Rockers fall to Legends, 10-4 on July 4

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Lexington Legends’ Dylan Rock hit two home runs and drove in four runs to lead the Legends to a 10-4 win over the High Point Rockers in front of a crowd of 4,003 at Truist Point on Saturday. The crowd marked the sixth-largest in Truist Point history.

The Rockers have started the second half of the Atlantic League season at 0-2 while the Legends are 2-0.

The Rockers received a solo homer from Ivan Melendez, two RBI from Patrick Sanchez, and a sac fly by D.J. Burt to account for their runs.

With the Legends winning 2-1 after two innings, Lexington exploded for three runs in the third to take a 5-1 lead. Curtis Terry hit a two-run double and Xane Washington contributed an RBI single.

Trailing 7-4 headed into the ninth inning, the Rockers yielded three runs in the top half of the inning including a two-run inside the park home from Rock, his second homer of the night.

Justin Jarvis (L, 1-4) took the loss after allowing eight hits and seven runs with six strikeouts over his six innings of work. Lexington starter Zach Murray (W, 1-4) went six innings, also allowing eight hits but holding the Rockers to four runs.

Four Rockers each had a pair of hits including Melendez, Alex Dickerson, Ethan Skender and Braxton Davidson.

final game of this three-game set is slated to start Sunday at 3:36 pm at Truist Point. The Rockers will send Matt Solter (5-5, 8.63) to the hill to face Nic Laio (5-4, 5.18) for Lexington. Rocker fans can follow the action live on HomeTeamLive.com (DugoutTV) or the audio broadcast on the free app MixLR.