Pitching Dominates As Barnstormers Win Road Opener
May 3, 2019 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
The Lancaster Barnstormers pitching staff continued to pile up the strikeouts on Friday evening, whiffing 15 Southern Maryland Blue Crabs en route to a 4-1 victory in the Crabs' home opener at Regency Furniture Stadium.
Starter Jake McCasland fanned 10 Blue Crabs in 7 2/3 innings. Matt Marksberry struck out two more despite recording only one out (Rubi Silva reached on a wild pitch), and Cody Eppley got through the side in order in the bottom of the ninth in his return to Southern Maryland.
Overall, Lancaster pitching has struck out 89 batters in 73 innings this season.
The Barnstormers produced enough offensively on Friday evening.
Darian Sandford led off the game with an infield single to the right side. He stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and raced home on a ground out by Dan Gamache.
Gamache homered to left center off Brandon Cumpton (0-2) in the fourth inning. Lancaster tacked on another run in the fifth as Zach Shank grounded a single up the middle, took second on a high bounder by Anderson De La Rosa and scored when Melvin Mercedes banged a single up the middle.
McCasland (1-1) did not allow a runner to reach base for his first 7 1/3 innings. The only run of the night for the host Blue Crabs came when catcher Mike Falsetti slammed a 3-2 pitch to left center.
Southern Maryland sends left-hander Pat Dean (1-0) to the mound against right-hander Kyle Davies (0-0. Fans may tune into the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, starting at 6:15.
NOTES: Caleb Gindl lost his hitting streak at seven; Joe Terdoslavich's streak was stopped at five...K.C. Hobson has five extra base hits among his six hits total...Mercedes left the game with a minor injury after getting tangled up on a tag play at second in the seventh inning...He is day-to-day...McCasland's 10-K performance was the first by a Barnstormer since Nate Reed on July 19, 2018 at York.
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