Frederick center fielder Scott Kelly ran back to the wall as the CaroMont Health Park crowd of over 1,600 fans held their breath. It was mostly just trying to get the fastball across early, and then work off of the changeup as well to be able to go up in the zone, Kines said. His stat line wasnt the best, but in the grand scheme of things he gave his team exactly what it needed five solid innings while maintaining the large lead. He retired 13 of the first 14 batters he faced. Mike Wilson, the Ducks left fielder, put his hands up as the ball was falling down, signaling that he had no idea where the ball was. 2-1, 3-1 type games. Gastonias defensive miscues continued the inning after, as Jose Bermudez led off the frame with a sharp grounder right to Curtis Terry at first. What is it that they hurt us with? The one batter who reached was Raudy Ready, who hit a lazer of a home run that just got over the left-field wall to make it 1-0 Frederick in the second. Gastonia Honey Hunters | High Point Rockers Baseball The next hitter was Zach Jarrett, with the bases loaded and nobody out in a 3-2 Gastonia deficit. Cole Freeman and Curtis Terry had huge nights, as the two have been swinging pretty hot bats recently for the Honey Hunters. The score became 13-4 after Gastonias only homer of the game, belonging to Reinheimer. The second time he crossed home plate was off J.C. Escarra's RBI two-bagger hit down the left-field line. He worked a walk in his first plate appearance, and became the first of several runners to reach base against Kines. 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. Its safe to say Reinheimer was frustrated with Vincent. Mort came on for the seventh after the stretch, and the first batter he faced in the frame was Brian Parreira, getting his first start of the series. Gozzo said that Godleys tendency to let up a big inning has to do with locating his pitches. Ariel Sandoval, who went 3-for-3 with a walk in the game, connected on a solo shot off Godley to start the inning off. The amount of swing and misses that he gets on that pitch and sometimes theyre in the zone, sometimes theyre not.. He had excellent command all game, especially when using his sinker and slider. Schultz then came in for the ninth, but it wasnt a save situation because Gastonias offense tacked on a few more against the Rockers bullpen. Honey Hunters muster just 3 hits as they lose 3-1 to Ducks. Wednesday, June 9. 6 and No. First pitch is Sunday at 3:35 p.m. How Sweep It Is: Gastonia handles Frederick for third day in a row, winning 7-4. Losing pitcher: Daniel Taggart (0-2); pitched 5.1 innings, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) on six hits, striking out three and walking seven. In both innings, Gastonia failed to score and the frame ended with a strikeout. The Dirty Birds fell to 3-11 and are only a half game up on last-place Frederick. Sammons was our last one to be able to get to that mark, and he got to that mark today, Gozzo said. The first RBI single was inches away of a home run off the left center field wall. Zack Godley started for the Honey Hunters, and was coming off a 1-2-3 inning that he pitched in the second. The first three bombs were hit by the bottom of Gastonias order Luis Curbelo, Braxton Davidson and Cole Freeman. Reliever Jeff Johnson came in for the Question Marks in the eighth. Hes hit balls all over the outfield this season, and makes sure to utilize the 304-foot sign in left when he can. Gozzo stressed how important it is for Gastonias starters to go deep into games. Escarra blistered a baseball 412 feet to right field in the first inning off Counter Clocks starter Kaleb Schmidt for his third homer of the year. I guess hell have to settle for his 4-6 night with a couple singles, a double and a triple to his name. Jarrett now has five home runs this year, which is tied for third most in the league. Richardson had a game plan coming into the appearance, and he executed it to perfection. Gastonia's new pro baseball team will be called the Gastonia Honey Hunters The left fielder also hit a ball off the left-center field wall, and after the carom, ended up at third base while plating Luis Curbelo. The only inning that Teller got into any sort of trouble was in the sixth when Inoa hit a ground-rule double on a fly ball to dead center and Jarrett followed that up with a run-scoring single. Gastonia is 9-0 on the year against Frederick, and it looks to continue its success. Gastonias southpaw retired Luis Castro to start off the fifth. Freeman had gotten a hit in his last two at-bats. Hunters had bigger population. And just realizing [that] you could be really relaxed starting. The weekend series begins on Friday at 6:35 p.m. Jarretts 2 homers propel Gastonia to 5-4 