ROBINSON DOUBLE PACES BARNSTORMERS

Lancaster Stays on Top with 9-3 Win

Trayvon Robinson cracked a three-run double in the bottom of the third to lead the Lancaster Barnstormers to a 9-3 victory over the Staten Island FerryHawks in the opener of a three-game series at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

With the win, the Barnstormers remained one game ahead of Southern Maryland in the North Division race.  York, which lost to Southern Maryland, trails Lancaster by two while Staten Island has dropped to five back.  All four teams have 11 games remaining on the schedule.

Lancaster trailed, 3-1, heading into the bottom of the third.  Trace Loehr opened the inning with a single up the middle off Jesse Remington (6-6) and moved to second on a walk to Melvin Mercedes.  Yeison Coca dropped a bunt back to the mound on a 1-2 offering.  Remington charged the play but lost his footing as Coca streaked across first on an infield single.  League RBI leader Andretty Cordero cut the lead to 3-2 with a long sacrifice fly to right center.  Wilson Garcia lined a base hit to left to knock home the tying run.  Chad Sedio drew a walk to load the bases before Robinson drove a ball beyond center fielder Ricardo Cespedes to clear the bases.  Robinson was thrown out at third base for the second out of the inning.

The Barnstormers would tack three more runs on the board in the bottom of the fourth.  Loehr reached on a one-out throwing error by shortstop Angel Aguilar and took second on a passed ball.  Mercedes walked, and Coca brought home Loehr with a single to right with Mercedes thrown out in a run down between second and third.  Cordero launched a two-out single off the wall in right center, sending Coca around to score from first.  After Garcia walked, Sedio singled to right center for the 9-3 lead.

Dominic DiSabatino (4-8) went 5 1/3 innings on four hits and three runs.  The right-hander allowed a three-run homer to DH Brandon Pugh with two outs in the second before pitching scoreless baseball his final 3 2/3 innings.  Brian Marconi and Bret Clarke fired 3 2/3 shutout innings to complete the victory.

Cordero and Garcia had three hits apiece for Lancaster out of the club’s total of 13.

Brent Teller (10-6) will make the start on Wednesday against lefty Ryan Hartman (5-6).  Fans may tune into FloBaseball at 6:25.

NOTES:  Cordero extended a hitting streak to a club-high 16 for the season…He finished the night at .343…Garcia has hit safely in six straight, going 14-for-23…The last 13 hits have been singles…Robinson has knocked in 11 runs in his last nine games…DiSabatino’s win was his first since beating the FerryHawks on June 10^th and his 21^st as a Barnstormer…Lancaster had five runners thrown out on the bases in the game.