Revs' Seven-Game Winning Streak Snapped As Road Warriors Leave Town With A Fury
Published on July 20, 2011 under Atlantic League (AtL)
York Revolution News Release
The York Revolution saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end by way of their most lopsided loss of the season, falling 17-4 to the Road Warriors in front of 4,018 fans at Sovereign Bank Stadium on Wednesday night. The Revs, now 5-1 in the second half, are still half a game in front of Lancaster for first place and will embark on a nine-game road swing beginning Thursday at Long Island.
The Road Warriors used a boatload of well-placed grounders, bloops, and infield hits, frustrating the home team all night.
After loading the bases on three singles to begin the fourth, Luis Nieblas' sac fly plated the game's first run and Alberto Cruz made it 4-0 with a three-run double on a high drive to the gap in right-center, as starter Zac Cline was just a pitch away from getting out of the inning with only one run scoring.
Ramon Castro launched a homer to left-center in the bottom half of the inning to get York on the board, going deep for the third consecutive game.
The Road Warriors added another run in the fifth on an RBI single by Melvin Dorta, while the Revs answered right back, pulling within 5-2 on an RBI groundout by Octavio Martinez in their half of the inning.
The Road Warriors ran away with it from there, however, scoring three runs in the sixth and eight more in the seventh. Danny Jordan came home from third when Martinez' throw hit him and bounced into foul territory for the first run in the sixth, and Amadeo Zazueta drove in two more on a bloop single to left.
Dorta drove in the first run in the eighth, Gabe Suarez plated another run with a bloop single to right, Marcos Cabral knocked in two more on a single to left, Vic Gutierrez blooped another hit to plate a run, Dorta picked up two more RBI on his second single of the inning, and Nieblas ripped an RBI double to the gap in right-center as the game spiraled out of control.
The Revs put up two more in the bottom of the seventh on an error and an RBI double by Eric Eymann.
The Road Warriors added one more to their total in the eighth as three seeing-eye singles loaded the bases, and Suarez scored on a double play grounder.
The 23 Road Warrior hits are the third most allowed in a game in Revs history. The 17 runs tied the second most surrendered by the Revs in any game.
Dorta, Gutierrez, and Cruz each had four hits, with Dorta posting his second four-hit game in as many nights. He also drove in a team-high four runs.
Road Warriors starter Luke Massetti (6-7) earned the win, improving to 3-0 against the Revs this season, lasting six innings and allowing just two runs.
Cline (0-1) suffered the loss in his season debut with York, charged with five of the runs in 4.2 innings.
The Revs will put their club-record five-game road winning streak on the line in Thursday's opener at Long Island with Chris Cody (8-4, 4.77) facing Shane Youman (4-0, 0.31) at 7:05 p.m. from Bethpage Ballpark. Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 1350, Shoutcast.com (WPDC), and YorkRevsTV.com beginning at 6:30 with Darrell Henry on the call.
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