AtL Lancaster Stormers

Durbin, Lineup Take Care Of Bridgeport

Published on June 19, 2012 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release


J.D. Durbin fired eight solid innings, and everyone in the lineup contributed at least one hit as the Lancaster Barnstormers dropped the Bridgeport Bluefish, 10-2, Tuesday evening at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

Lancaster's lead over second place York stands at 5 1/2 games.

Durbin (3-4) allowed seven hits and two runs in his stint. The right-hander walked and struck out only one each.

Lancaster grabbed a quick 3-0 lead in the second. Emerson Frostad picked up a one-out walk from Tobi Stoner (1-8), and Jaime Pedroza followed with a two-run homer to right. One out later, Kody Kirkland drilled a double to right center and scored on Brad Boyer's line drive single to center.

Bridgeport threatened in the fourth. Prentice Redman doubled to left and moved to third on a single to center by Brock Peterson. Durbin got Luis Lopez to rap into a 6-4-3 double play as a run scored. It was as close as the Bluefish would get.

Lancaster broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth. After Blake Gailen led off with a walk, Terry Tiffee stroked a potential double play grounder to short which eluded Eddie Rogers for an error as Gailen raced to third. Fehlandt Lentini grounded a single up the middle to drive home one, and Frostad sliced a two-run double into the left field corner, adding two more. Frostad would scored on a single bounced up the middle by Ryan Harvey for a 7-1 lead.

Tiffee doubled home two more with a bullet inside first base in the sixth and scored on an error.

James Simmons was 2-for-4 with a homer for the Bluefish.

The two clubs meet again on Wednesday evening at 7:00. Lancaster will send Dwayne Pollok (3-0) to the hill against Jonah Bayliss (1-2). Bayliss was last season's closer for the Barnstormers. The game will be aired on 1390-AM, WLAN; 1600-AM, WPDC; 1390wlan.com and the I Heart Radio cell phone app, beginning at 6:45.

NOTES: Lentini extended his hitting streak to 17 games, the longest on the team this season and three shy of the club record...Lancaster reached double digits in hits for the 30th time this season...It was only the third double digit performance in runs...Durbin threw his fifth straight quality start with an ERA of 1.80 during that stretch...Lancaster is batting .367 off Bridgeport's right-handed pitchers and .228 off the left-handed pitchers...Lancaster leads the season series, 6-2.

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