Another night, another good pitching performance from the Lancaster Stormers.
In the wake of Nile Ball’s solid effort to beat Long Island on Sunday and Brad Markey’s six shutout innings on Tuesday, it was Caleb Baragar's turn in the Atlantic League spotlight Wednesday.
The left-hander authored a two-hit performance, striking out nine in six innings, as the Stormers won their third straight, topping Hagerstown 6-2 at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Baragar (1-0), a former San Francisco Giant, allowed a two-out solo home run to Osvaldo Abreu in the top of the first and a two-out single to Magneirus Sierra in the third. Hagerstown’s only other baserunners against Baragar came on errors in the fourth inning.
Chad Sedio tied the game at 1-1 with a single to left that scored Kyle Hess in the bottom of the second, and the Stormers went in front on a pair of walks after a dropped throw at first base.
Two infield errors and a steal of home by Eury Perez knotted the game at 2-2 in the fourth inning, but the Stormers ultimately sorted out the game in their favor.
Trace Loehr was hit by a Rob Klinchock (0-1) pitch to open the home fifth. Shawon Dunston Jr. sent a liner to the right-field corner, but Welington Dotel saved the ball from the wall and cut down Dunston with a strong throw to second. Isan Diaz then lined his first Atlantic League home run onto the right-field deck. Hagerstown switched pitchers to Malik Binns, but Cristian Santana blasted a homer to left-center to extend the Stormers’ lead to 5-2.
Lancaster’s final run came on an unearned run in the sixth.
The Stormers will go for their fourth straight win at 11 this morning, when Jack Labosky makes his Atlantic League debut against fellow right-hander Chase Solesky (0-1) of Hagerstown.
