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York Gains Split After Barnstormers Hustle Off In Opener

July 18, 2018 - Atlantic League (AtL)
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Travis Witherspoon drove in three runs, and Isaias Tejeda went 3-for-4 with a homer in his return to York, leading the Revolution to a game two win over the Lancaster Barnstormers and a split of a lengthy Tuesday evening doubleheader.

In the opener, Tyler Bortnick raced home from first on a single to left by Ryan Casteel in the bottom of the ninth, sending Lancaster to a 4-3 victory.

The Revolution took command of the nightcap in the top of the third inning. Melky Mesa led off with a single to left and advanced to second on the second of Tejeda's three hits. A single to right by Jose Cuevas loaded the bases and ended the night for starter John Anderson (0-2). Ryan Dent greeted reliever Garrett Granitz with a game-tying infield single that caromed off the right-hander's foot. Witherspoon doubled into the right field corner for a 5-3 lead, and Dent scored on a Jared Mitchell sacrifice fly to right.

Tejeda homered in the fifth, and Mitchell scored his second run of the game on a throwing error in the top of the sixth.

Rico Noel had staked Lancaster to a 2-1 lead early with a two-run homer, his first long ball of the season, in the bottom of the first inning. A sacrifice fly by Carlos Garcia in the second gave the Barnstormers the 3-2 lead.

Jailen Peguero (2-2) got starter Joe Van Meter out of a bases loaded jam in the third and went on to retire seven straight to earn the win.

The first game was the more competitive of the two. York erased a 2-1 Lancaster lead in the top of the seventh when Mesa and Michael Burgess connected on back-to-back homers off Mike Reynolds to open the inning. In the bottom portion, Noel and Bortnick reached on bunt singles sandwiched around a throwing error on a bunt by Darian Sandford. Blake Gailen tied the game with a sacrifice fly to left, but Welington Dotel kept the Barnstormers from winning it in regulation with an over-the-shoulder catch on the warning track against Casteel later in the inning.

Bortnick reached on a bad throw by third baseman Zach Wilson to start the ninth. Junior Rincon (0-3) struck out Gailen. Casteel rolled a single into left. With Dotel playing deep to prevent the extra base hit, Bortnick sprinted to third. Dotel lobbed a throw into second, and Bortnick raced home with the winning marker.

Kevin Munson (5-2) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth to earn the win.

Joe Gardner (3-6) goes for the Barnstormers on Wednesday evening against left-hander Logan Williamson (3-2). Fireworks will follow the game. Fans may tune into BRC-11 or the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, beginning at 7:00.

NOTES: The Barnstormers stole six bases in the doubleheader for a total of 153 on the season, remaining ahead of record breaking pace...Sandford picked up his 43rd while Noel took his 37th and 38th...Scott Shuman struck out the side in the eighth inning of the opener, his fifth three-K inning of the season...He has fanned 31 batters in his last 16 1/3 frames without allowing a run...Jonathan Albaladejo fired his sixth quality start in the opener.

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