STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The High Point Rockers scored a total of seven runs between the third and fourth innings to take a 9-5 decision from the Staten Island FerryHawks on Thursday night at SIUH Community Park.

Nick Longhi drove in three runs on the night as did Ivan Melendez with Luke Napleton chipping in with a pair of RBI.

The Rockers improve to 2-4 in the second half while Staten Island falls to 1-5.

Napleton doubled with two outs in the first and scored on a double by Melendez to spot the Rockers a 1-0 lead. High Point added four runs in the third on an RBI single from Melendez and a three-run homer by Longhi, his 11^th of the year.

The Rockers grew their lead to 8-0 with three more runs in the fourth. D.J. Burt walked with the bases loaded before Napleton and Melendez delivered back-to-back sacrifice flies.

David Hess (W, 6-4), faced just nine batters through the first three innings and survived a rough stretch in the fourth when he hit Gary Mattis with a pitch then allowed consecutive homers to Matt Hogan and Nick Decker as Staten Island pulled to within five at 8-3.  Mattis and Hogan hit back-to-back doubles in the fifth to make it an 8-4 Rockers lead. Staten Island’s Robby Barham contributed an RBI single in the sixth as the margin closed to 8-5.

Napleton blasted a solo homer leading off the seventh, his 16^th of the year, to put High Point back in front 9-5.

Hess left after six innings, having allowed seven hits, five runs while walking two and striking out five. Daniel Blair came on in the seventh and tossed two scoreless innings while striking out three. Alec Barger pitched around a hit and a walk in the ninth to hold the ‘Hawks scoreless.

Christian Allegretti (L, 0-1) took the loss for Staten Island, allowing five hits and five runs in his 2 2/3 innings of work.

Napleton and Melendez each finished with a pair of hits for the Rockers while Hogan had three safeties for the Ferry Hawks.

Game four of this six-game series is set for a 6:30 p.m. start on Saturday at SIUH Community Park. Rocker fans can follow the action live on DugoutTV.org or listen to the audio broadcast on the MixLR app.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The High Point Rockers’ Kent Emanuel struck out 10 batters and Ryan McCarthy and Luke Napleton each had two-run homers as the Rockers downed the Staten Island FerryHawks 9-3 on Wednesday night at SIUH Community Park.

Emanuel (W, 2-0) fanned a season high 10 batters over his five innings to earn the win but his night didn’t start off that smoothly. Emanuel was greeted in the first inning who by lead-off hitter Osvaldo Abreu tripled and the second hitter, Matt Hogan, homered to stake the FerryHawks to a 2-0 lead.  But Emanuel would lock down the Hawks for the next four innings while the Rockers methodically built a lead.

High Point pulled within a run in the third when McCarthy lined a two-out double and scored on a single by D.J. Burt. The Rockers then took a 3-2 lead in the fifth when Anthony Servideo walked and scored on a two-run homer by McCarthy. High Point increased the lead to 4-2 in the sixth when Ethan Skender hit a sac fly that scored Ivan Melendez.

Emanuel had retired 14 of the 15 batters he faced from the first through fifth innings until Hogan broke the streak with a solo homer leading off the sixth to bring Staten Island within a run at 4-3.

The Rockers immediately extended the lead to 6-3 in the seventh when Napleton blasted a two-run homer with Burt aboard.

Emanuel came out after six innings having allowed five hits and three runs but striking out 10, the second-most by a Rocker this season.

High Point added a trio of runs in the top of the ninth to take a 9-3 lead. Mikey Kane doubled home one run and Braxton Davidson delivered a two-run single.

Nick Timpanelli and Kyle Halbohn each threw a scoreless inning before Ryan Chasse came on in the ninth and put the FerryHawks down in order.

Staten Island’s Nick Payero (L, 2-7) took the loss, allowing six hits and four runs over his six innings of work.

McCarthy and Davidson each finished with two hits and two RBI while Melendez and Burt each contributed a pair of hits to High Point’s 11-hit attack. The Rockers pitching staff limited the Hawks to seven hits on the night.

Game three of the six-game series is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday night at SIUH Community Park. High Point’s David Hess (5-4, 5.16) will oppose Staten Island LHP Christian Allegretti. Rocker fans can watch the action on DugoutTV.org or listen to the broadcast on the MixLR audio app.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The High Point Rockers were held to five hits by four Staten Island pitchers as the FerryHawks opened a six-game series with a 3-2 win on Tuesday night at SIUH Community Park.

The loss drops the Rockers to 0-4 in the second half and 29-37 on the season. Staten Island is now 1-3 and 11-55.

Scoreless after one inning, Staten Island took a 1-0 lead in the second on three straight base hits with Robby Barham’s single plating the first run of the game. The Rockers responded with two runs in the fourth. Luke Napleton doubled into the left field corner and scored on a single by Ivan Melendez. A passed ball from Staten Island starter Brandon Haston moved Melendez to second. He moved to third on an infield error and scored on a single from Nolan Watson.

The FerryHawks tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth on a solo homer from Nick Decker.

Staten Island edged ahead with a single run in the eighth.  Brandon Wagner led off the inning with a double off Brayden Matthews (L, 0-2) then moved to third on a single by Gary Mattis. From there, Wagner scored on Lamar Briggs’ ground out to second.

