed on sportsjuice.com and ibnsports.com.
NOTES: Frosted has seven hits in his last eight at bats against Somerset...Lancaster has now turned 25 double plays on the season, at least one in every game...Holt and Tiffee now lead the club in RBI with 10 each...Five other players have seven or more...Gilberto Mejia has now hit safely in eight straight and Fernando Seguignol seven...Justin Segal finished the game out of the bullpen, his 10th appearance in 15 games.
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