AtL Somerset Patriots

Patriots Fall to Revs in Walk-Off Again

Published on May 5, 2011 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Somerset Patriots News Release


York, PA - Jason Botts' solo homer over the 37-foot 8-inch wall in left field gave the York Revolution its second consecutive walk-off win, 4-3 in 10 innings over the Somerset Patriots on Thursday night at Sovereign Bank Stadium.

Travis Minix, after two scoreless innings, allowed the homer, suffering the loss for a Patriot bullpen that has been shaky to start the year.

The Patriots trailed 3-0 going into the 8th before Joe Holden and Fernando Cortez - 0-15 before the at-bat - knocked a pair of run-scoring extra-base hits to cut the deficit to one. Josh Pressley reached against RJ Rodriguez to start the 9th inning and Wayne Lydon, on to pinch-run, would score on a Michael Hernandez RBI double, tying the game at 3-3.

Both starters were solid as Matt DeSalvo tossed 5.1 innings for York allowing just two hits and no runs, punching out six while Kris Honel was very good in his Patriot debut. The former 1st-round draft pick entered the 5th inning allowing just one hit but put two men on base. Honel exited and Casey Cahill allowed the inherited runners to score on RBI base knocks from Liu Rodriguez and Val Majewski. The Revs added a run off Jeff Kennard in the 7 th before the Patriots staged their comeback.

Somerset (1-4) has now lost four straight but returns home for its opener at TD Bank Ballpark against the Lancaster Barnstormers (3-2). Bill Pulsipher (0-0, 1.80) squares off with Charlie Zink (1-0, 0.00) with coverage beginning at 7:00 pm on 1450 WCTC-AM and www.wctcam.com.

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