[Morts] a high leg-kick guy, Gozzo said. And Im glad that her and my wife are able to be here right now. It was a sharp grounder hit 102.2 miles-per-hour off the bat and then off the glove of second baseman Diego Goris and into center field. This page is not available in other languages. The key word there is should., Five Dirty Birds have multi-hit games as Charleston dominates Gastonia 13-1. Steven Sensley then ripped a hard line drive into center field, scoring Franco and Terry. On what was already a magical day for Thompson and the team, Southern Maryland then scored six in the ninth to come back and tie the series at one game apiece. The teams next two home runs came in the seventh frame against lefty reliever Brady Feigl. Gastonia might have not had the bats going Saturday night in the loss, but its pitching did the job. Franco hit 30 homers with 95 RBI, slugging .618, last year for the York Revolution. And Jarrett started celebrating well before Franco touched home plate. Godley, who started 11 games for Gastonia last year, got the nod in the third game of the 2023 season. I said, Dude, I cant even feel my arm. And then he asked me to show him the mark, and I couldnt pull my long sleeves up so I said, Do you want me to take my shirt off? And he said, Yes.. The Honey Hunters then exploded for eight straight runs, hitting six home runs over the next seven innings. McKinney ended up being perfect through 4.1 innings of work. Implying that random players in a very popular game can effectively . The sac fly scored Reinheimer and was the seventh straight run scored by the Honey Hunters to give them an 8-3 lead in the ninth. After blowing a lead last night, where we felt like we jumped on them a little bit too, and they came back that one hurt a little bit, Gozzo said. One swing of the bat was all it took for Gastonia to blow a lead for the second straight night. He credits the hitters behind him Escarra, Jarrett and Franco who had a combined 7 RBIs against Charleston. That brought up the Rockers nine hitter Daly, who had gotten on base all three times he had stepped up to the dish. Jay Gonzalez posted his first five-RBI night game as a Rocker to lead the 13-hit attack. He went on to get three hits in the game, all off Southern Maryland starter Willie Rios. His focus and concentration is way up there.. The Charlotte native was hit by a pitch in his first plate appearance, and singled in the sixth. Lancasters Chris Proctors go-ahead grand slam off Tyler Thomas gave the Barnstormers a come-from-behind victory, as Gastonia lost the second game 4-3. He walked and stole twice on Sunday, picking up his 12th steal which also leads the ALPB. He advanced to third on a fly ball to right hit by Zach Jarrett, and scored on a Franco sacrifice fly to center field. Hes been great defensively all season, and flashed the leather in addition to having a great night at the dish. Gastonia only recorded three hits as it lost for the second time this season, 3-1. Thats part of the game that I tried to get better at this offseason, Walden said. The shortstop hit a sharp line drive to center right at Perez for the final out. Final Score: 10-6, Honey Hunters. Well he certainly tried doing less against the Blue Crabs, as he reached base four times. Both teams were 3-0 heading into the series, each alone at the top of their respective divisions. But the Ducks offense out-performed Gastonias, as Moyas fifth homer of the season cut the Honey Hunters deficit to 5-4 in a game Long Island never trailed. The Taylor moonshot made it 9-8 Rockers, and then Michael Russell gave his team an insurance run by hitting it out of the park a few batters later. And weve been putting the ball in play and putting pressure on them and made them have to make some plays. Teller threw seven scoreless innings, giving up just four baserunners three hits and a walk while striking out four. I thought he did a great job of battling back, and he even wanted to go another inning. Lambson didnt walk a batter and struck out three. So he was a good match for us and we sort of had to try to figure out how we could get some stuff going Were gonna have games like that. Very similarly to Friday night, when the Honey Hunters had a streak of 11 straight batters retired before their comeback victory, the Gastonia bats were quiet for most of the game.
Game Schedule Gastonia Honey Hunters Gastonias lefty slugger tacked on a couple more in the eighth, drilling a ball 435 feet to dead center field. Scott Manea joined the hit party with an RBI single later in the seventh, once again cashing in with runners in scoring position. With the win, Gastonia's record improved to 5-5 on the season. A big reason why three hits is all it took was because of the Gastonia pitching staff. I think its just the routine of it, Romano said. He had only come on in relief in 2023, averaging just over two innings per outing. And those are the only two homers hes hit this year. Gastonia improved to 38-16 after its second win in as many days against the Rockers, who fell to 36-18. He threw seven innings of one-run ball, not walking a batter either and striking out four. The southpaw loaded the bases, allowing a single and two walks. Escarra now has seven longballs and has driven in 25, while Jarrett still leads the team with 10 homers and has 23 RBIs. Kines is planning to become one of Gastonias starters in a few weeks, and Gozzo said he should be in the rotation by late May or early June. He was also 2-for-2 in save opportunities.
