LANCASTER, Pa. – The Lancaster Barnstormers took an early 4-0 lead then added six runs in the sixth inning and went on to post an 11-2 win over the High Point Rockers on Thursday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The loss left the Rockers with a 39-35 overall record and an 0-8 mark in the second half of the Atlantic League season.

The Rockers were held to five hits on the night by four Lancaster pitchers.

High Point’s first run came in the seventh when Lancaster reliever Erik Cha walked Michael Martinez, Dakota Mulcay and Giovanny Alfonzo to load the bases. Tyler Ladendorf grounded into an infield force out to score Martinez but Cha was able to escape the inning without allowing any further runs.

High Point added a run in the eighth on a Martinez sacrifice fly.

Lancaster scored four times off High Point starter Nick Evangelista (L, 1-3) in his three innings. Kyle Mott pitched two shutout innings in the fourth and fifth before being relieved by Nathan Bates. Bates loaded the bases on a single and a pair of walks then threw a wild pitch that allowed a run to score as Lancaster went up 5-0. John Hayes came in from the bullpen and Trayvon Robinson hit his first pitch for a grand slam before Anderson Feliz followed with a solo homer and the Barnstormers had a 10-0 advantage.

Lancaster’s Nile Ball (W, 6-3) allowed just three hits over six innings while striking out four.

The Rockers return home to start a three-game series with Southern Maryland on Friday at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point. The Rockers will hold a fireworks display following the game with fans allowed to watch the show from the field.

LANCASTER, Pa. – The High Point Rockers battled tooth and nail for 10 innings on Wednesday night but a controversial call at the end resulted in Lancaster taking a 3-2 win at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The game was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 10^th and Austin Glorius (L, 3-6) was on in relief for the Rockers. His first pitch hit Jake Hoover to put runners on first and second. A wild pitch moved the runners to second and third before Glorius fanned Trace Loehr. Anthony Peroni then singled to left to tie the game and leave runners at the corners. Lancaster’s Devon Torrence sent a grounder to second where it was fielded by Tyler Ladendorf who flipped to Giovanny Alfonzo at second for the second out. Alfonzo’s relay to first was ruled not in time, allowing Hoover to score the winning run in Lancaster’s 3-2 victory.

The ending was a disappointment for the Rockers who never relented in their quest to end what has become a seven-game losing streak to start the second half of the ALPB season.

Trayvon Robinson staked the Barnstormers to a 1-0 lead with a solo homer off High Point starter Jonah Scolaro in the second inning. The Rockers answered back in the third when Logan Morrison hit a two-out solo homer off Lancaster starter Oscar De La Cruz to knot the game at 1-1. It was Morrison’s ninth homer of the year.

Scolaro struck out a career-high eight in his six innings of work while allowing just three hits and walking three. De La Cruz also allowed three hits and fanned six in his five innings.

Four Lancaster hurlers held the Rockers to just two hits after the sixth inning. Bryce Hensley shutout the Barnstormers in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings while striking out four and giving up just two hits.

In the 10^th, High Point’s Tyler Ladendorf started the frame at second base. Ben Aklinski struck out before Ladendorf moved to third on a passed ball by Lancaster catcher Anthony Peroni. Morrison was intentionally walked and Zander Wiel sent a sac fly to center to score Ladendorf and put the Rockers ahead 2-1.

High Point and Lancaster will play the final game of the three-game series on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

LANCASTER, Pa. – The High Point Rockers fell 8-6 to the Lancaster Barnstormers Tuesday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The loss was High Point’s sixth straight to start the second half of the Atlantic League season. The Rockers are now 39-33 overall. The Rockers held leads of 2-0 and 4-2 but a three-run seventh inning put Lancaster ahead to stay.

Lead-off hitter Tyler Ladendorf opened the game by reaching first base on an error by Lancaster third baseman Trace Loehr. Barnstormer starter Erik Manoah, Jr. hit Ben Aklinski with a pitch to put two aboard and then committed a balk to put both runners in scoring position. Zander Wiel singled to left to give the Rockers a 2-0 lead.

