CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The High Point Rockers won their fourth straight game, shutting out the Charleston Dirty Birds 5-0 on Tuesday night at GoMart Park.

The Rockers continue to maintain the Atlantic League’s top record at 21-7, matching the best start in club history, shared with the 2023 Rockers.

The Rockers used a pair of big hits in the sixth inning to surge to the win.

Ben Aklinski returned to action on Tuesday after nursing an injury over the weekend, and promptly homered with one out in the fourth to give the Rockers their initial 1-0 lead.

Jamison Hill (L, 1-3) departed in the fifth after having allowed the Rockers to load the bases. Max Viera was hit by a pitch, Cody Wilson singled and D.J. Burt drew a walk. Luis Gonzalez then singled to center to plate a pair of runs. Evan Edwards then doubled to center to score two more and give the Rockers the 5-0 cushion.

High Point starter Kent Emanuel (W, 4-0) worked six innings, allowed five hits, two walks and struck out eight.

Lefty Braeden Ogle set the Dirty Birds down in order in the seventh and Tommy Doyle finished the shutout with two scoreless innings while striking out two.

Game two of the series is a matinee on Wednesday with the two teams scheduled to start at 10:35 am at GoMart Park.

GASTONIA, N.C. – High Point’s Evan Edwards continued his torrid hitting streak on Saturday night, leading the Rockers to a 6-2 win over Gastonia at CaroMont Health Park.

Edwards hit two home runs to increase his Atlantic League-leading season total to 13 and drove in two runs, moving his season total to 41, also tops among ALPB players.

The win allows the Rockers to continue to maintain the top record in the ALPB at 19-7 and puts High Point four games in front of second place Lexington (15-11).

For the seventh straight game, the Rockers scored multiple runs in the first inning, this time victimizing Gastonia starter Kevin Smith (L, 0-2). Smith walked the first two batters he faced, D.J. Burt and Luis Gonzalez, and then hit Nick Longhi with a pitch. With the bases loaded, Drew Mendoza drew a walk to force in Burt before Jack Conley beat out an infield single to plate Gonzalez.

High Point starter Erich Ulemen (W, 2-1) threw 6.1 shutout innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while fanning four.

The Rockers scored a single run in the third on Edwards’ first homer of the night, added a run in the fourth on Burt’s RBI double and tallied their fifth run in the fifth on Longhi’s solo blast. Edwards capped the night with a solo homer in the ninth.

Gastonia’s two runs came in the seventh off High Point reliever Jonah Scolaro who yielded a two-run homer to Jack Reinheimer.

Edwards is now riding a 12-game hitting streak in which he has gone 19-for-45 (.422) with five home runs and 21 RBI.

At 19-7, the Rockers have tied the franchise mark for the best start to a season, matching the 2023 club which started the year 21-7.

Game three of the series is set for Sunday afternoon at CaroMont Health Park with first pitch at 4 p.m.

GASTONIA, N.C. – Matt Solter pitched five shutout innings on Friday night to set the pace as the High Point Rockers took a 9-3 decision from the Gastonia Ghost Peppers in the opening game of a three-game series at CaroMont Health Park.

Solter (W, 3-1), who tossed a two hit shutout over nine innings to beat Lexington 17-0 on May 17, continued his scoreless streak over the first five innings on Friday while his teammates did the heavy lifting in the Rockers win.

At 18-7, the Rockers continue to own the best record in the Atlantic League and now own a four-game lead in the South Division over Lexington (14-11).

The Rockers opened the game by scoring four times in the first inning. Gastonia starter Connor Grey (L, 0-2) left after just seven pitches and allowing a pair of hits. Lead-off hitter D.J. Burt hit a ground rule double and Drew Mendoza lined a shot up the middle that connected with Grey’s throwing elbow and led to his departure. Nick Longhi then greeted reliever John Wilson with a two-run double before a pair of Gastonia errors led to the Rockers third run. Ian Yetsko singled home High Point’s fourth run of the frame.

The Rockers added a single run in the third when Tanner Myatt walked three straight batters and Max Viera trotted home on a wild pitch. High Point grew the lead to 6-0 in the fifth on Yetsko’s solo homer.

With five shutout innings coupled with his nine inning shutout in his last outing, Solter stretched his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 14, one shy of the club record. But Gastonia spoiled that mark in the sixth when Dalton Guthrie hit a three-run homer to cut the Rockers lead in half to 6-3.

Solter went six innings, walked three and struck out six while yielding two runs and five hits.

