Gastonia wins 10th straight, edges Lancaster 6-3

Gastonia kept finding answers and kept moving, grinding out a 6-3 win over Lancaster that gave the Ghost Peppers their 10th straight victory. Corey Rosier opened the night with a solo homer in the first for Lancaster, but Gastonia flipped the game in the third when Nate Scantlin tripled in Jack Reinheimer and Bryson Brigman followed with a sacrifice fly to put the visitors ahead.

The Peppers added separation in the fourth and never let the Stormers fully recover. Chandler Seagle drove in a run on a groundout, Cole Roederer added a sacrifice fly and a 1-0 deficit became a 4-1 Gastonia lead.

Daniel Federman gave Gastonia exactly the kind of start that steady a long night. Making his first start of the year, he worked three innings and allowed only Rosier’s first-inning homer. Ryan Williamson followed with 2.2 scoreless innings in his first appearance of the 2026 season, helping bridge the middle frames before Lancaster could build real momentum.

Lancaster did not go quietly. An error by Reinheimer in the seventh allowed two runs to score and cut the margin to a tense finish, but Gastonia still held on from there. Gastonia's second double-digit winning streak of the year followed a 15-game surge from May 16 through June 2 that tied the league record before it ended just short of the Atlantic League mark.

Gastonia entered June 25 at 35-21, while Southern Maryland stood at 37-18. The current streak began with an 8-6 win at Long Island on May 16, and the club has now shown it can win with power, small ball, pitching depth and late-inning defense. The next chance to extend the run came quickly, with Gastonia back at Lancaster on June 26.