Revs Down Bees on Opening Night for Second Straight Season
Published on April 22, 2017 under Atlantic League (AtL)
York Revolution News Release
New Britain, Ct. - While Mother Nature may not have been ready for Opening Night in Connecticut, the York Revolution bats were in midseason form and starter Frank Gailey didn't miss a beat from a season ago, as York (1-0) surged in the middle innings and held on to defeat New Britain, 7-4 on Friday night at New Britain Stadium.
On a barely 50-degree evening with a steady dose of mist throughout, Gailey earned his first victory of the season, working five strong innings, allowing one run on five hits, striking out four and not walking a batter.
The Revs opened the scoring in the fourth when Isaias Tejeda split the gap in left-center field to score Alonzo Harris from third and Joel Guzman from first. Tejeda picked up where he left off last season when he batted a team-best .356 for the Revs.
The Revs doubled their lead an inning later when Travis Witherspoon hit a moonshot off the scoreboard in left field, also plating Angel Franco who had led off the inning with a single to center. Witherspoon's home run was the first of the season for the Revs, who ranked second in the Atlantic League in home runs a year ago, blasting 133.
The Bees answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth on a solo shot off the bat of Conor Bierfeldt, who stayed inside on a fastball and sent it over the left field fence, cutting the lead to 4-1 after five innings of play.
The Revs weren't done, however, as in the top of the sixth, Tejeda and Michael Burgess set the stage with walks, and Jared Mitchell laced a double down the first base line to score Tejeda, extending the lead to 5-1. Then after a Bryan Pounds walk to load the bases and a pitching change for New Britain, right hander Nate Roe surrendered a double to Franco to left-center, plating Burgess and Mitchell to balloon the lead to 7-1. It was Franco's third hit of the game on a 3-for-4 night at the dish.
The Bees threatened in the seventh, loading the bases with an error and two walks, but Witherspoon chased down a deep fly ball to left-center field off the bat of Steve Carrillo to end the threat and finish a scoreless frame for reliever Brad Allen. Luke Westphal fired a scoreless sixth inning as York's first reliever on the night.
New Britain did push a run across in the eighth on an RBI groundout by Jon Griffin, plating Michael Baca who pinch ran for Jovan Rosa after Rosa was hit by a pitch from Jarret Martin to begin the frame.
Curtis Partch came on for the ninth and surrendered a home run to Bierfeldt on his first pitch, Bierfeldt's second dinger of the game. After three more hits, Partch settled down, striking out pinch-hitter Paul Kronenfeld and giving up only a sacrifice fly to Craig Maddox before striking out Griffin to seal the victory.
Revs Roundup:
- W-Frank Gailey (1-0), L-Casey Coleman (0-1)
- 8 of 9 Revs reached base in the win, and 7 different Revs scored a run
- York pitching combined to strike out 11 while walking just three
- Frank Gailey becomes the first starting pitcher to win for the Revs on Opening Night since Corey Thurman in 2011 vs Camden; the previous three Opening Night wins had all come from relievers
- Gailey moves into fourth place in Revs history for starts (36), third in strikeouts (189), and tied for tenth in wins (12) with the season-opening victory.
- 7 runs are the most scored by York in an opener since they scored 8 vs Camden in 2011
- The Revs improve to 7-4 all-time in season openers
- Franco's three hits are the most by a Revs player making his team debut since Nick Ferdinand went 3-for-4 with a walk-off homer on June 5, 2015 vs. Sugar Land
- York righty Steve Janas faces New Britain right-hander Jonathan Pettibone in the second game of the season on Saturday at 6:35 p.m. Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 1350, woyk1350.com, and the WOYK mobile app beginning at 6:15 p.m. with Darrell Henry on the call.
Game Date: 04/21/2017
York Revolution 7 AT New Britain Bees 4
YTD YTD
York AB R H BI AVG N Britain AB R H BI AVG
Witherspoon, T CF 5 1 1 2 .200 Skelton, J C 4 0 1 0 .250
Costanza, J LF 5 0 0 0 .000 Carrillo, S SS 5 0 1 0 .200
Harris, A 2B 5 1 2 0 .400 Rosa, J 3B 3 0 0 0 .000
Guzman, J DH 5 1 0 0 .000 Baca, M 3B,PR 0 1 0 0 .000
Tejeda, I C 3 1 1 1 .333 Kronenfeld, P PH 1 0 0 0 .000
Burgess, M 1B 2 1 0 0 .000 Maddox, C DH 3 0 2 1 .667
Mitchell, J RF 4 1 1 1 .250 Griffin, J 1B 5 0 2 1 .400
Pounds, B 3B 2 0 1 0 .500 Crouse, M CF 4 0 1 0 .250
Franco, A SS 4 1 3 2 .750 Walton, J RF 4 0 0 0 .000
Bierfeldt, C LF 3 2 2 2 .667
McGuiggan, J 2B 4 1 1 0 .250
35 7 9 6 36 4 10 4
York 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 - 7 9 1
N Britain 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 4 10 1
2B--Tejeda, I C (1), Mitchell, J RF (1), Franco, A SS (1), Maddox, C DH
(1). HR--Witherspoon, T CF (1), Bierfeldt, C LF 2 (2). RBI--Witherspoon, T
CF 2 (2), Tejeda, I C (1), Mitchell, J RF (1), Franco, A SS 2 (2), TOTALS
6 (0), Maddox, C DH (1), Griffin, J 1B (1), Bierfeldt, C LF 2 (2), TOTALS
4 (0). HP--Rosa, J 3B (1). SF--Maddox, C DH (1). SB--Harris, A 2B (1).
CS--Witherspoon, T CF (1), Harris, A 2B (1). E--Franco, A SS (1), Carrillo,
S SS (1).
LOB--York 6, N Britain 10.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
York
Gailey, F (W,1-0) 5.0 5 1 1 0 4 1 1.80
Westphal, L 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Allen, B 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
Martin, J 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9.00
Partch, C (S,1) 1.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 18.00
9 10 4 4 3 11 2
N Britain
Coleman, C (L,0-1) 4.1 7 4 3 1 4 1 6.23
Hepple, M 0.2 1 3 3 3 0 0 40.48
Roe, N 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
Fry, B 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Shimo, B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
9 9 7 6 5 12 1
WP--Fry, B (1). PB--Tejeda, I. HB--Martin, J (1). SO--Witherspoon, T 2,
Costanza, J, Harris, A, Guzman, J 2, Burgess, M 2, Mitchell, J 2, Pounds,
B, Franco, A, Skelton, J 2, Carrillo, S 2, Rosa, J, Kronenfeld, P, Griffin,
J, Crouse, M 2, Walton, J, McGuiggan, J. BB--Tejeda, I, Burgess, M 2,
Pounds, B 2, Skelton, J, Maddox, C, Bierfeldt, C. BF--Gailey, F 19 (19),
Westphal, L 4 (4), Allen, B 6 (6), Martin, J 5 (5), Partch, C 7 (7),
Coleman, C 21 (21), Hepple, M 5 (5), Roe, N 7 (7), Fry, B 4 (4), Shimo, B 3
(3). P-S--Gailey, F 79-53, Westphal, L 19-11, Allen, B 31-18, Martin, J
18-14, Partch, C 24-18, Coleman, C 83-54, Hepple, M 23-9, Roe, N 28-18,
Fry, B 17-10, Shimo, B 12-9.
T--3:14.
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