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.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Lancaster Stormers banged out 19 hits including nine doubles and defeated the High Point Rockers 17-4 on Friday night at Truist Point. The contest marked the end of the first half of the Atlantic League season.

The Rockers were trailing 3-0 heading into the third inning when the Stormers exploded for six runs.

Lancaster collected nine doubles in the game, one off the Atlantic League record of 10.

The Stormers were led by Shawon Dunston, Jr. who had three hits including a double and a triple and five RBI. Lancaster catcher Chris Proctor also had three hits and five RBI including a pair of doubles and a home run.

Evan Edwards, Ben Aklinski, Cla of the 1975 yton Mehlbauer and newcomer Gilberto Jimenez each had two hits for the Rockers. Connor Owings hit a solo homer in the fourth and Quincy Latimore, who re-joined the Rockers earlier in the day, had a triple and scored two runs.

Game two of the series is scheduled for a 6:35 p.m. start on Saturday at Truist Point. Bernie Carbo, a former member of the Boston Red Sox who famously homered in the storied Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, is scheduled to thrown out the first pitch.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Gastonia’s Josh Stowers and Marc Flores hit back-to-back doubles in the ninth inning to break a 6-6 tie and lead Gastonia to a 7-6 win over High Point in front of a crowd of 4,045 at Truist Point on Thursday night.

The Rockers and Gastonia waged a back and forth battle all night long, with High Point overcoming a 6-4 deficit in the sixth with RBI hits from Jake Washer and Clayton Mehlbauer to knot the game at 6-6.

Gastonia opened the scoring with a run in the fourth on a triple by Josh Stowers and an RBI single from Flores. The Rockers bounced back with a pair of runs in fourth on Connor Owings’ two-run homer for a 2-1 advantage.

In the fifth, Gastonia used a two-run homer from Kevin Watson, Jr. to move ahead 3-1 before the Rockers answered back in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single from Martin Figueroa and a sac fly off the bat of Evan Edwards.

A three-run homer from Gastonia catcher Hidekel Gonzalez in the sixth gave the Baseball Club a 6-4 lead until the Rockers tied it in the bottom of the sixth.

Gastonia reliever Jake Miednik (W, 4-0) pitched the final two innings and allowed only one hit to earn the win. Jameson McGrane (L, 2-3) pitched the ninth for the Rockers and allowed the go-ahead run.

High Point will now start a three-game home series with the Lancaster Stormers on Friday night at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point. A postgame fireworks show will follow the game.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Gastonia banged out six extra base hits and defeated the High Point Rockers 5-3 Wednesday night at Truist Point in front of a crowd of 2,052.

The GBC had 11 hits on the night including five doubles and a triple while the Rockers scratched out six hits with a double and a triple.

Scoreless through three innings, Gastonia tallied three runs in the fourth inning off High Point starter Cam Bedrosian (L, 3-1). Justin Wylie struck first with a leadoff single and Clint Coulter followed with an RBI double to score the first run. Alan Alonso laced an RBI single to score Coulter for the second run. The third run came after Eric De La Rosa scored on a fielder’s choice grounder to first from Alex Johnson. 

High Point’s first run also came in the fourth inning. Ben Aklinski led off the inning with a double and was singled home by Connor Owings to make it a 3-1 game.

Gastonia struck again in the seventh inning after Kevin Watson, Jr. smacked a leadoff triple. A sac fly from Josh Stowers scored Watson. Marc Flores and Justin Wylie hit back-to-back doubles to give GBC a 5-1 lead. 

Connor Owings led off the seventh inning with a triple for the Rockers and scored on Brian Parreira’s sacrifice fly to make the score 5-2.

High Point rallied for a run in the eighth when DJ Burt drew a leadoff walk and stole second before scoring on an RBI single from Ryan Grotjohn. The Rockers would go on to load the bases but could not push another run across and went to the ninth trailing 5-3.

Gastonia reliever Gabe Klobosits put the Rockers down in order in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the year.

Gastonia starter Ljay Newsome (W, 5-1) went six innings and limited the Rockers to four hits while striking out six.

Game three of the series between the Rockers and Gastonia is set for a 6:35 p.m. start on Thursday. Ballpark gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and there will be fireworks following the game.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Gastonia Baseball Club used a pair of home runs to edge past the High Point Rockers 4-3 on Tuesday night at Truist Point.

Josh Stowers smacked a two-run homer in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie and Justin Wylie hit a solo shot in the eighth that provided the key insurance run to the Gastonia Baseball club.

Gastonia opened the scoring in the first inning when Wylie doubled and scored on an RBI ground out. High Point responded with a lead-off triple from Ryan Grotjohn who scored on Evan Edwards’ infield ground out to tie the game.

Stowers’ homer in the third pushed Gastonia ahead 3-1 after Alan Alonso reached on an outfield error by the Rockers. High Point closed the gap to 3-2 in the sixth when Zander Wiel walked moved to second on a ground out by Jake Washer and scored on a Connor Owings single to right.

Wylie’s homer came in the top of the eighth off reliever Jacob Edwards and moved Gastonia in front 4-2.

The Rockers rallied in the ninth inning when Jake Washer’s pop out in shallow center field was dropped for a two-base error. D.J. Burt singled to right to plate Washer and pull the Rockers to within one.

Neil Ramirez (L, 4-5) went five innings for the Rockers and allowed four hits and three runs while walking two and striking out five. Mike Wright, Jr. (W, 1-1) went six innings, yielded four hits and three walks while striking out five. Phoenix Sanders (S, 10) allowed a run in the ninth but earned his 10^th save of the season for Gastonia.

Game two of the series with Gastonia is slated for Wednesday, July 3 at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point. Wednesday’s game marks the start of three straight nights of postgame fireworks at Truist Point.