Kannapolis Intimidators

The Hagerstown Suns defeated the Kannapolis Intimidators, 5-3 Friday night, splitting the four-game series. Carlos Sosa's ninth home run of the season, a first-inning, two-run shot off Kannapolis starter Nik Lubisich (2-2), scored A.J. LaBarbera, who earlier singled, and gave the Suns a 2-0 lead. Kannapolis cut the lead in half in the third when Andy Gonzalez doubled in Bo Ivy, who earlier singled to center and stole second. The Suns took a 3-1 lead in the bottom half, with Kevin Kelly singling to left to score LaBarbera, who had doubled.

Trayce Thompson hit a pair of home runs Saturday, and the Kannapolis Intimidators opened the game with a four-run first inning and beat the Hagerstown Suns 6-2 in the South Atlantic League. The Intimidators (69-53, 32-22 second half) have won two of the first three games of the four-game series, which concludes today. Kannapolis holds a two-game lead over the Suns (70-54, 30-24) in the Northern Division race. Kannapolis jumped all over Hagerstown starter Matt Swynenberg (6-2)

Jon Bachanov pitched six scoreless innings and the Kannapolis Intimidators edged the Hagerstown Suns 2-1 on Sunday in the final game of an important four-game series in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division. Kannapolis (70-53, 33-22) entered the series with a one-game lead over Hagerstown (70-55, 30-25) and won 3 of 4 games to leave the Suns three games back with 14 to play. Suns starter Robbie Ray was brilliant for his four innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out seven to keep the Intimidators off the board.

The Hagerstown Suns stayed red-hot on Friday night, scoring four runs in the ninth inning - highlighted by Hendry Jimenez's three-run home run - before holding on to score a 6-4 victory over the Kannapolis Intimidators in the South Atlantic League. The Suns (37-23) moved within 2 1/2 games of Greensboro (40-21) in the Northern Division standings. The Grasshoppers lost 6-2 to Lexington on Friday. Hagerstown has won six straight while Greensboro has lost four in a row. Facing Intimidators reliever Bryan Blough (1-3)

Bryce Harper, Wade Moore and Jason Martinson each went deep on Sunday, and the Hagerstown Suns used a six-run sixth inning to pull away from the Kannapolis Intimidators 10-5 in South Atlantic League action. The Suns (31-18), who hold a 3-game lead in the Northern Division, took a 1-0 lead off Intimidators starter Dexter Carter (0-1) in the second inning on three walks and Michael Taylor’s sacrifice fly. Hagerstown made it 2-0 in the third. Bryce Harper drew a one-out walk and David Freitas followed with a double to left, sending Harper to third.

kauffman@herald-mail.com When the Kannapolis Intimidators used three infield rollers to take a 3-2 lead in the 12th inning Sunday afternoon, the Hagerstown Suns appeared to be heading for the kind of close, low-scoring loss that has characterized their season. Instead, the Suns flipped the script with some clutch hitting of their own. Kevin Alexander's RBI double tied the game, and Carlos Sosa's bases-loaded, one-out grounder scored Aaron Hornostaj with the winning run as Hagerstown battled back for a 4-3 victory at Municipal Stadium.

As guests go, the Kannapolis Intimidators are easily satisfied. They never seem to ask for any more than what is given to them. Take the first game of Thursday's doubleheader at Municipal Stadium. Kannapolis made the maximum out of the minimum to snatch a 6-2 victory from the Hagerstown Suns before a slightly dampened Thirsty Thursday crowd. It didn't get much better in the second game as the Intimidators scored two late runs for a 5-3 victory for a sweep. The Intimidators (22-24)

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Rain took care of Friday's series opener between the Hagerstown Suns and Kannapolis Intimidators. The game was delayed for 1 hour, 50 minutes before it was called off. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday at 2 p.m.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - The Kannapolis Intimidators built a 5-0 lead with two runs in the second inning and three in the six, and scored a 5-2 victory over the Hagerstown Suns on Saturday in the South Atlantic League. The Suns scored their runs in the seventh on Aaron Seuss' double and Stephen King's RBI single, and in the eighth on Tim Pahuta's single, Sean Rooney's double and Brandon Whiting's RBI single. Hagerstown falls to 25-23.

The first annual REACH Caregivers Day at Municipal Stadium will be held Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. when the Hagerstown Suns play the Kannapolis Intimidators. Friends, volunteers and supporters of REACH, the Religious Effort to Assistant and Care For the Homeless, will be offered discounted tickets for $5 each. Of that amount, $3.50 will be donated to the capital campaign fund for the new REACH center. The date coincides with the 100th anniversary of the ice cream cone, so there will be specials on ice cream.