Game 2: Gastonia Honey Hunters Mapping the path Reinheimer gets on, steals, and Escarra, Jarrett and Franco drive him in. I think he sort of had us off balance a little bit. The only three hits by Gastonia were singles by Scott Manea, Luis Curbelo and relief pitcher Ryan Williamson. McKinney, who had only given up two baserunners through five, gave up four runs on four hits in the frame. My day is coming up. He had only given up one earned run and had struck out 28 in 17.1 innings. The right-hander had his best start of the season, as his control couldnt have been better. Ryan Williamson was dominant through four innings on Sunday afternoon in his first start of the season for Gastonia. He has a .159 average and .404 OPS in away games. The biggest opportunity came in the seventh when Gastonia had the top of its order at the plate. Kines is now 6-1 with a 4.42 ERA, which is much better than his 7.58 ERA just a few weeks ago. Not necessarily trying to get the job done, but trying to do my job of moving it onto the next person.. And I like to have conversations, small talk with fans on-deck sometimes. The last out of the game was made by Romero, who lined it to the left of Escarra. Curbelo also made an outstanding defensive play on Tuesday. While Walden was dealing on the bump, his offense was helping him out in a big way. Pedro Gonzalez was at the plate in a 4-4 tie, facing a full count with two outs. Thompson became the only pitcher in Atlantic League history to record 1,000 career strikeouts when he fanned Davidson in the seventh inning. When it landed, the game was tied at two. Despite the slow start to his season, Pareira was coming off the solo shot he hit in the inning prior. The Honey Hunters will now host the Lexington Counter Clocks, while High Point will head home to play Charleston. The runs scored off Walden and Sutton were both solo homers by Bradley, who hit No. Hes hit balls all over the outfield this season, and makes sure to utilize the 304-foot sign in left when he can. Blue Crabs Extinguish Honey Hunters, Win Fifth Straight Series Source: Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 10.1.1 Click here for the full story: Blue Crabs Extinguish Honey Hunters, Win Fifth Straight Series The score was then 8-6 Honey Hunters, and thats when High Point had its second four-run inning of the game. Edison Suriel pitched the frame, with J.C. Escarra starting on second. After a Diego Goris walk, Jose Bermudez laid down a bunt softly up the third-base line. Sensley singled and came around to score one of two runs Gastonia pushed across in the ninth, giving the team runs 10 and 11. Zach Mort was dominant in his third start of the year for Gastonia, throwing five innings of one-run ball and striking out six batters. Its not them at 100% yet as far as in tune and ready to go. Zach Jarrett worked a walk, Franco singled and Curtis Terry hit a sacrifice fly to left. High Point answered in the third inning, with John Nogowski hitting a run-scoring single off lefty Bryan Sammons. It was Freemans second homer of the year the other was on Opening Night. Jarrett now has five home runs this year, which is tied for third most in the league. Three Hits in Three-Hole: Carlos Franco (3B). The big hit was a two-run homer by Michael Martinez, who collected four RBIs in the game. If I get to a certain point where I feel like I can make it, then thats probably the priority.. Lancaster fell to 18-26 and are 7.5 games back of first in the North. Ross: 1.17 ERA and no home runs allowed in 23 innings pitched. He worked two great at-bats against DiSabatino and won both battles to help his team bounce back from its poor performance from the night prior. July 9, 2023 4:05 pm. And really focus on putting something in the outfield, trying to move the runner. Well he put something in the outfield and ended up getting the job done in the process. The Honey Hunters improved to 32-13, which is their best win percentage (.711) so far this year). Jarrett first teed off in the opening frame, hitting a no-doubter to left to tie the game at 2. After Gastonia scored on a wild pitch thrown by Jack Weinberger, Frederick tied the game and started a seventh-inning rally by loading the bases with nobody out against Godley. The ball landed in the first row of the right-field seats in what felt like under two seconds. The first game between the Honey Hunters and Rockers is on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. in Gastonia. The Honey Hunter shortstop has now touched home 26 times, seven more times than any other hitter in the league. Why are they there? That set up something to be manufactured Zach Jarrett up with a runner in scoring position. His strikeouts-per-nine is also up to 14%, the highest its been since 2019. Surely no other Honey Hunter has 20+ RBIs? Bradley hit a high fly ball deep to right field and out of the park off of Thomas for his eighth homer of the year. Terry, who