Mitchell Slam Opens Up Pitchers Duel
August 21, 2019 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
For the second time this season, Jared Mitchell launched a grand slam against the Lancaster Barnstormers. He did it for his second different club.
Mitchell belted his slam in the top of the seventh inning to break open a close game and send the High Point Rockers to a 7-1 victory over the Barnstormers Tuesday evening at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Connor Overton (1-1) departed after six innings with the Barnstormers trailing, 2-1. In the seventh, Viosergy Rosa grounded a single up the middle off reliever Matt Marksberry to get things underway. Myles Schroder drilled a base hit off the glove of diving third baseman Joe Terdoslavich to add a second baserunner. Marksberry left after Giovanny Alfonzo fouled out on a bunt bid.
Garrett Granitz walked pinch hitter Matthew Jones to load the bases. Granitz then hit Stephen Cardullo with a pitch to force home a run before Mitchell left the park to right center for the 7-1 advantage.
Mitchell also hit a grand slam for Sugar Land at Clipper Magazine Stadium on May 7.
Overton retired the first 11 High Point batters of the night and still had a shutout into the fifth inning. Richie Shaffer got to him for a leadoff single to left and scored when Rosa drilled a double off the fence in right center, and right fielder Andrew Aplin slipped and fell trying to play the carom.
High Point scored again off the right-hander in the sixth as Cardullo lined a single to left, moved up on a balk and came home with one out as Hector Gomez knocked a single into center.
Overton finished the night having yielded five hits and two runs while walking nobody and striking out eight.
Meanwhile, Matt Sergey (2-1), pitching for the first time since late May, shut down the Barnstormers over the first five innings on four singles, three walks and two hit batters.
The Barnstormers picked up their only run of the night in the bottom of the sixth. Parker Morin doubled to the gap in right center. Melvin Mercedes advanced him to third with a right side ground ball. With two outs, Devon Torrence yanked a single into right center to bring Lancaster within a run.
Lancaster will again host High Point on Wednesday evening. The Barnstormers will send Nate Reed to the mound as the left-hander seeks to tie Dwayne Pollok as the all-time wins leader in club history. Right-hander Michael Bowden (1-1) will take the hill for Sugar Land. Fans may tune into the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, starting at 6:45.
NOTES: Andrew Aplin reached on an infield base hit when Sergey failed to cover first base in the fifth inning, stretching Aplin's most recent hitting streak to nine games...Caleb Gindl reached base four times in the game, extending his on base streak to 17 contests...Overton has gone 18 2/3 innings without yielding a walk...Gindl pitched for the first time since July 12, facing three batters in the ninth inning.
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