Lexington, Ky. – The High Point Rockers battled back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning, but the Lexington Legends blasted grand slams in both the sixth and seventh innings and went on to post a 15-6 win over the Rockers on Sunday afternoon at CommonSpirit Ballpark.

The Rockers end the week at 11-10 in the second half and 40-44 on the season. Lexington improved to 13-8 and 39-45. The Rockers are two games out of first behind Lexington and Southern Maryland (12-9).

The Legends built a 3-0 lead with all three runs coming in the third inning off High Point starter Brandon Scott. Xane Washington reached on a lead-off double before Scott walked Curtis Terry and Tres Gonzalez to load the bases. Dylan Rock plated one run on a fielder’s choice and Damiani Palmegiani and Eric Rataczak each delivered soft singles that scored two more runs.

High Point scored twice in the fifth to cut the deficit to 3-2. With one out, three straight Rockers produced doubles starting with Nolan Watson. Ryan McCarthy doubled to score Watson and Luke Napleton’s double doubled home another run.

The Rockers tied the game in the sixth as Ty Hubbard led off with a single to right, moved to second on a balk by Lexington reliever Raudy Rivera and scored on Chase Nixon’s RBI single to right.

Reliever Brayden Matthews came on in the sixth and allowed a double and a pair of walks before former Rocker Patrick Sanchez hit his second grand slam of the week to put the Legends in front 7-3. Lexington added six more runs in the seventh including another grand slam from Xane Washington.

High Point tallied three runs in the eighth on an RBI double from Nolan Watson and a two-run double by Ryan McCarthy.

Lexington finished its scored with a two-run homer from Dylan Rock in the bottom of the eighth.

McCarthy finished the day with four hits and three RBI including three doubles. D.J. Burt and Nolan Watson each added a pair of hits among High Point’s 12 total hits. High Point pitchers issued eight walks in the game with five of them scoring. Two Legends runs also scored after being hit by a pitch.

The Rockers will enjoy an off-day on Monday before opening a six-game home stand with the Charleston Dirty Birds on Tuesday, July 28 at Truist Point. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

NOTES: The Rockers signed LHP Brandon Scott just prior to Sunday’s game . . . Scott was a teammate of Aidan Brewer’s at Hillsdale College in Michigan and had pitched in the American Association and Frontier League over the last two years.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The High Point Rockers needed Kent Emanuel on Saturday night at Lexington. After three straight losses to the Legends, Emanuel spun seven shutout innings while striking out eight in leading the Rockers to an 8-0 win at CommonSpirit Ballpark.

Emanuel (W, 4-0) scattered seven hits and did not issue a walk, leaving after seven innings with a comfortable 8-0 lead.

Emanuel’s pitching was enhanced by third baseman Ethan Skender who made two diving stops to rob the Legends of base hits and turn them both into easy ground outs.

Stefan Raith put the Legends down in order in the eighth before Jesse Hahn made his Rockers debut, striking out two in a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Hahn, the former Major Leaguer, signed with the Rockers on Friday.

The Rockers scored all the runs they would need with a four-run second inning. Skender extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a lead-off double. With two outs, Lexington starter Tyler Guilfoil (L, 3-6) then walked Ty Hubbard to put two men aboard. D.J. Burt’s line drive to left tipped off the glove of left fielder Patrick Sanchez and rolled to the wall, allowing Skender and Hubbard to score. Nolan Watson followed with his fifth homer of the year, driving in Burt ahead of him, to stake the Rockers to a 4-0 lead.

Alex Dickerson added a solo homer in the third as the Rockers went up 5-0.

The lead grew to 8-0 following a three-run seventh. Ryan McCarthy delivered an RBI single and Luke Napleton belted a two-run double off the wall in center.

The Rockers finished the night with eight hits while the Legends managed seven. Napleton and Watson each had two hits for the Rockers.

High Point is now 11-9 in the second half and 40-43 for the season while Lexington falls to 12-8 and 38-44. The Rockers are one game out of first place in the Atlantic League South, a position that Lexington and Southern Maryland share with identical 12-8 second half records.

