Revs Take 2-0 Series Lead
September 22, 2011 - Atlantic League (AtL)
York Revolution News Release
The York Revolution grabbed a two games-to-none series lead with a 4-1 victory over the Lancaster Barnstormers in Game 2 of the Freedom Division Championship Series in front of 3,267 fans at Sovereign Bank Stadium on Thursday night. The Revs head to Lancaster for Game 3 on Friday night at 7:00 p.m., standing one win shy of back-to-back Freedom Division pennants and a berth in the Atlantic League Championship Series.
Salvador Paniagua blasted a tiebreaking homerun to left field leading off the bottom of the seventh inning. He would add an RBI double to deep center for insurance an inning later.
Starter Nick Schumacher earned the win for the Revs, allowing just one run on four hits in seven stellar innings.
Matt DeSalvo struck out the side in order in the eighth, while R.J. Rodriguez earned his third career postseason save for the Revs with a scoreless ninth inning.
Lancaster's lone run came in the top of the first when Fernando Seguignol lifted a sacrifice fly to left field with the bases loaded and no outs. Schumacher then induced a double play grounder from Terry Tiffee to escape the jam with only one run scoring.
Schumacher again worked out of trouble in the third when he struck out Seguignol looking with two runners in scoring position. The right-hander settled in nicely from there and retired nine of the final 11 batters that he faced.
York drew even when Vince Harrison lined an RBI single to left-center in the bottom of the fourth, tying the score at 1-1. Harrison went 3-for-4 on the night, and is now 5-for-7 in the series with a game-tying RBI in both contests.
Chris Nowak also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to center increasing the lead to 3-1 at the time.
Harrison singled to left-center with one out in the eighth and stole second, reaching scoring position ahead of Paniagua's double for the Revs' fourth run.
Lancaster starter J.D. Durbin took the loss, allowing just two runs in six-plus innings. His outing ended after surrendering Paniagua's homerun to left in the bottom of the seventh.
Notes: The only other time the Revs won the first two games of a playoff series came in last season's Atlantic League Championship Series when they went on to sweep the Bridgeport Bluefish in three games. York's postseason winning streak extends to six consecutive games, including a five-game winning streak at home. It was only the Revs' second victory in four tries in Game 2 of a playoff series. The Revs have won eight of their last nine overall including the final seven games of the regular season. York pitchers have allowed just three runs combined in the first two games of the series, the lowest total from any team through two dates in the 2011 playoffs. York's Lorenzo Barcelo will face Lancaster's John Halama in Game 3 in Lancaster on Friday night at 7 p.m. Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 1350, Shoutcast.com (WPDC) and YorkRevsTV.com beginning at 6:30 p.m. with Darrell Henry on the call.
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