Rockers Blank Counter Clocks 10-0
Published on June 21, 2023 under Atlantic League (AtL)
High Point Rockers News Release
HIGH POINT, N.C. - High Point's Daikan Yoh hit a pair of homers to lead the Rockers to a 10-0 win over Lexington on Wednesday night at Truist Point. The game ran late following a 41-minute rain delay.
The Rockers improved to 33-15 with the win while Gastonia is 33-14 after beating Lancaster 9-7 on Wednesday night. The Rockers remain a half-game back of the Honey Hunters in the Atlantic League's South Division.
The Rockers banged out 10 hits on the night including three homers while three High Point pitchers held the Counter Clocks to just five hits.
The Rockers struck first when Michael Russell led off the game with a walk off Lexington starter Pat Ledet. After Shed Long, Jr. drew a walk, Zander Wiel singled to load the bases. Beau Taylor then delivered a sacrifice fly to center that scored Russell.
With one out in the second, Ledet walked Joe Johnson before giving up a single to Russell that was followed by an RBI single from Long, Jr. With the bases loaded, Ben Aklinski flew out to second as Russell scored on the sac fly to give the Rockers a 3-0 lead.
In the third, Yoh hit a solo homer with one out to put the Rockers up 4-0.
Leading off the fourth, Long, Jr. unloaded a 451-foot homer that cleared the scoreboard in right field to give the Rockers a 4-0 lead. High Point went on to score four more runs in the inning, getting a two-run single from Michael Martinez and an RBI single from Yoh.
Patrick Ledet (L, 3-5) worked 3.1 innings, allowing five runs and walking six. The Counter Clocks would walk 10 Rockers on the night. Joe Johnson started for the Rockers and threw four shutout innings while walking one and striking out two. Because he did not pitch the five innings required for the win, the victory went to A.J. Cole (W, 2-2) who threw two three-up, three-down innings with a pair of strikeouts.
Game three of the High Point-Lexington series is scheduled for Thursday at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point.
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