Lancaster Loss Streak Reaches Five
Trevor Bauer showed over 4,000 people in Lancaster why he is a past Cy Young.
The 2020 winner of that honor, trying to attract the attention of a Major League team, fired a no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon, leading the Long Island Ducks to a 13-0 win over the host Stormers at Penn Medicine Park.
Long Island would go on to complete a sweep with three home runs in a 6-2 win over the Stormers in Game Two.
Bauer (1-1) needed only 84 pitches in the seven-inning effort. He had retired the first 16 batters he faced, getting help on a sliding catch by right fielder Henry Kusiak for the first out in the sixth.
Kevin Watson, Jr. then drew a disputed walk. A 1-2 pitch was close to the zone but ruled a ball by Gavin Holdgreve. Before the next pitch was delivered, a pitch clock violation was charged, making the count, 3-2. Watson walked on the next pitch, spoiling the bid for perfection.
A strikeout of Joseph Carpenter finished off the no-hitter, the third official no-hitter in Penn Medicine Park history. Bauer finished with the one walk and seven strikeouts.
Quinton Martinez (0-1) kept Long Island off the board for 3 1/3 innings, but the left-hander, plagued by control issues on the afternoon, left after loading the bases on three consecutive walks in the fourth. Cole Patten was greeted by Kole Kaler’s chip shot that dropped into fair territory behind third base, scoring two.
Kusiak’s two-run homer in the next inning stretched the lead to 4-0. Two unearned runs scored later in the inning for a 6-0 lead.
Two more runs scored in the sixth without the ball leaving the infield. Kusiak slammed a two-run ground rule double, and Gavin Collins followed with a three-run homer to close the scoring.
Lancaster bolted out to a 2-0 lead in the nightcap on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Robertson and an RBI bloop single by Evan Ulrich in the second.
Noah Bremer (1-1) threw shutout baseball for the first three, but a quick outburst in the fourth turned the game. Kusiak roped a double to right and moved to third when Caleb Robert’s grounder scooted under first baseman Joseph Carpenter’s backhanded attempt. Collins brought home the first run on a sac fly to center before Marcus Chiu launched a two-run bomb down the left field line, staking the Ducks to the lead.
Alsander Womack and Roberts added homers over the next two innings.
Angel Reyes (1-0) struck out the side following a leadoff walk in the fourth inning to earn the win.
Right-hander Adam Smith (0-1) will make the start for the Stormers against the Staten Island FerryHawks on Tuesday at 6:45. Fans may catch all the action on HomeTeam Network/Dugout TV, starting at 6:35.
NOTES: Lenny DiNardo threw the last official no-hitter at Penn Medicine Park against the Ducks in 2013…Lincoln Mikkelson of Atlantic City threw one against the Stormers in 2006…Bremer struck out seven and jumped into fifth place on the Stormers career list with 265, passing current San Diego Padres bullpen coach Ben Fritz, who fanned 259…Lancaster managed only eight hits in the series.