Long Island rallies past Hagerstown to extend winning streak

Long Island’s four-run eighth inning turned a split doubleheader into a momentum boost, as the Ducks beat Hagerstown 7-5 in Hagerstown, Maryland, on July 22, 2026. The comeback finished a single-admission twin bill between Atlantic League rivals and kept Long Island moving through a critical mid-July stretch.

That win came with real tension. In another Ducks-Hagerstown game during the same run, Hagerstown erased a 6-1 Long Island lead in the eighth before the Ducks answered with two runs in the ninth to pull out an 8-6 victory. The back-and-forth nature of those games showed how thin the margin was, and why every late inning mattered in a matchup between clubs trying to gain ground in the standings.

Long Island’s recaps also pointed to the pitching side of the formula. One team recap credited Tanner Jacobson’s brilliance for leading the Ducks to a victory over Hagerstown, underscoring how often Long Island has needed a starter or swing arm to keep games from drifting into a bullpen scramble. In the Atlantic League, where one crooked inning can erase an afternoon’s work, that kind of rotation stability has been a major part of the Ducks’ path through the summer.

The Atlantic League’s July 2026 roundup, headlined “Ducks Win 4th Straight,” framed the Hagerstown result as part of a larger surge rather than a standalone comeback. Long Island and Hagerstown traded close finishes throughout the stretch, including one-run games and late-inning swings, which made the Ducks’ ability to answer in the eighth and ninth especially valuable.

For Long Island, the lesson from this stretch is clear: games against a comparable opponent are being decided in the highest-leverage innings, and the Ducks are winning enough of those moments to stay in the race. The offense has delivered when the contest tightens, and the pitching has done enough to hand it that chance. Against Hagerstown, that combination was enough to extend the streak and keep pressure on the rest of the league.