Lancaster tied the game in the bottom of the first. High Point starter Ivan Pineyro yielded consecutive singles to Shawon Dunston, Jr. and  Melvin Mercedes before Kelly Dugan delivered an RBI single. Andretty Cordero plated the tying run with a sacrifice fly.

In the third, Aklinski led off with a double followed by a walk to Logan Morrison. Wiel singled to load the bases and Aklinski scored from third when Jerry Downs was hit by a pitch. Michael Martinez grounded out to score Morrison and give High Point a 4-2 lead.

Lancaster added a run in the fourth on a solo homer by Jake Hoover to pull the Barnstormers to within a run at 4-3.

Pineyro went five innings and allowed six hits, three runs and walked four while striking out six.

Lancaster took the lead in the bottom of the seventh. With Chasen Bradford on in relief, Kelly Dugan reached on a catcher’s interference call on Dakota Mulcay, erasing a beautiful diving stop by Ladendorf on a ball hit up the middle. Cordero singled and Anderson Feliz laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners up a base. Trayvon Robinson then grounded a single up the middle that scored both Barnstormers and gave Lancaster a 5-4 lead. Junior Rincon replaced Bradford and after walking Hoover, pitching coach Frank Viola went to the mound. That led to an altercation with the home plate umpire and resulted in Viola’s ejection. Rincon then walked the next two hitters on four pitches each, forcing home a run and giving Lancaster a 6-4 advantage. Ryan Dull then retired Melvin Mercedes on a pop out to third to escape the inning.

Trayvon Robinson hit a two-run homer off Dull in the eighth to go ahead 8-4. The Rockers rallied in the top of the ninth against Lancaster closer West Tunnell. Aklinski drew a walk to leadoff the inning and Wiel then blasted his 18^th homer of the year to pull the Rockers within 8-6. But Downs had a screaming line drive snagged at short by Hoover for the second out and Martinez grounded to first to end the game.

Wiel finished the game with three hits and four RBI while Aklinski scored three runs. The Rockes were outhit 11-6 and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

High Point and Lancaster will play the middle game of the three-game series on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

GASTONIA, N.C. – The High Point Rockers continue to search for their first win of the second half of the Atlantic League season after a 5-2 loss at Gastonia on Sunday afternoon. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was postponed due to rain.

The Rockers are now 39-32 overall but 0-5 in the second half of the season. Gastonia improved to 49-21 and 5-0.

High Point starter Liam O’Sullivan (L, 0-1) held the Honey Hunters to just two hits in four innings before leaving the game with an injury. Unfortunately, the two hits were both solo home runs by Gastonia’s Zach Jarrett. The homers came leading off the second and with one out in the fourth inning.

Following Jarrett’s first homer, the Rockers tied the game in the third on Tyler Ladendorf’s solo homer to with two outs. Following Jarrett’s fourth inning homer, the Rockers tied the game in the top of the fifth when Gastonia starter Reilly Hovis allowed the first professional base hit to Rockers outfielder Cam Williamson. Jay Gonzalez sacrificed Williamson to second and Hovis walked Ladendorf before Quintin Torres-Costa (W, 4-2) was called from the bullpen. Jerry Downs singled to load the bases and Adam Taylor reached on an infield single to bring home Williamson.

O’Sullivan walked Jake Skole to start the fifth and then hit Luis Castro with a pitch to put two aboard. Jonathon Crawford came on and allowed a sac bunt to move runners to second and third before a wild pitch plated Skole to give Gastonia a 3-2 lead. Two more walks by Crawford loaded the bases before a Joseph Rosa single gave the Honey Hunters a 4-2 advantage. Nathan Bates relieved Crawford and Jarrett recorded his third RBI of the game on a sacrifice fly.

Jesus Balaguer pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit and striking out one, to earn his 16^th save of the season.