win over Staten Island. Player/coach Ian McKinney started for Gastonia, and he did exactly what the team needed him to do give them length and hold the large lead. After the Bridges homer, Escarra hit his second double of the game in the bottom of the sixth. Freeman went deep himself in the third inning, his second of what ended up being a three-hit evening for Gastonias second baseman. Escarra launched a deep 404-foot drive, well past spectator Craig Dedelow in right field. However, Walden was signed by the Seattle Mariners Triple-A affiliate Tacoma right before the weekend series, so manager Goose Gozzo had to go with a bullpen game. Implying that random players in a very popular game can effectively . The southpaw player/coach did a great job giving the Honey Hunters innings after surrendering the big inning early. He knocked in runs in each of his first two at-bats, hitting an RBI two-bagger in the second and a two-run single in the third. And it was hit by slugger Steven Sensley. After a sacrifice bunt by Cole Freeman, the only batter that Leibrandt retired in the inning, Briggs hit the three-run no-doubter into the left-field seats. 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. The batter? Rockers nip Honey Hunters, 3-2 | Sports | hpenews.com Rockers nip Honey Hunters, 3-2 GREER SMITH ENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER Jun 5, 2021 Updated Jun 5, 2021 HIGH POINT Stuart Levy's only trip to the plate for the Rockers on Friday night proved to be a big one. Briggs, a Charlotte native, made the team through tryouts in the offseason. Conroy has now fanned 12 hitters and hasnt issued a walk all season. Hechavarria greeted him to the Atlantic League by hitting a no-doubt homer to left as the first batter the lefty Williamson faced. The Honey Hunters won the game 10-4 against the Frederick Question Marks. The rest of the pitchers used for Gastonia Ryan Williamson, David Richardson, Bryan Blanton, Tyler Thomas and Jaime Schultz took care of business to finish off the sweep of Lexington. Mort got D.J. He threw seven innings of one-run ball, going six perfect innings to start things off. Curbelo followed up his three-hit night on Tuesday with another multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with his second homer in as many contests. 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. Escarra homered in his first at-bat when facing Frederick starter David Kubiak. He didnt end up scoring, but that now totals eight two-baggers on the season for Escarra which leads the Atlantic League. Bryan Blanton got the call for the eighth, retiring the side in order. CaroMont Health Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Gastonia, North Carolina which opened in 2021 as the home of the Gastonia Honey Hunters in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. In Game 1, he hit a game-winning home run in the ninth. Sanabia also got run support, courtesy of Francos fourth straight multi-hit game. Jarrett hit a sharp liner into right-center, bouncing and going right past the running attempt of Michael Martinez in right. I couldnt be happier.. Mort pitched five, giving up four runs on five hits. Like our mascot's undeniable reputation and the City of Gastonia's rich history, Honey Hunters Baseball is fearless On the 3-1 count, Gonzalez put a fastball right down the middle 440 feet over the center-field wall, crushing the ball 112 miles-per-hour off the bat. 800 W. Franklin Blvd Gastonia, NC 28052. The righty closer was then taken out of the game, as he was replaced by Todd Van Steensel. I was getting more ahead of these hitters, Kines said about the difference from Wednesdays start to Tuesdays. And just like that, Thomas worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam. But there's the thing: Hitler likely won't be part of the second installment, at least if Amazon continues to play it safe. I was just going with the approach of seeing the ball up and making sure it was in the middle of the plate, something I could do damage with, Jarrett said. Solter was facing the bottom of the Honey Hunters order. Frederick had taken a 5-3 lead and was six defensive outs away from evening the three-game series. Franco was able to score even with tagging up from second, as the carom off the wall made it take some time before Kelly was able to get the ball in. 5 hitter went 2-for-5 with a couple singles. The next run-scoring knock was off the right field wall. On Saturday, he hit a crucial home run to put the Honey Hunters up 6-0 and chase Leibrandt out of the game. Lefty Bryan Sammons then came in for Gastonia to pitch the seventh and eighth. 