HIGH POINT, N.C. – The York Revolution overcame an early 3-0 deficit and hit five home runs en route to a 7-4 win over the High Point Rockers to win the Atlantic League Championship for a second consecutive season on Wednesday night at Truist Point.

After the Rockers took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, the Revs rebounded with a steady offensive attack and a bullpen that held High Point to just two hits over the final 4.1 innings.

York wins the best-of-five series 3-1 and becomes the first ALPB team to have two sets of back-to-back championships, having won titles in 2010-11 and again in 2024-25.

The Rockers touched Revs starter Braden Scott for three runs, all with two outs, in the bottom of the first. Luis Gonzalez drew a lead-off walk and stole second while Scott fanned Drew Mendoza and Ben Aklinski. Evan Edwards then skyed a fly ball to short right field that fell between second baseman Jalen Miller and right fielder Jaylin Davis for a single that brought Gonzaez around with High Point’s first run. Alex Dickerson then hit the first pitch he saw for a home run to right, putting High Point up 3-0.

The Revs used the long ball to nibble away at the Rockers’ lead. Shayne Fontana hit a solo homer leading off the second to cut High Point’s lead to 3-1. Kyle Martin did the same leading off the fourth to make it a 3-2 game.

York took the lead with three runs in the top of the fifth, with one out, Miller singled and scored on a double to right-center by Kyle Martin. Caleb McNeely then followed with a two-run homer to dead center to give York a 5-3 lead.

The Rockers clawed one run back in the fifth when Gonzalez was hit by a pitch to start the frame. After a walk to Mendoza, Aklinski lined an RBI single to center to pull the Rockers to within a run at 5-4. With two outs, York brought in Josh Mollerus to retired Luke Napleton on a fly ball to left that Caleb McNeely caught on the warning track.

York’s bullpen of Josh Mollerus, Jimmy Burnette, Brendan Cellucci and Nick Mikolajchak didn’t strike out a single Rocker but kept the ball in play. The Rockers managed just a single by Aklinski and another by Aidan Brewer over the final four innings.

A solo homer by Jaylin Davis in the eighth and a final solo shot from Elvis Peralta in the top of the ninth propelled the Revs to the win.

Cellucci (W) got the win with 1.2 innings of one-hit relief. Del Bonta-Smith took the loss, allowing seven hits and five runs over 4.2 innings with a walk and five strikeouts.

NOTES: York’s championship is its fifth, the most of any active ALPB club . . . Only Somerset with six wins, has more . . . York has now won back-to-back championships, coupling its 2010-2011 titles with 2024-25 . . . York is now 15-2 all-time in LCS games and has won all five LCS series . . . The ALPB Championship trophy remains in Pennsylvania for the fourth straight year following the 2022-23 wins by the Lancaster Stormers . . . The North Division has won four of the last five ALPB titles . . .

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The York Revolution used a second inning solo homer from Jaylin Davis and a two-run blast from Shayne Fontana in the fourth to down the High Point Rockers 5-2 on Wednesday night in front of a crowd of 2,284 at Truist Point in Game 3 of the Atlantic League Championship Series.

York starter Mike Kickham (W, 1-0) went 6.1 innings and held the Rockers to two runs on four hits in earning his first win of the post season.

The win gives the Revolution a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five League Championship Series. York can clinch its fifth all-time ALPB Championship with a win in Game 4 of the LCS at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Truist Point.

The Revs grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on a solo homer to left by Davis. The lead grew to 3-0 in the fourth when left fielder Caleb McNeely singled and scored on a two-run homer by Fontana.

High Point starter Ben Wereski left after the fourth, having allowed three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out eight.

Jalen Miller doubled to lead-off the fifth inning off Rockers reliever Scott Rouse. Miller moved to third on a grounder to second by Jeremy Arocho and scored on a sac fly to center from Kyle Martin to put York up 4-0.

The Rockers mounted a comeback in the eighth with a pair of runs on solo homers from Alex Dickerson and D.J. Burt, cutting the deficit to 4-2,

Kickham went 6.1 innings, allowed four hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.

The Revs added an insurance run in the ninth when Chris Williams walked and scored from first on a double by Miller.

York relievers Nick Mikolajchak, Jimmy Burnette and Cam Robinson (S) kept the Rockers hitless through the final 2.2 innings.

