Hall's five-RBI night powers Hagerstown past Gastonia, 10-3

Darick Hall drove in five runs and Tommy Kane held Gastonia to one run over five innings as Hagerstown kept rolling with a 10-3 win Friday night, a result that pushed the Flying Boxcars to 46-24 overall and 5-2 in the second half.

Hagerstown did not wait long to seize control. The Boxcars scored three times in the first inning, with Hall, Baron Radcliff and Robert Brooks each delivering RBI hits to put Gastonia on the back foot immediately. Jared Carr added to the lead in the second inning, and Jeffery Wehler pushed across another run in the fourth, giving Hagerstown a cushion that let Kane work with breathing room from the start.

Hall was the center of it all. He finished 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBI, spreading his damage across multiple innings instead of leaving the night to one swing. That steady production matched the shape of Hagerstown’s offense, which kept finding ways to score and never allowed the Ghost Peppers to settle in or turn the game into a short-lived rally.

Gastonia did make a small push late, with Grant Lavigne hitting a solo home run, but by then Hagerstown had already built too much separation. The Boxcars answered the visitors’ brief resistance by staying in command, and the gap held as the night wore on.

The victory was Hagerstown’s fifth straight and gave the club its first series win of the second half, two markers that fit the way the Boxcars have been winning lately. They have now scored in double figures three times in their last four games, and that consistency has helped turn the second-half surge into something more durable than a hot week. With the North Division race still in their hands, Hagerstown is pairing run production with enough pitching to keep those early leads intact.