hit the game-winning home run the night prior, tied the game at 1 with a no-doubt 465-foot moonshot to left-center field. Schultz got Yetsko to ground out to Jack Reinheimer at short to end the ballgame. Romano was phenomenal, allowing just one run in five innings of work a leadoff home run by Ronnie Dawson. Gastonia became the first team in the Atlantic League to 30 wins, and it improved to a game and a half over High Point after the Rockers lost to Southern Maryland on Friday. The FerryHawks continued to rally against Van Steensel, as Deibinson Romero singled and Garrett Keuber walked with one out. The Dirty Birds committed two errors on Wednesday. I just thought it was a really good time to give [Schultz] some low-leverage innings in the middle of the game so its not just only depending on him, Gozzo said. We have a ton of amazing hitters in this lineup, so it really takes the pressure off of each and every one of us every night, Manea said. Briggs, who made the team through tryouts in the offseason, has primarily been used as Gastonias designated pinch runner. Both bombs he hit in the second game of the series were to the opposite. Its beautiful, Gozzo said. After the conference, the ruling on the field stood and Freeman was to stay at first. And Terrys hot bat continued on Thursday. In what was supposed to be a seven-inning late game, Carlos Franco hit a game-winning three-run homer in the top of the ninth to give Gastonia a resilient and impressive 4-1 victory over Charleston. Game postponed due to weather conditions. Franco hit one of three homers for Gastonia on Tuesday. Just like on Sunday against Frederick, Schultz wasnt able to get the job done on Wednesday against Southern Maryland. Roldani Baldwin then bounced it back to the mound, and Wells flipped it to Olmeda who applied the tag to end the game. He said once he throws over 70 pitches in an outing, he should be ready to make a start for the Honey Hunters. Gastonia led 8-5, and the team handed the ball to two extremely reliable relievers: Tyler Thomas and Jaime Schultz. Godley was facing the top of the order for the third time, and allowed a leadoff walk to Melvin Mercedes and a single to Andretty Cordero. Jalen Miller hit a high fly ball to left, Escarra leapt but it was out of his reach and landed just beyond the fence. Godley went five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven batters. One reliever who had a great outing for the Honey Hunters was southpaw Gunnar Kines. Franco went 2-for-4 with his 13th long ball and 45th RBI of the year. In addition to the two homers and four RBIs, Moya walked in each of his other two plate appearances reaching base safely every time he came up to bat in Game 2 of the three-game set. Gastonias huge 5th and 6th innings helps team take rubber match against Southern Maryland, Hunters win 11-6. Ryan Conroy stepped in for his first start of the season, and he finished with a solid line. J.C. Escarra hit two home runs on Thursday against the Dirty Birds. [4] In July 2020, the league announced the addition of a new franchise in Gastonia beginning in 2021; it would be the league's second team based in North Carolina.
Rockers declaw Honey Hunters, 8-1 | High Point Rockers Baseball We did our part, but just came out empty-handed today.. Spring training, having been a pitcher myself you do work on things, you do work on certain zones that youre having a hard time getting. His game plan was to work on his command, and he executed the plan to perfection. Mort gave up a two-run 418-foot dinger to Craig Dedelow out of the three hole to tie the game at 2 in the top of the inning. Luis Curbelo led off the bottom of the seventh with a single, and then a Jarrett double made it second and third with nobody out. Escarra worked the count full, and then Alburquerque threw a two-seamer at 85 miles-per-hour over the outside part of the plate that was called strike three by home plate umpire Antonio Pinzon. Gozzo was impressed by Moyas approach at the dish in the weeks leading up to opening weekend. Manager Goose Gozzo handed the game over to two of the most reliable relievers this season Bryan Blanton and Tyler Thomas. Beau Taylors two RBI double gave the Rockers a 2-0 lead, and then Zander Wiel and Ben Aklinski finished off the scoring in the frame with back-to-back home runs. Just have faith and keep working and trusting that at some point were gonna get it going.. Southpaw Ian McKinney had a great performance for Gastonia on Thursday. After all the antics, it ended up coming down to the Honey Hunters not being able to hit situationally with runners in scoring position. And it was a perfect bunt, as he reached first on the infield single. Game 2 between the Honey Hunters and FerryHawks is on Saturday at 6:35 p.m. Curbelo chucks bat and Staten Island aside, Gastonia wins 7-5 on Saturday night. All Rights Reserved, 4.28.23 | OPENING NIGHT | Gastonia 10 - Frederick 4, 