In the Newark Bears' last three home games, the pitching staff had walked 23 batters and yielded 10 home runs.

Patrick Stanley turned that around in a hurry Saturday.

Stanley struck out a club record 15 batters Saturday evening and pitched a complete game three-hitter as the Bears (22-13) took a 7-1 decision from the Lancaster Barnstormers in the middle game of a three-game set.

Stanley's total eclipsed the previous mark of 14 set by Brian Givens against Somerset on July 2, 1998. It also was the most strikeouts ever by a pitcher against Lancaster (13-24), topping Brandon Knight's 14 just nine days earlier.

Stanley (4-0) struck out at least one batter in every inning and got all three outs on strikes in the second. Every Barnstormer in the lineup except Lance Burkhart and Manny Mejia went down at least once.

Stanley issued three walks along the way and was touched only by Burkhart's one-out homer down the left field line in the third inning.

Newark scored all the runs it needed in the first off Yamel Guevara (0-1), who was making a spot start.

Guevara walked Brian Burgamy on four pitches and, one out later, put Jose Herrera on with the second walk of the inning.

Jarred Ball made a leaping catch of a line drive off the bat of Cory Aldridge for the second out, but Val Majewski doubled home two runs with a blast into the left center field alley.

DJ Mattox (0-0) takes the hill for the Barnstormers in today's 1:35 p.m. series finale against Mike Bumstead (3-4).