Yuhi Sako held the FerryHawks to six hits and two runs over his six innings of work, walking one and striking out five. Matthews allowed just three hits and one run over his two innings while recording a pair of strikeouts.

Brandon McCabe (W, 2-4) tossed two innings of relief and not allowing a base runner while striking out three. Pedro Payano earned his second save, setting the Rockers down in order in the ninth.

Game two of the six-game series is set for a 6:30 p.m. start at SIUH Community Park. High Point’s Kent Emanuel (1-0, 2.81) will face Staten Island’s Nick Payero (2-6, 7.01). Rocker fans can follow all the action on DugoutTV.org or listen to the audio broadcast on the MixLR app.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Lexington Legends’ Dylan Rock hit two home runs and drove in four runs to lead the Legends to a 10-4 win over the High Point Rockers in front of a crowd of 4,003 at Truist Point on Saturday. The crowd marked the sixth-largest in Truist Point history.

The Rockers have started the second half of the Atlantic League season at 0-2 while the Legends are 2-0.

The Rockers received a solo homer from Ivan Melendez, two RBI from Patrick Sanchez, and a sac fly by D.J. Burt to account for their runs.

With the Legends winning 2-1 after two innings, Lexington exploded for three runs in the third to take a 5-1 lead. Curtis Terry hit a two-run double and Xane Washington contributed an RBI single.

Trailing 7-4 headed into the ninth inning, the Rockers yielded three runs in the top half of the inning including a two-run inside the park home from Rock, his second homer of the night.

Justin Jarvis (L, 1-4) took the loss after allowing eight hits and seven runs with six strikeouts over his six innings of work. Lexington starter Zach Murray (W, 1-4) went six innings, also allowing eight hits but holding the Rockers to four runs.

Four Rockers each had a pair of hits including Melendez, Alex Dickerson, Ethan Skender and Braxton Davidson.

final game of this three-game set is slated to start Sunday at 3:36 pm at Truist Point. The Rockers will send Matt Solter (5-5, 8.63) to the hill to face Nic Laio (5-4, 5.18) for Lexington. Rocker fans can follow the action live on HomeTeamLive.com (DugoutTV) or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Lexington Legends broke open a close game with nine runs in the final frame to beat the High Point Rockers 12-1 on Friday night in front of a crowd 2,264 at Truist Point. The game marked the first game of the second half for the Atlantic League.

The Legends pitching staff held the Rockers to just three hits and struck out 12.

Damiano Palmegiani drove in four runs for the Legends.

Jack Lynch (W, 1-1) earned his first win of the season, tossing six innings and allowing just two hits while striking out seven.

David Hess (L, 5-4) was tagged with the loss, working through six innings where he struck out six while letting three Legend runs come home.

The Legend held a 3-1 lead after four innings and exploded for nine runs on seven hits in the ninth to break open the contest.

High Point’s Ryan McCarthy was hit by a pitch to open the game and scored following a pair of passed balls to give High Point a 1-0 lead.

Game two of this three-game set is slated to start Saturday at 6:35 p.m. at Truist Point. The Rockers will send Justin Jarvis (1-3, 5.21) to the hill to face Zach Murray (0-4, 6.90) for Lexington. Rocker fans can follow the action live on HomeTeamLive.com (DugoutTV) or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.

HIGH POINT, NC- D.J Burt drove in five runs and Ben Wereski struck out 11 in a 5-2 High Point Rockers win over the Charleston Dirty Birds Wednesday night at Truist Point.

Wereski (W, 2-1) turned in the best start from any High Point starter this year. The southpaw worked through seven strong innings on the hill, only surrendering one run while striking out a career high 11. He combined with two relievers to hold Charleston to just three hits on the night.

Burt notched a career high five RBI while also becoming just the second Rocker to eclipse the 300 career hit mark.

High Point’s Ryan McCarthy led the game off in a big way, lacing a leadoff triple that set up Burt with a runner in scoring position. Burt grounded out to second but brought in McCarthy from third to give the Rockers a 1-0 lead.

Burt ripped his 300th career hit in the third, a knock that plated Patrick Sanchez to give the Rockers a 2-0 advantage.

In the fourth, Charleston’s Shawon Dunston Jr. took the only free pass issued by Wereski, and swiped second and third and scored on a throwing error by catcher Nolan Watson.

Burt continued his historic night in the seventh, slugging a three-run homer to give the Rockers a 5-1 cushion.

Charleston tallied a late run in the ninth on an RBI single from Carlos De La Cruz to account for the 5-2 final.

Burt finished the night with two hits among the Rockers’ seven in the game. The High Point pitchers fanned 13 Charleston hitters on the evening while allowing just three walks.

High Point moves to 28-34 as Charleston falls to 22-40. Game three of this three-game set is slated to start at 6:35 pm Thursday at Truist Point.  Rockers will send the southpaw Kent Emmanuel (1-0,1.93) to the hill to face David Lebron (0-2,8.44) for Charleston. Rocker fans can follow the action live on HomeTeamLive.com (DugoutTV) or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.