Revs Come From Behind to Prevail Patriots
Published on June 7, 2011 under Atlantic League (AtL)
York Revolution News Release
The York Revolution pulled off the second greatest comeback in Sovereign Bank Stadium history, climbing back from down five to win 9-8 over the Somerset Patriots in front of 3,939 fans on Tuesday night. The Revs (16-15) will host the Patriots (11-21) the next two nights before concluding their seven-game homestand.
Down 8-3 after the top of the third inning, the Revs scored a run in the third on a Chris Walker homerun, three more in the fifth to pull within one, and two in the eighth to tie and go in front on a single by Octavio Martinez and a sac fly by Scott Grimes.
Somerset grabbed a 2-0 lead on a first inning RBI single by Jeff Nettles and a first pitch homerun to right by Michael Hernandez leading off the second.
The Revs answered in the bottom of the second, as Eric Eymann lined his first homerun of the year, a three-run shot to left-center, putting York on top 3-2.
The Patriots seemingly took control of the game with a six-run third, the biggest inning allowed by the Revs this season. After two walks and a hit batter, starter Shaun Garceau was lifted with the bases loaded and none out. Reliever Jack Spradlin induced a groundball by Nettles that scored a run to tie the game, but walked Hernandez, and allowed a two-run double to Matt Hagen and a three-run homer to left by Yusef Carter, as Somerset stormed ahead, 8-3.
Revs relievers would not allow another hit the rest of the night, retiring 20 of the final 21 batters faced, and a team record-tying 17-in-a-row to end the game, while the offense kept applying pressure.
Walker drove a homerun to right-center leading off York's half of the third and ignited a three-run rally with a hard single to center to begin the fifth. With one out, Vince Harrison singled the other way to drive in Walker, James Shanks singled to left-center, and Mark Ori pounded a two-run single up the middle, bringing York within 8-7.
Still down a run in the last of the eighth, Eymann led off with an infield hit, advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw by pitcher Jeff Kennard, and moved to third on a passed ball. Liubiemithz Rodriguez then drew a walk, and after falling behind in the count 0-2, Martinez looped a single to left-center, bringing Eymann home with the tying run. Despite also falling behind 0-2, Walker laid down a bunt with Rodriguez beating the toss to third, as the Revs loaded the bases with still no outs on the bunt single. Grimes then launched a towering fly into the right field corner, scoring Rodriguez on the sac fly to give York its first lead since the top of the third.
Michael Nix rolled three groundballs in the ninth for his first save and Ronnie Morales (2-1) earned the win by recording the final two outs in the eighth.
The most impressive relief effort of the night belonged to right-hander Jason Richardson, who needed just 40 pitches (28 strikes) to retire all 11 batters that he faced, including six on strikeouts. Richardson entered in the fourth and worked into the eighth, totaling 3.2 innings of perfect relief. His streak of 11 consecutive batters retired matched a Revs record by a reliever in a single game, and his six strikeouts came within one of tying the club record for a reliever.
Kennard (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing both eighth inning runs.
Walker went 4-for-5 with a homer, double, stolen base, and two runs. Eymann reached base all four times with two walks, a three-run homer, a single, and two runs. Harrison was 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.
Notes: York's five-run comeback is the Revs' largest of the season... their previous best was a four-run comeback, when they scored five in the ninth to defeat Somerset 8-7 on May 4, winning on a walk-off single by Octavio Martinez, who notched the tying run in the eighth on Tuesday night. The biggest comeback in stadium history is still six runs (July 8, 2007 vs. Bridgeport in a 9-8 win). The comeback win was York's league-leading sixth when trailing after six innings, and fourth when down after seven... they have now come back eight times in 16 total victories, with seven of those eight comebacks occurring in the seventh inning or later. The Revs are now 3-1 against the Patriots this season. York avoids slipping below .500, matching their best mark through 31 games (16-15). The nine runs and 14 hits are the most the Revs have tallied since May 15 when they scored nine runs on 15 hits (had no more than six runs on that 17-game stretch). Walker's four-hit game was his first since June 18, 2010 vs. Bridgeport (with Camden). Richardson's 3.2 innings are a season-high for a Revs reliever, surpassing his total of 2.2 innings from Saturday night. It was his longest outing since August 2, 2009 when he went 5.0 innings in a start for Schaumburg of the Northern League. The Revs will host the Patriots again on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. with York's John VanBenschoten (0-1, 5.63) facing Somerset's Nic Ungs (2-3, 3.79). It is a Wing Wednesday and Healthy School Night presented by the Healthy York County Coalition. Tickets are available at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Apple Chevrolet Ticket Office.
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