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. Hes just at ease with himself. He struck out Luke Becker, Godleys eighth K of the day. So runners on base, do what you can to find a good pitch to put a good swing on and know that the pressures off because the guy behind you can get the job done also.. The next couple batters in the order were Curbelo (looking for his fourth hit of the game), who struck out, and Sensley, who got his second hit of the game. The Honey Hunters improved to 28-12, and remain in first place in the South. Not necessarily trying to get the job done, but trying to do my job of moving it onto the next person.. Escarras four RBIs puts him third among Atlantic League hitters with 21, only behind High Points John Nogowski (25) and Fredericks Craig Dedelow (24). Left-hander Brady Feigl then came on in relief of Johnson, but Gastonia wasnt done with its rally. The 37-year-old player/coach has pitched for Southern Maryland for 11 years, recording 95 wins and now exactly 1,000 Ks. After Zach Jarrett singled, Franco also went oppo and gave Gastonia a 6-4 advantage. Atlantic League (ALPB) The highest level of professional baseball other than Major League Baseball. Really proud of everybody.. I think these guys are still catching their stride, Gozzo said. The Honey Hunters will try to even the series with the Rockers on Wednesday. They combined for three scoreless innings, and both still havent allowed an earned run in 2023. Jarrett crushed a ball to deep left in the fifth on a two-run shot to extend the lead to 3-0. Alex Sanabia, coming off a start against Frederick in which he allowed four earned runs in three innings, didnt get off to the best start on Friday night. Gastonia is now 12-6 and still in second in the South, while Charleston improved to 4-12. High Point answered in the third inning, with John Nogowski hitting a run-scoring single off lefty Bryan Sammons. The star outfielder hit a run-scoring single in the fifth to make it 3-0 Hunters and also hit a two-run dinger in the top of the seventh to give his team a 5-1 lead. The Honey Hunters scored 10 runs on 14 hits in yet another game where the Gastonia offense lights up opponent pitching. He hit the ball 113.9 miles-per-hour off the bat to deep right field for his fourth dinger of the year. The first batter he faced was Scott Manea. Ryan Conroy stepped in for his first start of the season, and he finished with a solid line. He was one for his last 15 at the dish. We basically had to tell him no What a gamer.. The home run gave Gastonia an early 1-0 lead, which it held through three frames. Because the single was erased, Mort ended up facing the minimum through 16 batters. After Cole Freeman popped out, the Honey Hunters got three straight hits Carlos Franco singled, Terry hit a ground-rule double and Scott Manea followed up with a long two-run double to left-center field, scoring Franco and Terry. Kevin Santa had a couple hits as well, one of them being a hard-hit run-scoring double in the fifth inning. Manager Goose Gozzo made sure to address his players after their tremendous effort on Tuesday night. The 34-year-old righty didnt get to Gaston County until the week of his start, as he was at his home in Fresno, California. Sensley is now slugging .571, which is third on the team behind J.C. Escarra (.617) and Jarrett (.602). Millers RBI single scored Perez and gave his team a 4-1 lead in the fifth. It just feels good, it feels at home.. Gastonia is now tied with High Point for first place in the South Division, with both teams owning a 23-9 record. Kines didnt allow a hit until the fourth inning, and only got into one jam. More than 40% of Atlantic League players have major league service time. The key word there is should., Five Dirty Birds have multi-hit games as Charleston dominates Gastonia 13-1. The Honey Hunters showed up to GoMart Ballpark at 7:47 p.m. because their bus broke down. Nogowski and Wiel are two of the most dangerous hitters in the Atlantic League, but they were no match for Richardson on Thursday. While Sanabia was absolutely dealing on the mound, allowing just two baserunners through five innings and not allowing either of them to reach second base, the Honey Hunter hitters were giving him support. His ninth homer of the season gave Gastonia a 3-1 lead, and the final score of 3-2 made that long ball the difference. The Counter Clocks will travel to Lancaster to take on the Barnstormers for three games. Sanabia gave up a solo homer to Zachary Bridges in the sixth to make it a 3-1 game, but thats the only run he allowed in six innings of work. Zack Godley was on the mound for Gastonia, and he was having a phenomenal performance through five frames. March 26, 2022 by Chris Whitesell. He then struck out the next three hitters. After all the antics, it ended up coming down to the Honey Hunters not being able to hit situationally with runners in scoring position. Smith responded with the home run to lead off the next inning, and the Dirty Birds never looked back from there. 