Jacobson nearly no-hits Hagerstown as Ducks open second half strong

Tanner Jacobson was one out from a no-hitter, and the Ducks backed it with a first-inning homer, a six-run surge and an 8-0 shutout on Friday night, July 3, at Fairfield Properties Ballpark before a past-capacity crowd of 6,044 as they opened a three-game series against Hagerstown.

Jacobson never gave the Flying Boxcars much of anything until the ninth. The right-hander worked eight scoreless innings, allowed only three walks and one hit batsman, struck out four and threw 106 pitches, 67 for strikes, before Noah Smith led off the ninth with Hagerstown’s only hit. In just his third professional start, Jacobson came within three outs of a no-hitter.

Alsander Womack, who entered the season after ranking third in the Atlantic League in hits with 147 and games played with 121 for Charleston in 2025, launched the first pitch of the game over the left-field fence for a solo homer off Tommy Kane.

The Ducks stretched the lead in the sixth when Ian Yetsko delivered a two-out, two-run single, then added four runs in the seventh. Gavin Collins punched in an RBI single, Jorge Bonifacio drew a bases-loaded walk, Kole Kaler chipped in an RBI groundout and Wilmer Difo finished the burst with a two-run single. Every Duck reached base, and Yetsko led the offense with three hits and two RBIs.

Jacobson, a second-year Duck who signed in August 2025 and entered 2026 as a fifth-year professional pitcher, gave the club eight scoreless innings. Hagerstown arrived having clinched the Atlantic League North Division first-half title and the first playoff berth in franchise history on June 28.