Sunday’s series finale is slated for a 2 p.m. start at CommonSpirit Ballpark. The Rockers have not announced a starting pitcher yet though the Legends are slated to throw lefty Jack Lynch (1-3, 6.75).

Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

LEXINGTON, Ky.– The High Point Rockers took an early 5-1 lead but could not slow down the Lexington as the Legends won their third straight from the Rockers, 10-5, on Friday night at CommonSpirit Ballpark.

The Rockers are now 10-9 in the second half and 39-43 for the season. Lexington remains in first place in the South Division at 12-7 and 38-44 on the year.

High Point scored three in the top of the first for an early 3-0 lead. Aidan Brewer delivered a two-run single to key the opening salvo.

After Lexington plated a single run in its half of the first, the Rockers added two more runs in the top of the third. After Braxton Davidson drew a walk, Ethan Skender belted his seventh homer of the year as the Rockers went up 5-1.

Lexington tallied five runs in the bottom of the fourth. Damiano Palmegiani hit a solo homer and Jackson Feltner added a bases-loaded double as the Legends took their first lead at 6-5.

The Legends tallied three more runs in the sixth, chasing starter Yuhi Sako (L, 6-6), to take a 9-5 lead. Eric Rataczak  had a two-run single and Jackson Feltner added an RBI single.

Sako, who had won four of his last five starts, departed after 5 1/3 innings, having allowed 12 hits and eight runs while walking three and striking out three.

Xane Washington hit a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth to extend the Lexington lead to 10-5.

Lexington starter Jimmy Loper (W, 7-5) went eight innings, allowing five hits and five runs while walking three and striking out nine. John Armstrong put the Rockers down in order in the ninth.

Skender extended his hitting streak to 12 games by collecting three hits including a pair of doubles to go with his two-run homer. The Rockers were held to five hits on the night while the Legends scored their 10 runs on 16 hits.

Game five of the series is slated for a 7 p.m. start on Saturday at CommonSpirit Ballpark. Lefty Kent Emanuel (3-0, 2.57) will start for the Rockers, opposed by Lexington’s Tyler /Guilfoil (3-5, 5.14).

Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The High Point Rockers got off to a great start with a pair of first inning homers but could not hold the lead, falling to the Lexington Legends 8-3 on Thursday night at CommonSpirit Ballpark.

The loss puts the Legends in first place in the Atlantic League’s South Division second half pennant race at 11-7 and 27-44 for the season. The Rockers are one game back at 10-8 and 39-42.

Ryan McCarthy blasted the first pitch of the night out of CommonSpirit Ballpark for a Rockers 1-0 lead. Two batters later, Alex Dickerson hit a solo shot to right as High Point led 2-0 after one. But that was all the scoring for the Rockers until the seventh inning.

High Point starter Matt Colucci (L, 2-4) mostly cruised through the first three innings, allowing just one hit. But disaster struck in the fourth. After retiring the first two batters, Colucci walked Damiano Palmegiani, hit Eric Rataczak with a pitch and then committed an error on a comebacker that loaded the bases. Former Rocker Patrick Sanchez then delivered a grand slam that put the Legends up 4-2.

The Legends added pair of runs in the fifth on a two-run Weston Eberly single that put Lexington on top 6-2. Lexington added two more runs in the sixth on RBI singles from Tres Gonzalez and an run-scoring double from Palmagiani.

High Point’s run in the seventh came when Quincy Nieporte singled, moved to third on a double by Ty Hubbard and scored on an infield groundout by D.J. Burt.

High Point pitchers walked an uncharacteristic seven batters while allowing seven hits. High Point had 10 hits on the night, led by Hubbard who had two hits and collected an extra base hit for the third straight game. McCarthy also finished with two hits.

Lexington’s Nic Laio (W, 7-4) scattered nine hits without a walk and recorded six strikeouts.

On Friday, High Point will send RHP Yuhi Sako (4.45) to the mound, opposed by Lexington RHP Jimmy Loper (6-5, 5.83). Game time is set for 7 p.m. at CommonSpirit Ballpark.

Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

LEXINGTON, Ky.– The High Point Rockers could not overcome a five-run first inning by the Lexington Legends and dropped a 7-2 decision to the Legends at CommonSpirit Park on Tuesday night.

