Atlantic League Baseball: Staten Island vs. Lancaster (6-26-24)

It was a WILD, back & forth showdown between Section 1 foes Penn Manor and Warwick! The Comets jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the 1st inning, but the Warriors stormed back with 5 runs in the 4th inning... ONLY to see Penn Manor plate 4 runs in the Final 2 innings to win 7-5!

-- The season series is tied 1-1... Game #3 is next Friday, May 5 at Penn Manor HS!

#1 Manheim Central had to literally survive & advance today beating #16 Mechanicsburg 4-3! Barons took an early 4-0 lead, but hung on against a scrappy Wildcats squad & moved onto the 5A District 3 Quarterfinals on Thursday against #8 Muhlenberg! Central's starting Pitcher Colton Book got the Win... went 6 IP, 7 K, 2 R! Wyatt Becker got the save! Check out the highlights here...

Lancaster won a rain-soaked game against Southern Maryland 10-3 to complete the 3-game sweep of the Blue Crabs! Stormers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 3rd inning & kept scoring every inning for the next 5 innings! Shawon Dunston & Trace Loehr each homered, while Damon Dues knocked home 3 more runs! Brady Tedesco threw 7.1 strong innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits, striking out 9 batters!

-- Lancaster is on the road to visit the Lexington Legends for a weekend series, before returning home next week to face Hagerstown for the FINAL series to air on Blue Ridge 11 TV this Summer!

For the 2nd year in a row… Garden Spot handed the Ephrata Mounts a tough loss… this time pulling out a close one 24-21! Spartans move to 3-0 in Section 3 play & 5-1 overall, boosting their already strong 5A District 3 ranking ?? Mounts dropped to 1-2 in Section 3... 3-3 overall!