AtL Lancaster Stormers

Lancaster Bangs Out 20 Hits, Five Homers in 13-3 Win

Published on August 9, 2018 under Atlantic League (AtL)
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Baseball is a strange game.

One night after being held to two singles by the Road Warriors, the Lancaster Barnstormers pounded 20 hits, including nine for extra bases, against the same crew for a decisive 13-3 victory in the rubber game of a three-game series at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The win gave the Barnstormers a five-game margin over New Britain in the potential chase for a wild card berth in the Atlantic League and kept them within 5 1/2 of Sugar Land in the second half.

Lancaster assaulted former Barnstormers' right-hander Michael Lee (2-8) in the opening inning. Darian Sandford led off with a single into right and stole second. Josh Bell launched a two-run homer to right center, and Blake Gailen followed with a homer to right. One out later, Jimmy Paredes scalded a single into center. Vladimir Frias capped the inning with a two-run blast to right.

An RBI single by Bell, the second of his four hits, made it 6-0 in the second. Paredes slugged his first Atlantic League homer to lead off the third, and the lead was stretched to 8-0 when Frias and Tyler Bortnick drilled consecutive doubles later in the inning.

Ryan Casteel added a pair of doubles later in the game, and the Barnstormers finished off the attack with Gailen's second homer of the night, a three-run shot off reliever Kelvin Villa in the seventh.

Nate Reed (9-3) was the beneficiary of the support. The left-hander yielded five hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out six.

All three runs scored on a home run by Jose Julio-Ruiz in the fourth inning. Bortnick kept the Road Warriors from getting any closer in the bottom of the fifth with a sprawling play up the middle against Osvaldo Martinez that started a rally killing double play.

The Barnstormers head to New Britain to open a three-game series against the Bees on Friday night. Lancaster will send right-hander Brooks Hall (8-3) to the mound against right-hander Mark Hamburger (6-8). Fans may tune into the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, starting at 6:15.

NOTES: Sandford stole two bases in the first two innings to set a new Barnstormers single season record with 56...He has 101 stolen bases in 147 career Atlantic League games...Gailen slugged two homers in a game for the second time this series and third time this season...His 22 homers tie his Barnstormers high from his MVP year of 2012...He has 93 home runs as a 'Stormer...Bell has four homers and four doubles in his last 11 games...The Barnstormers tied their season highs with 20 hits and five homers and set a new high with 39 total bases...The consecutive homers were the third pair in three nights...Reed's six strikeouts moved him within one of the Barnstormers career mark of 325, held by manager Ross Peeples.

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