HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point’s Gilberto Jimenez singled home the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning to break-up a pitcher’s duel and give the Rockers a 2-1 win over Lexington on Thursday night at Truist Point. The win gives the Rockers a three-game sweep of the Legends.

High Point starter Cooper Casad (W, 2-1) and Lexington’s Dustin Beggs hooked up in a quick game that resulted in just seven total hits and was completed in a High Point franchise record 1:52.

Beggs held the Rockers to just one hit over his six innings of work, a double in the second inning. Beggs allowed two walks and struck out three.

Casad was also brilliant, going a career-high eight innings and holding the Legends to two hits and a single run. That run came in the second inning when Brady Whalen laced a lead-off single and Pedro Gonzalez followed with another single. A sac fly from Gavin Johns scored Whalen with Lexington’s lone run.

High Point forced a tie in the seventh inning against Lexington reliever Jett Lodes as Jake Washer was hit by a pitch with two outs. After moving to second on a wild pitch, pinch-hitter Brian Parreira stroked an RBI single to tie the game.  

In the eighth, facing Lexington reliever Victor Capellan (L, 0-1), D.J. Burt led off with a single and stole second base. Jimenez’s single put High Point in front 2-1. Dakota Chalmers put the Legends down in order in the ninth to earn his first save as a Rocker.

The Rockers will head to Hagerstown, Md. this weekend and will return home on Friday, July 19th to face off against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point.

NOTES: The duration of the game, 1:52, surpasses the previous fastest game of 1:57 set on April 30, 2019 at Somerset… Quincy Latimore has hit safely in all six games since his return to the Rockers… Right-fielder Gilberto Jimenez has hit in all five of his games since joining the team and is hitting a sizzling .476 with 10 hits in 21 at-bats… The Rockers are now 14-5 vs. Lexington this season and 7-2 at Truist Point… Cooper Casad’s eight innings of work tied his career high… He went eight innings vs. Southern Maryland and Long Island, both in 2021 with the Rockers… Rockers pitchers held Lexington to 11 hits over the three-game series, and just two runs… High Point took the series by scores of 5-0, 11-1 and 2-1… The previous mark for fewest runs allowed in a series was four against Somerset on July 5-7 of 2019.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point centerfielder Ben Aklinski drove in five runs on three hits to lead a 13-hit offensive explosion as the Rockers took an 11-1 decision from Lexington on Wednesday afternoon at Truist Point. Aklinski was a triple away from hitting for the cycle, having blasted a solo homer, an RBI single and a three-run double.

The win gives the Rockers the series win over the Legends with the series finale slated for a 6:35 p.m. start on Thursday at Truist Point.

Aklinski was not the only hitting star for the Rockers as right fielder Gilberto Jimenez had three hits and scored two runs and Quincy Latimore and Evan Edwards each drove in a pair of runs. Edwards hit a two-run homer in the seventh while Latimore knocked a two-run double during a seven-run fourth inning for the Rockers.

Rockers starter Neil Ramirez (W, 3-3) did his share, holding Lexington to four hits and a single run with six strikeouts in his five innings of work. Jacob Edwards and Garrett Schilling each threw a shutout inning in relief. Rockers manager Jamie Keefe turned to newcomer Sam Peddycord to finish up the game. An East Forsyth High grad and former pitcher at Greensboro College, Peddycord made his professional debut with two outstanding innings, retiring all six men he faced and recording a pair of strikeouts.

The seven-run fourth put the game away for the Rockers who had taken a 2-0 lead after three innings on Aklinski’s first inning home run and his third inning RBI single. High Point banged out five hits in the third off Lexington starter Luis De La Rosa (L, 1-2) who yielded three doubles and a triple along with three walks in the frame.

The Rockers are now 3-1 in the second half and have a five-game lead in the Atlantic League’s Wild Card race over Southern Maryland and Lancaster.

HIGH POINT, N.C – High Point pitcher Cam Bedrosian turned in one of the most masterful pitching performances in Rockers history Tuesday night in shutting out the Lexington Legends 5-0 at Truist Point. Bedrosian (W, 4-1) held the Legends to just two hits over his eight innings of work, retiring 19 consecutive batters during one stretch, and facing just two batters over the minimum.

”I just felt really good, probably the best I’ve felt this year,” said Bedrosian following the game. “I had a feel for all my pitches. The fastball was getting ahead of hitters with strike one which was huge, and everything else played off of that.”

After allowing a hit to Lexington’s Matt Botcher with one out in the first, Bedrosian did not allow another base runner until Brady Whalen doubled to right in the seventh. Between the two hits, Bedrosian retired 19 straight Legends hitters and the Rockers did not issue a walk the entire game.

