Revs Run Away with Road Finale, Romping Blue Crabs 11-1
Published on September 13, 2015 under Atlantic League (AtL)
York Revolution News Release
The York Revolution enjoyed a one-sided victory on Sunday, winning their regular season road finale 11-1 over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in front of 4,996 fans at Regency Furniture Stadium. Claiming a series victory with back-to-back wins, the Revs climb within 3.5 games of first place and return home for a seven-game homestand to close the regular season beginning Monday night at 6:30 p.m. against the Long Island Ducks.
The Revs opened the scoring in the top of the second. Brandon Boggs led things off with his league-leading 66th walk before Bryan Pounds was hit by a pitch. After both advanced on a groundout, Luis De La Cruz (3-for-5) clobbered the first pitch he saw over the fence in left-center for a line drive three-run homer, spotting York a 3-0 lead. It was his fifth home run of the season and third against Southern Maryland.
Two innings later, the Revs tied their biggest inning of the season, scoring seven times in the fourth to bust it wide open. Telvin Nash got things started with a leadoff walk before De La Cruz doubled down the right field line. Nick Ferdinand smoked a two-run single to left, and James Simmons followed by bombing a two-run homer to deep left-center as the lead suddenly ballooned to 7-0. With one out, Mikey Reynolds reached on an infield single and Andres Perez blooped a base hit to start another rally. Boggs followed with an RBI ground single to right, chasing starter Jake Hale (9-3) who was charged with ten runs (nine earned) on eight hits in 3.1 innings, making his first start since July 22, returning from a finger injury. Nash capped the rally with a two-out RBI single to right-center off reliever Brian Grening, plating Perez while Boggs also scored on an error when center fielder Reggie Abercrombie overran the ball.
Grening settled things down, working the final 5.2 innings for Southern Maryland, but allowed one more run in the sixth on a Pounds RBI single up the middle, plating Perez who led off the inning with a double down the left field line. Every York starter had at least one hit, while eight of the nine scored at least one run.
Revs starter Cody Scarpetta (3-5, 2-1) earned his second straight win, allowing just an unearned run on three hits over six innings. He walked four and struck out eight, including whiffing the side against the middle of the order in the fourth on 10 consecutive strikes to end the inning, which concluded with back-to-back three-pitch strikeouts of Jovan Rosa and Craig Maddox. Southern Maryland's only run scored on a two-out passed ball in the bottom of the sixth after Scarpetta nearly escaped a bases loaded, no-out jam.
Beau Vaughan, Stephen Penney, and Matt Neil all fired scoreless innings out of the bullpen to finish off the victory.
Notes: The Revs finish the season 33-36 on the road, currently owning the league's fourth-best road winning percentage. York improves to 36-26 in the second half, a season-high 10 games over .500. The Revs have won seven of nine and eight of their last 11 overall in addition to a victory in a suspended game from August 20 completed on Friday. The Revs will finish the season at home for just the second time in franchise history and first since 2011. York is now 30-18 over its last 48 contests. The Revs have scored 10 runs or more in a game eight times, all since August 8. The Revs finish the season series 13-11 against Southern Maryland, posting a winning record for the third time and first since 2012. The Revs finish 8-5 at Regency Furniture Stadium, posting a winning record in Waldorf for the second time (8-4 in 2013). The Revs scored 90 runs in the final 11 meetings (8.2 per game) and went 11-3 against the Blue Crabs in the second half after going just 2-8 in the first half. Scarpetta has allowed just one unearned run on five hits in 12.0 innings, winning his last two starts. Simmons belted his third home run on the five-game road trip and now has eight RBI in his last seven games. The seven-run inning was the Revs' second of the season, matching a season-high set July 3 at Bridgeport. York lefty Logan Williamson (7-12, 4.11) will start Monday's opener against Long Island which is also Penn Waste Night. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Apple Chevrolet Ticket Office.
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