5.2.23 | AWAY | Gastonia 8 - So. Romano had a dominant 1-2-3 fifth inning after coming in to relieve starter Ian McKinney. Curbelo started the inning at second, pinch running for Braxton Davidson, who made the final out in the 10th. Hes now made back-to-back appearances where hes given up a four-run lead. He didnt end up scoring, but that now totals eight two-baggers on the season for Escarra which leads the Atlantic League. But in came David Richardson, looking to pull a Houdini Act and escape the jam. Gastonia Honey Hunters High Point Rockers Lancaster Barnstormers Lexington Counter Clocks Long Island Ducks Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Staten Island Ferry Hawks York Revolution Players Statistics League Leaders Transactions Atlantic League Awards Player Contracts Purchased . Zach Jarretts two-run homer in the bottom of the first was all the Honey Hunters needed to complete the sweep of Staten Island, as they won 5-1 on Sunday. The Honey Hunters pitching staff was exceptional, recording a combined 17 strikeouts and not walking a batter. As a left-handed hitter, my real power is center and right, Escarra said. He hit a long drive to straight-away right field. He kept it a 1-0 Gastonia lead, and finished his outing before the six-run frame. The moniker also alludes to Ransom Hunter, the first freed slave to own property in Gaston County, of which Gastonia is the county . Walden also struck out eight batters, walking just one K.C. I told everybody I love them and this team, Gozzo said.
Jalen Miller and Zachary Bridges hit back-to-back long balls off Kelvin Gonzalez in the eighth, their first and second homers of the year, respectively. Solter had retired the first six batters he faced, and also had a 3-0 lead heading into the third. I fall in love with the town, with the fans. Other than that, the only mistake Teller made was to Freeman in the third, as the last hitter in the Honey Hunters order hit a line drive that just snuck inside the foul pole down the left-field line. #GOHONEYHUNTERS, you will be able to stream all home Honey Hunter baseball games here! The right hander gave up five runs in an inning this time in the fourth frame and on four hits. Hes gonna give you 100 [percent] every single time.. Gastonias three and four hitters dominated FerryHawks pitching throughout the middle game of the three-game set.
The fifth Honey Hunter run came in the fourth, following Curbelos second hit of the evening. In the off-season he signed a three-year contract extension. His third of the year was a deep drive to left off Taylor Guerrieri. The Honey Hunters are hosting the Rockers, and first pitch on Tuesday is at 6:35 p.m. Gastonia blows late-inning lead for second straight game, loses to rival High Point 10-8. Naturally, Davidson took Ross deep and hit what eventually was the game-winning two-run homer. Focus. Solter was facing the bottom of the Honey Hunters order. That makes two straight outings where he pitched dominantly in all but one inning, causing his team to be playing from behind for the entirety of the game. Zach Jarrett and Carlos Franco each got three hits and combined for eight RBIs on Saturday night, leading Gastonia to a 12-3 rout over Staten Island. Manea drilled a sinker over the left-center field wall for his second home run of the year to tie the game at 2. This three-hit, three-RBI night for Franco is exactly what Gastonia expected when acquiring him in the offseason. Gastonia recorded six hits in the 11 innings and had a ton of good at-bats with little to show for it against Lancaster starter Brent Teller. McKinney was then brought out for the sixth inning after the Honey Hunters tacked on a couple more runs, thanks to a Jack Reinheimer RBI infield single on a ball he smoked that couldnt be handled by third baseman Daikan Yoh, as well as a J.C. Escarra sacrifice fly that he hit all the way to the left-center field wall. Well if you expected a big inning against him on Thursday, you probably ended up disappointed. His free bag in the sixth started a three-run inning, as he stole second (his third stolen base of the season) and then scored on an RBI single by Carlos Franco. Although Gastonia failed to score in the 11th, Reinheimer doesnt have his head down about the teams situational hitting. Thomas got Joseph Carpenter to strike out swinging before he faced Proctor, who represented the go-ahead run with the bases juiced and two outs. Cole Freeman and Curtis Terry had huge nights, as the two have been swinging pretty hot bats recently for the Honey Hunters. Thomas struck out two batters, increasing his season total to 17 in 11 innings pitched. Scott Manea reached base in all four of his plate appearances going 1-1 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch. On Saturday, he hit a crucial home run to put the Honey Hunters up 6-0 and chase Leibrandt out of the game.
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