The Rockers outhit Gastonia 10-5 but were just two-for-eight with runners in scoring position while Gastonia went one-for-three with RISP. Taylor finished with three hits and Downs with two.

High Point will have an off-day on Monday and then start a three-game series at Lancaster starting on Tuesday.

GASTONIA, N.C. – The Gastonia Honey Hunters pushed across a single run in the second inning and made it hold up in a 1-0 win over the High Point Rockers on Saturday night at CaroMont Health Park.

Reece Hampton singled to lead off the second against High Point starting pitcher Austin Glorius. Hampton then stole second and scored on a single to left by Alex Holderbach.

The Rockers left eight runners on base and were just 1-for-8 in batting with runners in scoring position. The Rockers left two men on base in the third inning and had a scoring opportunity in the eighth when Giovanny Alfonzo doubled with two outs but was stranded at second.  Gastonia relievers Sam Bordner and Jesus Balaguer put High Point down in order in both the eighth and ninth innings.

The Rockers are now 0-4 in the second half of the season and 39-31 overall. Gastonia improved to 4-0 and 48-21.

Glorius (L, 3-5) went five innings and allowed five hits and the single run while walking two and striking out three. Lefty Jerry Keel (W, 5-3) went 6.2 innings for Gastonia and held the Rockers to four hits while walking two and striking out seven.

Besides Alfonzo’s seventh inning double, newcomer Kyle Maurice singled in the second and was followed by a single by Tyler Ladendorf but the Rockers left runners on second and third. Alfonzo also had a one out single in the fifth but was erased on a forceout.

The Rockers and Honey Hunters will play a doubleheader at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday in Gastonia. The twinbill was necessitated by Friday’s rainout.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Gastonia’s Luis Castro hit a pair of home runs and drove in three in leading the Honey Hunters to a 6-4 win over High Point on Thursday night at Truist Point.

It marked the third consecutive game that Gastonia had erased an early Rockers lead and gone on to win.

The Rockers scored three times in the bottom of the first as Jay Gonzalez led off the frame with a bunt single, Logan Morrison drew a walk and Zander Wiel singled to bring Gonzalez around to score. Gastonia starter John Anderson then gave up a hard single to Jerry Downs to load the bases before issuing RBI walks to Quincy Latimore and Michael Martinez to give High Point a 3-0 lead.

Gastonia’s Luis Roman hit a solo homer leading off the second against High Point starter Craig Stem.  High Point went up by four runs gain in the fifth when Michel Martinez reached on a throwing error by Roman, the Gastonia third baseman. Mike Gulino then tripled into the right-center gap to score Martinez and give High Point a 4-1 lead.

Gastonia cut it to 4-2 in the sixth when Stem walked Joseph Rosa to start the inning. He moved to third on a Zach Jarrett single and scored on Roman’s sacrifice fly.

Gastonia relievers Onas Farfan, Eucides Leyer and Quintin Torres-Costa held kept the Rockers off the board over the final four innings.

Stem ran into trouble when he allowed Luis Castro’s first homer of the night, a solo shot, to lead off the seventh. After retiring the next two hitters, Stem gave up a single to Rayder Ascanio before giving way to Bryce Hensley. Hensley allowed Rosa an RBI single to tie the game at 4-4.

In the top of the eighth, Jake Skole singled off Hensley with two outs before Castro hit his second homer of the night to lift the Honey Hunters into the lead at 6-4.

Hensley (L, 1-2) allowed 3 hits and two runs over his 1.1 innings of work. Stem went 6.2 innings and allowed eight hits and four runs while walking two and striking out four. Farfan (W, 3-2) allowed just one hit and struck out three over his two innings.

Gonzalez and Downs each had a pair of hits for the Rockers.

The loss leaves the Rockers at 0-3 to start the second half of the Atlantic League season and 39-30 overall. Gastonia improved to 47-21 and 3-0.

The next three games in the series will all be played at Gastonia’s CaroMont Health Park starting with Friday’s 6:15 p.m. start.