Miller, McNeeley and Davis each had a pair of hits for York. High Point was held to just four hits on the night.

Game 4 of the best-of-five series will take place on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Truist Point. Tickets for Games 4 and 5 are on sale now at www.HighPointRockers.com and at the Truist Point Box Office. The Rockers will send right hander Fin Del Bonta-Smith to the mound try and get the Rockers to Thursday’s Game 5.

All Rockers and ALPB LCS games are available on FLOBASEBALL.TV and Rockers audio on the MixLR app.

YORK, Pa. – York Revolution right-hander Chris Vallimont threw a one-hit shutout and struck out 15 hitters in leading the Revs to a 2-0 win over the High Point Rockers in the opening game of the best-of-five Atlantic League Championship Series at WellSpan Park.

Vallimont (W, 1-0) became the first ALPB pitcher to throw a complete game one-hitter in the League Championship Series. He needed 106 pitches to throw the first complete game in the LCS since Lancaster’s Oscar De La Cruz had a complete game in a 6-1 win over High Point in Game 3 of the 2022 LCS.

High Point’s Evan Edwards doubled to lead off the second inning for the Rockers’ only hit of the night. Vallimont then walked Alex Dickerson before striking out Luke Napleton, Aidan Brewer and Cody Wilson to end the second. Vallimont retired 19 straight hitters until Aidan Brewer walked with one out in the eighth.

The Revs took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third when High Point starter Erich Uelmen (L, 0-1) allowed a lead-off single to Jeremy Arocho who then stole second and scored on a single by Kyle Martin.

Uelmen went five innings, allowing nine hits and one walk while striking out five Revs.

York increased its lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the sixth when Elvis Peralta hit a solo homer off Rockers reliever Scott Rouse.

York was led by Jalen Miller and Shayne Fontana who each had three hits for the Revs.

Game 2 of the series is slated for a 4:00 p.m. start on Sunday afternoon. High Point will send LHP Josh Hendrickson to the mound to face York righty Alex Valverde. All Rockers games are available on FLOBASEBALL.TV and on the MixLR app.

NOTES: York has now won 10 straight LCS games dating back to 2011 . . . The Revs are undefeated at home in the LCS, going 8-0 . . . High Point is in its second LCS and is still seeking its first win after being swept 3-0 by Lancaster in 2022 . . . The winner of the opening game of the LCS has gone on to win 22 of 26 series.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point Rockers jumped on top early and never took their foot off the gas pedal in defeating the Gastonia Ghost Peppers 8-1 in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the Atlantic League’s South Division Playoffs on Thursday night at Truist Point.

The Rockers will now move on to face the York Revolution in the League Championship Series which begins at York on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The championship series will feature the two teams that finished with the best full season record in the Atlantic League at 74-52.

The Rockers took a 2-0 lead in the first when Drew Mendoza singled to left and came around to score on Evan Edwards’ triple to right field. Alex Dickerson followed with a soft single to center to bring home Edwards.

High Point grew its lead to 3-0 in the second inning following a walk to D.J. Burt, a single by Luis Gonzalez and a run-scoring single from Mendoza.

Gastonia tallied its first run in the top of the fourth. High Point starter Fin Del Bonta-Smith (W, 1-0) walked Cole Roederer who moved to third on a double by Carter Aldrete and scored on a sac fly from Dalton Guthrie.

Gonzalez blasted a homer off the video board in right in the fourth as the Rockers surged to a 4-1 lead. It was his second homer of the series.

Del Bonta-Smith went five innings, allowing one run on four hits while walking one and striking out four, never allowing more than one base runner in any inning. Yuhi Sako came on in the sixth and pitched a 1-2-3 inning before yielding to Kyle Halbohn in the seventh who pitched around one hit.

The Rockers blew the game open in the bottom of the sixth, scoring three runs on four hits and a walk. Mendoza, Aklinski and Dickerson all had run-scoring singles as the Rockers went up 7-1.  Aidan Brewer scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh to make it 8-1.

Jameson McGrane allowed one hit in the ninth in closing out the win.

Zac Westscott (L, 0-1) started for Gastonia and went three and one-third innings, allowing eight hits, four runs, a walk and one strikeout.

