BRIDGEPORT, CT - It was Lancaster’s night from a bouncer off the first base bag to a pair of three-run jolts as the Barnstormers took down Bridgeport, 13-4, in the opening game of the best-of-five championship series Friday night at Harbor Yard. All 13 runs came while starter Brian Whitaker, a 12-game winner during the regular season, was on the hill for the first six innings. Whitaker kept the Bluefish in check on four hits and one run while walking four and striking out three in becoming the third Lancaster pitcher to deal a quality start in the post-season.

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LANCASTER, PA - With a mesmerizing blend of breaking pitches, Josh Stevens, a late season acquisition by the Barnstormers, pitched his new club into the Atlantic League Championship Series as the right-hander fanned 12 in a 4-2 victory over Atlantic City Wednesday evening. The game, which clinched the opening round best-of-three series for the Barnstormers was played to a crowd of 6,259, most of which was dressed in varying shades of red. It was the first professional baseball game in Lancaster since 1958. Stevens’ 12 strikeouts were the most ever by a Barnstormers pitcher in a single game. He allowed seven hits and no walks in 8 2/3 innings, being lifted only after yielding singles to Joe Jiannetti and Clyde Williams in the top of the ninth. He fanned at least one in every inning except the fifth and got every Surf batter except Jiannetti at least once.

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