Justin Lewis came on in the seventh inning and put the Peppers down in order. Tommy Doyle tossed shutout frames in the eighth and ninth innings to close out the win.

The Rockers tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth off Nick Horvath to stretch the lead to 9-3. Aidan Brewer and D.J. Burt started the inning with singles. Nick Longhi drove home Brewer with a ground rule double and Evan Edwards doubled to plate two more runs.

Burt, Mendoza, Longhi and Yetsko each finished the night with a pair of hits. Longhi and Edwards each collected three RBI while Yetsko drove in a pair of runs. Edwards has now collected 18 RBI over his last eight games and is riding an 11-game hitting streak.

High Point and Gastonia meet again on Saturday at 7 p.m. at CaroMont Health Park in game two of the three-game series.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The High Point Rockers scored six runs in the first four innings en route to a 12-4 win over the Charleston Dirty Birds on Wednesday night at GoMart Park. The win gives the Rockers a four-game winning streak and their 17-6 record matches the club record for best record after 23 games.

First baseman Evan Edwards continued his torrid streak, hitting another home run and driving in four runs.

High Point continues to own the best record in the Atlantic League at 17-6 and have a 3.5 game lead over second place Lexington in the South Division. The Legends split a doubleheader with Gastonia on Wednesday.

The Rockers’ Ben Aklinski drew a two-out walk in the first then scored on a home run by Edwards, his second in as many nights and his league-leading 11^th round-tripper of the season.

The Rockers increased their lead to 3-0 in the third when Aklinski beat out an infield hit, moved to third on a single by Edwards and scored on a sac fly by Jordan Luplow.

Edwards drove in two more runs in the fourth as High Point surged to a 6-0 lead.

Charleston got on the board in the bottom of the fourth as J.J. Matijevic and Alsander Womack each hit solo homers off Rockers starter Kent Emanuel (W, 3-0).

Drew Mendoza homered in the fifth to put High Point on top 7-2. In the seventh Max Viera double home a pair of runs to increase the margin to 9-2. A solo homer by Luplow in the eighth along with a Jack Conley RBI double and another Viera run-scoring double put the game away at 12-2.

Charleston tacked on a pair of runs in the eighth off reliever Matt Frisbee on a Tyler Hill two-run homer.

HIGH POINT, NC- The High Point Rockers used back-to-back homers from Luis Gonzalez and Ben Aklinski in the fifth inning to break open a tight game and went on to defeat the Lexington Legends 9-3 on Sunday afternoon at Truist Point. The victory gave the Rockers a 2-1 series win.

With the win the High Point Rockers continue leading the Atlantic League’s South Divison at 15-6. Lexington is in second at 13-8.

The Legends ignited the game with a homer from Brady Whalen off High Point starter Erich Ulemen (W, 1-1) in the first inning, giving Lexington 1-0 lead. The Rockers answered in the bottom half of the first when Evan Edwards drilled a two-run double off Nic Laio (L, 4-1)  to put High Point ahead 2-1.

Max Viera tripled with Aidan Brewer aboard to put High Point ahead 3-1.

Lexington’s Jerry Huntizger lashed a triple to center field and then scored on an infield ground out by Xane Washington pulling the Legends to within a run at 3-2 in the third.

Jordan Luplow’s second homer of the season in the third putting lifting High Point to a 4-2 advantage.

The Rockers put the game away with five runs in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead. Gonzalez and Alinkski launched back-to-back homers, Edwards scored on a wild pitch and Aidan Brewer drew a bases loaded walk. Drew Mendoza scored on a sac fly off the bat of Viera.

Xane Washington homered for the Legends in the top of the sixth to cut the score to 9-3.

Ulemen pitched five innings, allowing only six hits and striking out two. Cooper Casad made his first appearance of the season and went three strong innings, striking out three.

Righty Tommy Doyle closed out the ninth inning for High Point, recording three strikeouts.

Edwards led the Rockers with three hits and a pair of RBI while Viera, Gonzalez and Luplow each had a pair of hits. Viera finished with two RBI.

After an off day on Monday, High Point will start a three-game series at Charleston against the Charleston Dirty Birds on Tuesday night. 

NOTES: The High Point Rockers signed former North Carolina State catcher Jack Conley earlier Sunday afternoon. Conley reunites with Evan Edwards since they last played together at NC State in 2018. Conley appeared in nine games with Campeche in the Mexican League in 2025 before signing with the Rockers.