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Lead Slips Away, 'Stormers Fall in Tenth

August 18, 2018 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release


The Sugar Land Skeeters erased a 4-0 Lancaster lead one run at a time on Saturday evening and pulled out a 5-4 victory over the host Barnstormers in a 10-inning contest at Clipper Magazine Stadium, resulting in the end of Lancaster's six-game winning streak.

Anthony Giansanti delivered the first Sugar Land run with a two-out RBI single to center in the fifth inning, but it was all that the Skeeters could muster off lefty John Anderson in his six innings of work.

In the seventh, the lead nearly evaporated. Leading off the inning, Daniel Robertson hit a high bouncer back to the hill. Stephen Johnson flagged it to his backhand, but made a wide throw to first. Johnson then hit Denis Phipps with a pitch, bringing the tying run to the plate. Javier Betancourt singled into right loading the bases, and the visitors cut the lead to 4-2 on a Barrett Barnes sacrifice fly to deep right with Phipps taking third on the play.

A double steal by pinch runner Alvaro Rondon and Phipps brought home another run to cut the deficit to 4-3 before Kevin Munson pitched the Barnstormers out of the inning.

Juan Silverio led off the eighth with a single to left against Kaleb Fleck. A walk to Matt Chavez sent Silverio to second, and Albert Cordero singled up the middle to tie the game. Fleck got two weak grounders, and Matt Marksberry retired Rondon on one pitch to keep the game tied.

Huascar Brazoban (1-3) walked Silverio on four pitches to open the tenth and balked his to second. Chavez advanced the runner to third on an infield out. Lancaster walked Cordero intentionally to face Robertson, but the 1-1 inside fastball escaped catcher Anderson De La Rosa, allowing the deciding run to score.

Lancaster was not without chances to break the tie in regulation. In the bottom of the eighth, Vladimir Frias walked and stole second. Darian Sandford beat out a ground ball to the right side, getting Frias to third, but Josh Bell struck out to end the inning.

Austin Adams (3-0) allowed a leadoff double off the glove of left fielder Barrett Barnes by Blake Gailen to start the ninth. Jimmy Paredes advanced the runner to third with a grounder, but Adams worked out of the inning.

Felipe Paulino allowed a one-out single by Vladimir Frias in the tenth before nailing down his 26th save.

Gailen singled home a run off Yasutomo Kubo in the first, and Paredes added a two-run homer in the third. Lancaster's fourth and final run scored on a Bell sacrifice fly in the fourth.

The series concludes on Sunday afternoon with right-hander Dallas Beeler (7-1) squaring off against right-hander Joe Gardner (4-8). It will start at a special game time of 5:00. Fans may tune into the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, beginning at 4:45.

NOTES: Paredes' homer stretched his hitting streak to nine...Ryan Casteel has batted safely in five straight...The Barnstormers left 13 runners on base, matching their season high...Lancaster maintained an eight-game wild card lead over both New Britain and York...Sugar Land leads the second half by five games.

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