Big Hits Propel Barnstormers
August 7, 2007 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
Four homers and a double drove in a total of 12 runs on Tuesday evening as the Lancaster Barnstormers dropped the Road Warriors, 14-6, in the opener of a three-game series at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Chris Van Rossum slugged two of the homers, a pair of two-run blasts while Lance Burkhart homered, doubled and knocked in five. Jeremy Todd contributed a three-run homer as well.
And Dominick Ambrosini just kept rolling along. The Barnstormers left fielder was 4-for-5, improving his season average to .356, taking over the league lead.
Van Rossum's first homer of the night provided Josh Stevens (8-5) with a 2-0 lead in the second. Lancaster would do no more until the fifth inning when Ambrosini delivered Danny Gonzalez with an RBI single and Todd followed with a three-run blast to right, his 18th of the year.
Former Pirate right-hander Mike Garcia made his Atlantic League debut for the Road Warriors in the sixth and gave up Van Rossum's second homer, a drive through the picnic pavilion above the right field wall. Jutt Hileman added an RBI single to center, and Burkhart drilled a bases loaded double to left later in the inning.
Burkhart put the game out of reach with a three-run bomb over the batter's eye in the bottom of the eighth.
Stevens worked seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs. He walked none and struck out five in notching his first win of the second half. He yielded solo homers to David Housel in the sixth and Steven Doetsch in the seventh.
The Road Warriors struck for three runs off Ryan Harris in the eighth, but Ross Peeples recorded six outs on five batters to lock down the Barnstormers win.
NOTES: Road Warriors shortstop Gabe Suarez and Todd were both ejected from the game for arguing a called third strike...Van Rossum had his fourth career multi-homer game as a Barnstormer, the most in club history...Ambrosini's four-hit night was his third in the last eight games...He is 23-for-37 in his last eight games, improving his average 50 points, and has a nine-game hitting streak overall...Burkhart has now hit safely in six straight...Stevens became the fourth pitcher in history to win 10 regular season games in a Barnstormers uniform...Zack Parker will make his first Lancaster start on Wednesday night against fellow lefty Charlie Hesseltine (1-3)...Game time is 7:05 at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
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