Stormers Drop Series In Extra Innings
July 25, 2024 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
In the longest regular season game played by either club since the Atlantic League's implementation of the International Tiebreaker Rule, the York Revolution prevailed in the top of the 12th inning, taking a 4-3 decision from the Lancaster Stormers at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
With David Washington at third base and one out, Rhinesmith lined his single to left field off Ted Stuka (0-2). It was the only hit by either club in the three extra frames. Stuka would walk the next two hitters before Alex Pantoja grounded into a double play.
For the third straight inning, Lancaster could not do much with the runner starting at second base. Chris Proctor popped to short for the first out. Joe Stewart struck out with Shawon Dunston, Jr. stealing third on the final strike. Trace Loehr fanned to end the game as Denny Bentley earned his first save.
After Joseph Carpenter tied the game with a solo homer to right center in the bottom of the ninth, York went down in 1-2-3 fashion in both the 10th and 11th innings and did not advance the ITB runner to third until the second out in the 10th and not at all in the 11th.
Lancaster moved Joe Stewart to third on a bunt by Loehr in the 10th inning. Damon Dues slapped a grounder to third, and Stewart was caught in a rundown between third and home. Isan Diaz struck out to end the inning. In the 11th, Niko Hulsizer slapped a grounder to the middle that was handled by Pantoja, sending Diaz to third. York walked Mason Martin intentionally, but Frankie Bartow (2-2) struck out Carpenter and retired Chris Proctor on a foul pop up.
Before the extra-inning drama, Matt Swarmer turned in a record-tying performance. The right-hander struck out two batters in each of his first six innings and Zander Wiel to start the seventh, matching the franchise record of 13, set previously by Eric Junge in 2010 and tied by Bryan Evans in 2016.
Diaz staked Swarmer to a 2-0 lead on a two-run homer in the fifth. York scored a single run in each of its next three at bats. Donovan Casey drove in one with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. The tying run came home in the seventh. Rhinesmith singled with one out and took third on a wild pickoff throw by Swarmer. Michael Berglund lined out to right, but Alfredo Reyes grounded a 2-2 pitch up the middle for the tying run.
Steffon Moore struck out Pantoja to finish the seventh but walked the first two hitters in the eighth. He handed the baseball to Kyle Johnson, who induced a 4-6-3 double play from Casey, leaving Rudy Martin, Jr. at third with two outs. The speedster was able to score on a wild pitch that escaped Proctor by only a couple of feet.
Lancaster will open a three-game series at Long Island on Friday evening. Brady Tedesco (0-2) will match up against Wei-Yin Chen (4-5) in a battle of left-handers. Fans may tune into FloBaseball at 6:30.
NOTES: Lancaster's lead over York was trimmed to two games...Dunston stole his 40th of the season...Carpenter's homer stretched his latest hitting streak to nine...Diaz has three homers in four games, all with one man aboard in the middle innings...In the eighth, Diaz hit a ball which ticked off the top corner of the outfield signs in right center, and he was thrown out at second.
Subject: Yor 4, Lan 3 (12 - box)
Game Date: 07/25/2024
York Revolution 4 AT Lancaster Stormers 3 (EXTRA INNINGS)
YTD YTD
York AB R H BI AVG Lancaster AB R H BI AVG
Martin Jr, R LF 3 2 1 0 .344 Dues, D 2B 5 0 0 0 .326
McDermott, M SS 4 0 1 0 .313 Diaz, I SS 5 1 3 2 .326
Casey, D CF 4 0 1 1 .355 Hulsizer, N CF,RF 5 0 0 0 .296
Washington, D DH 4 1 0 0 .280 Martin, M DH 3 0 0 0 .279
Wiel, Z 1B 5 0 0 0 .213 Carpenter, J 1B 5 1 1 1 .286
Rhinesmith, J RF 5 1 2 1 .320 Dunston Jr., S LF 3 0 0 0 .299
Berglund, M C 4 0 0 0 .237 Proctor, C C 5 0 1 0 .264
Reyes, A 3B 4 0 1 1 .267 Sedio, C RF 3 1 1 0 .236
Pantoja, A 2B 5 0 0 0 .224 Stewart, J CF,PH 2 0 0 0 .286
Loehr, T 3B 4 0 0 0 .261
38 4 6 3 40 3 6 3
York 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 0
Lancaster 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
2B--Sedio, C RF (4). HR--Diaz, I SS (8), Carpenter, J 1B (8). RBI--Casey, D
CF (88), Rhinesmith, J RF (49), Reyes, A 3B (33), TOTALS 3 (0), Diaz, I SS
2 (25), Carpenter, J 1B (48), TOTALS 3 (0). HP--Martin Jr, R LF (6),
Dunston Jr., S LF 2 (6). SF--Casey, D CF (8). SH--Loehr, T 3B (0).
SB--Martin Jr, R LF (55), McDermott, M SS (39), Washington, D DH 2 (9),
Dues, D 2B (14), Martin, M DH (5), Dunston Jr., S LF (40). CS--Washington,
D DH (2). E--Swarmer, M P (3).
LOB--York 8, Lancaster 9. DP--D. Dues(2B) - I. Diaz(SS) - J. Carpenter(1B),
I. Diaz(SS) - J. Carpenter(1B).
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
York
Olsen, J 6.0 4 2 2 1 7 1 3.31
Schulze, B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.10
Valverde, A 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.10
Turner, M 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2.51
Holiday, A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.50
Bartow, F (W,2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6.23
Bentley, D (S,1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.96
12 6 3 3 2 15 2
Lancaster
Swarmer, M 6.2 5 2 1 0 13 0 4.46
Moore, S 0.1 0 1 1 2 1 0 7.62
Johnson, K 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.08
Wibert, A 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.70
Nogosek, S 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.86
Stuka, T (L,0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 4.32
12 6 4 3 5 18 0
WP--Olsen, J (8), Johnson, K (4). HB--Olsen, J (7), Turner, M (2), Swarmer,
M (2). SO--Martin Jr, R, McDermott, M 2, Casey, D, Washington, D 4, Wiel, Z
4, Berglund, M 2, Reyes, A 2, Pantoja, A 2, Dues, D 2, Diaz, I, Hulsizer, N
2, Martin, M 2, Carpenter, J 3, Proctor, C 2, Stewart, J, Loehr, T 2.
BB--Martin Jr, R, McDermott, M, Washington, D, Berglund, M, Reyes, A,
Martin, M 2. BF--Olsen, J 24 (334), Schulze, B 3 (33), Valverde, A 3 (162),
Turner, M 5 (131), Holiday, A 3 (45), Bartow, F 4 (102), Bentley, D 3
(149), Swarmer, M 26 (148), Moore, S 3 (66), Johnson, K 2 (53), Wibert, A 6
(33), Nogosek, S 3 (102), Stuka, T 5 (118). P-S--Olsen, J 83-55, Schulze, B
16-9, Valverde, A 14-7, Turner, M 13-9, Holiday, A 11-8, Bartow, F 12-8,
Bentley, D 11-10, Swarmer, M 97-69, Moore, S 13-4, Johnson, K 14-8, Wibert,
A 17-12, Nogosek, S 10-9, Stuka, T 24-13.
T--3:16. A--3695
Weather:
Plate Umpire - Steve Zawisky, Field Umpire #1 - Scott Hart, Field Umpire #3 - Steve Hart
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