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Bijan Rademacher and Rando Moreno each homered for the
Bees,
but the Barnstormers swept the doubleheader in Lancaster on Friday.
(Photo courtesy of Joe Doll)
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LANCASTER,
PA—The Lancaster Barnstormers took both games of a traditional (i.e.
single-admission) doubleheader from the New Britain Bees at Clipper Magazine Stadium
on Friday night. The Barnstormers took the first game, 7-4, and won the
nightcap in walk-off fashion, 1-0. Both contests were seven-inning affairs.
In the opener, Bees starter Cory Riordan (7-8) was tagged with the loss after allowing six runs on 12 hits (including three home runs) in four innings of work. Lancaster’s Connor Overton (2-2) earned the win, giving up four runs on eight hits (two home runs) in five innings. He walked two, struck out four and had one wild pitch. Scott Shuman closed the game out to earn his third save of the season.
Trailing 3-0 in the top of the third, New Britain got to within 3-2 when Rando Moreno hustled down the line from third base on a wild pitch thrown by Overton while Mike Carp plated Jared James with an opposite-field RBI single to left. The visitors cut the deficit to 4-3 in the fourth thanks to a solo home run to right by Moreno, his third dinger of the season.
The Bees narrowed the gap to 6-4 in the fifth went Bijan Rademacher went yard with a solo blast to right centerfield for his 15th round-tripper of the season, but that was as close as the boys from the Hardware City would get as they dropped the opener of the twin-bill. Jared James and Moreno each had a pair of hits in defeat.
In game two, New Britain starting pitcher Giovanni Soto got a no-decision. He fired two scoreless and hitless innings in seven batters faced. He walked three and struck out three. Lancaster starting pitcher Alejandro Chacin also did not factor in the game’s outcome despite tossing three scoreless innings and allowing just one hit. He alson issued one base on balls and struck out one.
The Bees’ lone hit came in the top of the third when Darren Ford followed a two-out walk to Moreno with a single to centerfield. That set the table for Rademacher with runners on first and third and two outs, but the right fielder flew out to Greg Golson in left to end the Bees’ only significant threat in the nightcap.
In his second inning of relief, losing pitcher Brady Dragmire (1-1) retired the first two men he faced, but the right-hander was unable to send the game into extra-innings as K.C. Hobson launched a massive walk-off solo home run that completely left Clipper Magazine Stadium, making a winner out of reliever Pedro Echemendia (2-0).
It was the second time this season New Britain has suffered a walk-off loss—both to Lancaster. The last Barnstormer walk-off win against the Bees was on May 21.
With the two wins, the Barnstormers improve to 21-27 in the second half, 45-73 overall, while the Bees fall to 21-26, 56-60.
The Bees return New Britain Stadium on Monday when they will host the Somerset Patriots in a battle of Liberty Division foes. First pitch will be at 1:35 p.m. It will be a special Labor Day matinee, and it also will be Dollar Monday. Field Box tickets and Martin Rosol Hot Dogs are available just $1 each. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
In the opener, Bees starter Cory Riordan (7-8) was tagged with the loss after allowing six runs on 12 hits (including three home runs) in four innings of work. Lancaster’s Connor Overton (2-2) earned the win, giving up four runs on eight hits (two home runs) in five innings. He walked two, struck out four and had one wild pitch. Scott Shuman closed the game out to earn his third save of the season.
Trailing 3-0 in the top of the third, New Britain got to within 3-2 when Rando Moreno hustled down the line from third base on a wild pitch thrown by Overton while Mike Carp plated Jared James with an opposite-field RBI single to left. The visitors cut the deficit to 4-3 in the fourth thanks to a solo home run to right by Moreno, his third dinger of the season.
The Bees narrowed the gap to 6-4 in the fifth went Bijan Rademacher went yard with a solo blast to right centerfield for his 15th round-tripper of the season, but that was as close as the boys from the Hardware City would get as they dropped the opener of the twin-bill. Jared James and Moreno each had a pair of hits in defeat.
In game two, New Britain starting pitcher Giovanni Soto got a no-decision. He fired two scoreless and hitless innings in seven batters faced. He walked three and struck out three. Lancaster starting pitcher Alejandro Chacin also did not factor in the game’s outcome despite tossing three scoreless innings and allowing just one hit. He alson issued one base on balls and struck out one.
The Bees’ lone hit came in the top of the third when Darren Ford followed a two-out walk to Moreno with a single to centerfield. That set the table for Rademacher with runners on first and third and two outs, but the right fielder flew out to Greg Golson in left to end the Bees’ only significant threat in the nightcap.
In his second inning of relief, losing pitcher Brady Dragmire (1-1) retired the first two men he faced, but the right-hander was unable to send the game into extra-innings as K.C. Hobson launched a massive walk-off solo home run that completely left Clipper Magazine Stadium, making a winner out of reliever Pedro Echemendia (2-0).
It was the second time this season New Britain has suffered a walk-off loss—both to Lancaster. The last Barnstormer walk-off win against the Bees was on May 21.
With the two wins, the Barnstormers improve to 21-27 in the second half, 45-73 overall, while the Bees fall to 21-26, 56-60.
The Bees return New Britain Stadium on Monday when they will host the Somerset Patriots in a battle of Liberty Division foes. First pitch will be at 1:35 p.m. It will be a special Labor Day matinee, and it also will be Dollar Monday. Field Box tickets and Martin Rosol Hot Dogs are available just $1 each. For tickets, CLICK HERE.
—Staff Reports
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