ROBINSON SLAM KEEPS LANCASTER ON TOP

‘Stormers Capture Rubber Game in York

Trayvon Robinson found the perfect time to hit his first homer since July 12.

Robinson belted a grand slam over the left field “Arch Nemesis” in the top of the sixth to lead the Lancaster Barnstormers to a 6-2 victory over the York Revolution at WellSpan Park.

The win kept Lancaster in first place by one game over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.  Staten Island is now two back with York trailing by 4 ½.

With Lancaster trailing, 1-0, reliever Will McAffer (0-2) opened the sixth with a walk to Yeison Coca.  One out later, the right-hander hit Ariel Sandoval with a pitch.  He walked Wilson Garcia to load the bases.  York skipper Rick Forney brought in lefty J.P. Woodward to face Joseph Carpenter, and Woodward got the strikeout to bring up Robinson.  The Lancaster DH took a 2-1 offering out to Arch Street to stake Lancaster to the 4-1 lead. 

Matt Swarmer (1-1) worked 6 2/3 innings on a three-hitter, striking out eight.  He departed after hitting Jhon Nunez with a pitch.  Alexis Pantoja greeted Zach Warren with a double flared down the left field line that sent Nunez to third, but Warren responded by retiring Trent Giambrone on a grounder to third.

Doubles by Tomo Otosaka and Drew Mendoza off Nick Duron brought the Revs back to within two in the bottom of the eighth, but Duron escaped further harm with a pair of strikeouts.

Andretty Cordero provided key insurance runs for the Barnstormers with a two-out, two-run double to dead center in the top of the ninth.

The Gastonia Honey Hunters come to Clipper Magazine Stadium for a three-game weekend series, the first time the two teams have met since June 22.  Brent Teller (10-4) will make the start for the Barnstormers against right-hander Brett Daniels (3-1).  Fans not in attendance may tune into FloBaseball at 6:25.

NOTES:  Swarmer threw his second consecutive quality start and earned his first Atlantic League win…Cordero’s double was his 36^th of the year; his RBI were numbers 93 and 94…Melvin Mercedes lost a 23-game on-base streak…Chris Proctor had his second straight multiple-hit game…Lancaster finished its road trip, 4-2, its best week since July 14-20.