Newly acquired reliever Will Carter put the Legends down in order in the ninth to preserve the shutout.

“I can’t say enough about what Cam did tonight,” said Rockers manager Jamie Keefe. “It makes it easy as a manager when your starter can throw like that. He was really fun to watch. We got enough offense early by jumping on Miller. Benny (Aklinski) had a big homer in the second to give us some breathing room. But Cam was the story tonight. He was throwing it as well as anyone has all year.”

The Rockers did all of their scoring in the first two innings. After Connor Owings drew a walk from Lexington starter Justin Miller (L, 1-4), Quincy Latimore singled to left where it was misplayed by Justin Williams, allowing Owings to score from first to stake the Rockers to a 1-0 lead.

High Point advanced its lead in the second inning to 5-0. Jake Washer drew a lead-off walk and Clayton Mehlbauer followed with a single. Washer was able to score on a sac fly from DJ Burt. Aklinski then smacked a three-run homer, his 14th of the season.

Miller took the loss for the Legends, allowing five hits, five runs and seven walks over his four innings of work to go with a pair of strikeouts.

Gilberto Jimenez had a pair of hits for the Rockers and Quincy Latimore added a hit to give him a modest four-game hitting streak since his return to High Point.

The Rockers will face the Legends at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday in game two of the series at Truist Point.

HIGH POINT, N.C — The High Point Rockers pounded out 14 hits and Connor Owings and Brian Parreira each hit home runs as the Rockers took down the Lancaster Stormers 14-3 in the series finale at Truist Point on Sunday afternoon.

Owings smacked a three-run homer in the first to take an early lead over the Stormers. It marked the first time the Rockers held a lead over Lancaster in the series. 

The Rockers tallied six runs in the second inning with three doubles and two singles. Parreira led off the frame with a solo homer. Ben Aklinski and Owings ripped RBI singles, Quincy Latimore followed with a two-run double, and Evan Edwards finished with an RBI double to score Latimore. High Point led 9-0 after three innings. 

Lancaster scored its first run with a lead-off solo homer from Isan Diaz in the fourth inning. Gaige Howard tallied another run after he stroked an RBI single to score Mason Martin who drew a walk to first to make it 9-2. 

High Point struck again in the fourth inning with a two-run double from Parreira to secure an 11-2 lead. DJ Burt singled home a run in the sixth, plating Edwards. 

The Stormers tallied their third run in the sixth inning with an RBI single from Jack Conley to score Howard.

The Rockers went on to score two more runs in the eighth inning to grab a 14-3 win. 

Stephen Ridings, a former Yankees pitcher, made his debut as a Rocker on Sunday as the starting pitcher. During his 3.2 innings of work, he allowed just two hits and two runs while walking one and striking out six. Kyle Halbohn (W, 1-0) relieved in the fourth and kept Lancaster scoreless over his 1.1 innings of work to earn the win. Lancaster starter Matt Swarmer yielded seven hits and nine runs over an inning and one-third 

The High Point Rockers will have an off day on Monday and then open a three-game series with the Lexington Legends on Tuesday, July 9th at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point.

HIGH POINT, N.C – The Lancaster Stormers hit a pair of key home runs and were able to extinguish a late High Point rally as Lancaster took game two of the series 5-3 on Saturday night at Truist Point.

Jack Conley hit a two-run homer in the second to give the Stormers a 2-0 lead. High Point cut into the lead in the fourth when Colin Moran doubled and sored on a single by Connor Owings.

Mason Martin blasted a solo homer for the Stormers in the fifth to grab a 3-1 advantage. Lancaster scored again in the sixth frame on a sac fly from Chris Proctor to score Shawon Dunston Jr. for a 4-1 lead.

The Rockers made it a 4-2 game in the seventh inning when Brian Parreira doubled and scored on an infield groundout by Martin Figueroa. Fritz Genther’s sac fly in the eighth scored Ben Aklinski to make it a 4-3 contest headed to the ninth.

But Lancaster tacked on a run in the top of the ninth on a sac fly from Trace Loehr to increase the Stormers advantage to 5-3.

Lancaster’s Stephen Nogosek (S, 3) allowed a walk in the bottom of the ninth but held the Rockers scoreless to earn the save.

Rockers starter Jonah Scolaro (L, 2-1) went four innings and three hits and two runs. Lancaster starter Noah Bremer (W, 7-3) pitched seven innings and allowed nine hits while walking one and striking out four.

The Rockers will face the Stormers in game three of the series on Sunday, July 7th at 4:05 p.m. at Truist Point. Outfield box seat tickets are just half-price to mark the halfway point of the season.