The Rockers are seeking to become the first High Point professional baseball team to win a championship since the 1968 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms won the Carolina League championship. The last Triad area team to win a baseball championship was the Greensboro Grasshoppers who won the 2011 South Atlantic League title over the Savannah Sand Gnats.

NOTES: This was the third Game 5 between High Point and Gastonia in the postseason . . . The Rockers won Game 5 in the 2022 South Division Championship Series with an 8-7 win while Gastonia won the 2023 SDCS with a 9-3 victory . . . The Rockers have now reached the playoffs in four of their six seasons in the Atlantic League . . . The Rockers have made one League Championship appearance, losing in three games to Lancaster in 2022.

Rockers home runs (exit velocity-distance): Luis Gonzalez (107-406)

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point Rockers were held to four hits and, after taking a 2-0 lead, were kept scoreless over the last eight innings as the Gastonia Ghost Peppers claimed Game 4 of the Atlantic League’s South Division Championship with a 4-2 win Wednesday night at Truist Point.

The Gastonia win ties the series at 2-2 and forces a deciding Game 5 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday night at Truist Point. The winner will advance to the ALPB League Championship Series to meet the York Revolution.

Wednesday night, High Point jumped on in the first inning. After Luis Gonzalez led off the bottom of the first with a single, Gastonia starter Ljay Newsome (W, 1-0) walked Ben Aklinski. With two outs, Alex Dickerson lined a single to left to score both runners and give the Rockers a 2-0 lead.

Gastonia tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth inning. High Point starter Ben Wereski (L, 0-1) hit Cole Roederer with a pitch with two outs, allowing Carter Aldrete to hit a game-tying two-run homer to left.

The Ghost Peppers took a 3-2 lead in the fifth when Wereski issued a two-out walk to Narciso Crook which was followed by an RBI double from Eric De La Rosa. Gastonia added a run in the top of the eighth when High Point reliever Scott Rouse yielded a one-out triple to De La Rosa then a sac fly to Justin Wylie as Gastonia went up 4-2.

Tickets for Thursday’s Game 5 are on sale now at the Truist Point Box Office and online at www.HighPointRockers.com.

The Rockers are seeking to become the first High Point professional baseball team to win a championship since the 1968 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms won the Carolina League championship. The last Triad area team to win a baseball championship was the Greensboro Grasshoppers who won the 2011 South Atlantic League title over the Savannah Sand Gnats.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point Rockers slapped six extra base hits including back-to-backer homers to take Game 3 of the Atlantic League’s South Division Championship on Tuesday night by a 6-2 score over the Gastonia Ghost Peppers at Truist Point.

The win puts the Rockers in position to win the South Division title and move on to the League Championship series with a win on Wednesday night.

Drew Mendoza collected his fifth and sixth hits of the series with a run-scoring single in the first and an RBI double in the second. He finished the night with two hits after smacking four against the Ghost Peppers in Game 2. Luke Napleton and Alex Dickerson also added a pair of hits.

The Rockers went up 2-0 in the first inning on RBI singles from Mendoza and Napleton. The lead grew to 3-0 in the second when Aidan Brewer singled and scored on a double off the wall in center by Mendoza.

Narciso Crook hit a solo homer leading off the third to pull the Ghost Peppers within a run at 3-1.

Ben Aklinski and Evan Edwards hit back-to-back doubles in the fifth as the Rockers went up 4-1. Gastonia added a run in the seventh when Aaron McKeithan singled and scored on a double by Shed Long, Jr.

The Rockers made it a 6-2 game with back-to-back homers in the eighth off the bats of Napleton and Dickerson. It was the first playoff homer for each.

Josh Hendrickson (W, 1-0) went six innings and scattered six hits while striking our four and allowing just one run. David Hess struck out two in his one inning of work while Cam Cotter in the eighth and Kyle Halbohn in the ninth each retired the Peppers in order.

Game 4 of the series is slated for a 7:00 p.m. start on Wednesday at Truist Point. The Rockers will send lefty Ben Wereski (4-4, 3.76) to the mound to face Gastonia righty Ljay Newsome (4-3, 5.04).

Tickets for Wednesday’s Game 4 are on sale now at the Truist Point Box Office and online at www.HighPointRockers.com.