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. The Honey Hunters have been known to score via the long ball this year, but on Wednesday night they scored by stringing hits together and battling against High Point pitching. Surely no other Honey Hunter has 20+ RBIs? Gastonia will try to sweep Charleston on Thursday, with first pitch being at 6:35 p.m. 12 Lonely Men: Honey Hunters strand a dozen, drop game at home for first time. Frederick righty Nate Peden was on for his second frame in relief of Povse, and the first batter Peden faced was Reinheimer who took him deep. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Thursday to make up for a rainout from when they played in Gastonia. J.C. Escarra and Carlos Franco each hit their eighth home run of the year in the first inning. Escarra also went yard in the bottom of the ninth, after his team surrendered the lead. Gastonia fell to 36-16 and are now tied for first place in the South with High Point. Zach Mort stepped in for the usual No. Reinheimer had two runs scored on Tuesday, keeping him atop the Atlantic League leaderboard in the category with 19. I know Lavendier [had] the one-hitter for [seven innings], but Sammons commanded all his pitches and he really did a good job for us to keep us in the game. Williamson needed just nine pitches to get through the seventh frame. Jalen Miller hit a high fly ball to left, Escarra leapt but it was out of his reach and landed just beyond the fence. On January 13, 2021, the Honey Hunters name, logo and colors were announced. But everytime the Honey Hunters scored, the Barnstormers seemed to have an answer against Zack Godley and the Gastonia defense. He struck out eight and only walked Owings. 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. The game went to extras tied 1-1, as Ryan Conroy threw two perfect innings for the Honey Hunters, striking out four in a dominant performance. The High Point Rockers used a six-run outburst in the third inning to take an 8-5 win over Gastonia on Friday night in front of 2,592 fans at Truist Point. The right hander came on in relief and gave up seven runs on seven hits. Just as he produced the first run Gastonia scored, Franco was also responsible for the eighth and final run another sacrifice fly hit to center. Not only did he stay in the game, he pitched very well, Gozzo said. He also had an RBI groundout in the sixth, which scored Jarrett and gave the Hunters a seven-run cushion. After giving up the long ball to Yoh, Gastonia starter Zack Godley ended his start strongly, pitching scoreless frames in the fifth and sixth. The ump immediately awarded Reinheimer first base. Gastonia looked to sweep Frederick for a third time this year and to go undefeated on their six-game road trip on Thursday afternoon. After Brandon Pugh scored his third first-inning run of the series, on Angel Aguilars RBI single, Jarrett launched a ball beyond the left-field wall. 7 on the year. 6-run 4th propels Gastonia to 12-5 victory over High Point, set up Sunday rubber match. He stole second base for the second time in the game. Romano had struggled with his control of the zone so far this season, and that continued on Sunday against High Point. The last dinger was hit by Carlos Franco in the ninth frame. It was the fourth time this season that Escarras hit a long single off the wall. The Honey Hunters were also new to the Atlantic League in 2021 a brand new team playing in the new CaroMont Health Park, at the center of Gastonia's redevelopment plans. Game 2 between the Honey Hunters and Rockers is on Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. Hunters take crucial series from Rockers on 3-hitter. The next batter was Jack Reinheimer, who got hit by the pitch on his left arm. Its been working ever since Escarra was moved from the five-hole to the two-hole, and its a top-of-the-order that has been crucial in winning ball games for the Honey Hunters. And thats all the Honey Hunters needed, as they beat the Counter Clocks 3-2 in the first of a three-game set at CaroMont Health Park. Cause if youre not pounding the zone, thats when you get into trouble.. Despite the slow start to his season, Pareira was coming off the solo shot he hit in the inning prior. The Gastonia pitching staff took care of High Point for the rest of the contest. Jarretts bases-clearing triple gave the Honey Hunters a 5-3 lead, and thats all they ended up needing. Gastonias player/coach Ian McKinney was sensational on the mound against the Counter Clocks. His line certainly looked better than how he was pitching through four. And they