The loss leaves High Point and Lexington tied for first place in the South Division of the Atlantic League’s second-half pennant race. Each team is now 10-7.

The Rockers on Wednesday signed right-hander Sam Ryan who most recently was pitching at Class AA Wichita in the Minnesota Twins system. Ryan got off to a rough start in his Rockers debut, allowing five runs on four hits though just one of the runs was earned. Xane Washington’s lead-off grounder to short was dropped by first baseman Braxton Davidson. The Legends would then string together a pair of doubles, two singles and a sac fly to take a 5-0 lead. Four of the runs were unearned.

High Point cut into the lead at 5-1 in the third when Aidan Brewer singled and scored on a double to right by Ryan McCarthy.

Ryan settled down after the first, retiring the next 12 batters until Lexington’s Dylan Rock singled in the fifth. Another single and a walk loaded the bases before a balk on Ryan brought in the sixth Legends run to take a 6-1 lead.

Quincy Nieporte’s sac fly in the sixth plated Davidson who had walked and move to third on a double by Ethan Skender to make it a 6-2 game. The Legends added a rn in the seventh on an RBI single by Jackson Feltner.

Brewer led the Rockers, collecting three hits for the second straight night. Ty Hubbard had two hits including a triple while Ethan Skender also contributed a pair of safeties.

Game three of the six-game series is slated for a 6:45 p.m. start on Thursday. High Point will send righty Matt Colucci (2-3, 6.27) to the mound to face Lexington’s Nick Laio (6-4, 4.50).

Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

LEXINGTON, Ky.  – The High Point Rockers broke away from a 9-9 tie with a pair of late solo homers to defeat the Lexington Legends 11-10 on Tuesday night in the opening game of a six-game series at CommonSpirit Park.

With the game tied 9-9 after six innings, Ethan Skender hit a solo homer with one out in the seventh to put the Rockers up 10-9. Aidan Brewer then hit a solo homer in the eighth to give the Rockers a two-run cushion. They needed as Curtis Terry homered for Lexington in the ninth before Ryan Chasse recorded the final outs to earn his seventh save of the season.

With the win, the Rockers improve to 10-6 in the second half and 39-40 while Lexington goes to 9-7 and 35-42. The Rockers lead the Legends by a game in the Atlantic League’s South Division second half pennant race.

Nick Senzel homered off Rockers starter Kasen McCawley in the first as the Legends took a 1-0 lead. But High Point unloaded with seven runs in the second including a grand slam from Ivan Melendez. Nolan Watson, Brewer and Ryan McCarthy each contributed run-scoring singles in the frame.

The Legends clawed back in the bottom of the second three times on a pair of doubles and a sac fly to cut High Point’s lead to 7-4.

High Point extended its lead to 9-4 in the fourth when Watson doubled ahead of a Brewer single. Watson scored on a wild pitch from Lexington starter Jack Lynch and Brewer was plated on Luke Napleton’s sac fly to center.

Brayden Matthews came on in relief in the third and allowed a solo homer to Jackson Feltner in the fourth as Lexington pulled to within four at 9-5.

After a scoreless fifth, Matthews ran into trouble in the sixth, allowing two runs, including an RBI triple from Feltner, before departing with a 9-7 lead and one on. Alec Barger came on and allowed a two-run homer to Senzel, his second of the game, that tied the contest at 9-9.

Skender broke the tie with one out in the seventh, blasting a solo homer to left to stake the Rockers to a 10-9 lead. And Brewer’s homer in the eighth put the Rockers up 11-9.

Alec Barger (W, 1-2) earned the victory with 1.1 innings of work. Stefan Raith threw a scoreless eighth inning to earn a hold.

Brewer finished the night with three hits and two RBI while Watson and Skender had two hits apiece.

Wednesday’s game two of the six-game series is set for 6:45 p.m. as the Rockers send newcomer Sam Ryan to the mound to face Lexington’s Caden Spivey (0-0, 10-13). Ryan, most recently a member of the Minnesota Twins organization, is expected to sign with the Rockers prior to Wednesday’s game.

Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.