​  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Shortstop Landen Rozich joined the Johnstown Mill Rats a week ago, following his West Chester University baseball team’s amazing run to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship final series.Coming off a strong freshman season with the national runner-up Golden Rams, Rozich needed time to adjust to the Prospect League.PHOTO GALLERY | Johnstown Mill Rats host Lafayette Aviators“Last week, it was a little hard for me to get on board and I had a tough week,” Rozich said after collecting three hits, including a three-run homer and five RBIs, in the Mill Rats’ 13-9 victory over the first-place Lafayette Aviators Tuesday.“I just gave up that (memory of) last week and just came up and swung the bat by doing a good thing and put a ball over the fence.”Rozich’s three-run blast cleared the wall in left-center field, capping a seven-run bottom of the first inning that pumped up a Sargent’s Stadium at the Point crowd of 516.“It means a lot for us getting back into the win column after a tough last week,” Rozich said.“I got here last Monday and we left early Tuesday morning for the road trip. It’s hard. It’s a lot of traveling. I got used to it quick.”Gavin Smith, Ty MarshLafayette Aviators shortstop Gavin Smith (left) applies a late tag as Johnstown Mill Rats’ Ty Marsh slides safely into second base on a two-run double in the bottom of the first inning of a Prospect League game at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point in Johnstown, PA., Tuesday, June 23, 2026.This past week, the Aviators (17-7) swept three games against visiting Johnstown (13-11).The teams combined on 26 hits and 22 runs in Tuesday’s 3 hour, 4-minute contest. The teams meet again at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sargent’s Stadium.“We lost three to them last week,” said Mill Rats first baseman Caleb Smith, who had three singles and drove in three runs in Tuesday’s win.“We knew they were coming here, and we needed to win.“We need to win both, really.“We stayed focused, had a little more intensity to us and it paid off.”The Mill Rats sent 10 batters to the plate in each of the first two innings and built what appeared to be a comfortable 11-1 advantage.Landen Rozich, Cole KuszakThe Johnstown Mill Rats’ Landen Rozich (right) is congratulated by teammate Cole Kuszak after hitting a three-run home-run in the bottom of the first inning of a Prospect League game at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point in Johnstown, PA., Tuesday, June 23, 2026.“We did our scouting report on the guy throwing and we knew he didn’t fill it up, so we were just diligent at the plate and stayed patient,” Smith said of Lafayette left-handed starter Tro Fellings. “Then, when it was over the plate, we just banged it.”Rozich ripped a no-doubt, three-run homer over the wall in left-center field to cap the seven-run      ​Read More