were the only two runs scored by the Honey Hunters, as Gastonia lost 4-2 and dropped two out of three against last-place Charleston. Game 2 of the three-game weekend series is at 6 p.m. 5 homers power Gastonia to 12-7 win, now 11-0 against Frederick. It gets ugly when Ralph and Norton's friendship gets jeopardized when they fight over which television show to watch. Three Hits in Three-Hole: Carlos Franco (3B). But weve been good at slowing the game down and trying not to do too much in situations like that. After four relief appearances, he turned into a starter and just had his best outing of the season against the Blue Crabs. He continued his great play against the Rockers on Thursday, going 3-for-3 and ending the night just a triple shy of the cycle. We did our part, but just came out empty-handed today.. The slugger now has five homers and 22 RBIs driving in the third most runs in the Atlantic League. Jarrett first teed off in the opening frame, hitting a no-doubter to left to tie the game at 2. McKinney, who had only given up two baserunners through five, gave up four runs on four hits in the frame. The Honey Hunters dominated the Dirty Birds when all said and done, but that certainly wasnt the case early on when Marcus Walden let up a dinger to Bradley in the second. Focus. After the inning was over, Gastonia went from being down 2-0 to up 5-2. When it landed, the game was tied at two. He retired 21 of the 25 batters he faced, giving up three hits and hitting one batter with a pitch Luke Becker. I had five-ups last time I threw. As soon as he threw over, Reinheimer broke for the plate, diving in safely and scoring what ended up being the winning run in Gastonias 5-4 victory over Frederick to remain undefeated against the Question Marks. He walked only one batter and struck out 10 the most any Gastonia pitcher has fanned in a single game this season. The Honey Hunters put up a six-spot on seven hits in the first against Rockers starter Matt Solter. It was his second homer in as many nights, as well as his second of the season. After the Jarrett bomb, Curtis Terry and Carlos Franco worked walks. Gastonia dropped to 6-2 after the loss, falling to second place in the South Division after High Point improved to 7-1 on Saturday. Blanton pitched the last two frames, striking out a couple batters and putting the finishing touches on Gastonias shutout of Southern Maryland. Although Ian McKinney was slated to pitch on Friday, the player/coach was signed by the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization before the contest. Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The dinger scored Inoa, who reached on a 6-4 fielders choice. Scott Manea reached base in all four of his plate appearances going 1-1 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch. Its early in the year, but still itll have some bragging rights to it, Gozzo said before laughing. His 14th of the season got the Honey Hunters to within one run, but they werent able to tie the game. After the first out of the inning, seven straight FerryHawks hitters reached base and six of them came home. [7] On October 8, 2020, the names were narrowed down to Fire Ants, Hogzillas, Honey Hunters, Hotshots, and Uppercuts. The righty went seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits. Escarra fell to the ground on the backhand to field it, got to his feet, stepped on third and threw across the diamond to complete a 5-5-3 inning-ending double play. Both his doubles were rocket line drives, and the walks he worked were hard-battled disciplined plate appearances. The biggest opportunity came in the seventh when Gastonia had the top of its order at the plate. He was also 2-for-2 in save opportunities. And thats what a pitcher has to do when the offense is just not going at the time.. Once the ball hit the ground, he made his way home. Schultz got Yetsko to ground out to Jack Reinheimer at short to end the ballgame. That long ball made it 9-2 Gastonia, as the Honey Hunters were in complete control throughout the game. Cole Freeman led off the bottom of the first with a single. An offense that has looked unstoppable through five games was shut down by Blue Crabs starter Mitch Lambson. Once the ball fell into the parking lot after being hit 106 miles-per-hour by Curbelo, Gastonia had a commanding 6-2 lead. Taylor pulled the ball to deep right, admiring the ball as it sailed 382 feet from home plate. High Point led 6-0 after three, and Gastonia never put a rally together until the ninth inning. The first game for both three-game weekend sets is on Friday at 6:35 p.m. Franco records 2 of 3 Gastonia hits; Romano and company pitch Gastonia to 3-2 W over Lexington.
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