(July 4th, 2023 – York, Pa.): The York Revolution pounded the Charleston Dirty Birds, 14-4 on Tuesday afternoon in front of 5,766 fans on Independence Day at WellSpan Park. The win keeps the Revs half a game in front of Long Island for first place with four to play in the first half race as their magic number to clinch a division title shrinks to four. Nellie Rodriguez and Trent Giambrone homered to spark the offense while Drew Mendoza collected four hits for the second straight game as part of another big attack.
Revs righty Tom Sutera got the start against Charleston lefty Kit Scheetz in Tuesday afternoon’s opener which kicked off a season-long 10-game homestand.
The scoring started in the second on a Jalen Miller home run to right center field that Trey Martin nearly leapt up and grabbed as it was 1-0 Charleston early.
The Revs immediately answered, scoring three runs off Scheetz in their half of the second. Alejandro Rivero singled with one out and Ryan January walked to set the table. That set up a Giambrone RBI single that caromed off the third base bag and a two-run double down the left field line by Tomo Otosaka as the Revs grabbed a 3-1 lead.
Charleston got to Sutera for a run in the fourth on Zachary Bridges’ RBI triple to deep center.
Giambrone cracked a solo home run over the Arch Nemesis in the bottom of the fourth, padding the Revs’ lead to 4-2.
Sutera was an out away from finishing the fifth with the lead but Charleston hit back-to-back homers as Telvin Nash went deep to left center, and on the next pitch Bobby Bradley connected onto the clubhouse roof in right field to tie the game at 4-4.
Sutera (4-3) finished five, allowing four runs, three on solo home runs, with no walks while tying his career-high strikeout total of seven for the second time this season.
The Revs erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fifth, taking control of the contest. Rodriguez blasted a towering three-run home run down the right field line, giving the Revs the lead for good at 7-4 and chasing Scheetz (4-6) after 4.1 innings. Giambrone knocked in two runs on a double to left with the bases loaded as he collected four RBI on the day. Otosaka added a sac fly to center field bringing home a run as the Revs landed a commanding 10-4 lead.
York scored two more runs in the sixth as Mendoza crossed the plate on a wild pitch after stealing third for the second time in the game, and Martin came home on a Richard Urena grounder to second, making it 12-4.
York added two more in the eighth as Rivero drove in a run with a sac fly to center field and Troy Stokes Jr. walked with the bases loaded to provide the final 14-4 margin.
The Revs bullpen was dominant as four pitchers combined to fire four scoreless innings with just one hit allowed. Denson Hull handled the sixth with the first assignment. Will Carter struck out the side to strand two in the seventh. Victor Capellan took care of the eighth, and Will McAffer set the Birds down in order in the ninth to close it out.
Notes: The crowd of 5,766 is the Revs’ fifth crowd of 5,000-plus at WellSpan Park this season; they had drawn four combined crowds of 5,000-plus over the previous two years as they’ve already notched their most such draws since the 2019 season (six). York ripped off 14 runs on 15 hits, one day after scoring 11 runs on 16 hits in a big victory at High Point. York erased an early deficit making the victory the Revs’ 19th comeback win of the year. The Revs pitching staff tied a season-high with 13 strikeouts, a mark they’ve reached three times, all against Charleston over the course of seven head-to-head contests. Giambrone tied his season-high with four RBI; he homered and doubled for the third consecutive game and extended his hitting streak to 11 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the league. He also has back-to-back three-hit games. The Revs tied a team record getting hit by a pitch five times, matching a mark set in September, 2021 vs. Lancaster. January became the first batter in Revs history to be hit by a pitch three times in one game. Jacob Rhinesmith was hit by a pitch in his lone plate appearance as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, extending his on-base streak to 20 consecutive games. Mendoza now has three of the Revs’ 10 four-hit performances this season; he raised his average to a season-high .349, second-highest in the league. Rodriguez’ homer was the 62nd of his Revs career, four shy of matching Andres Perez for third on the franchise’s all-time list. The Revs improve to 19-9 at home, having won 14 of their last 18 at WellSpan Park. York released RHP Jorge Martinez prior to the game. The Revs will continue their push toward a postseason berth with a twi-night doubleheader featuring two seven-inning games on Wednesday beginning at 5 p.m. The Revs will play as the road team in the opener as it serves as a makeup from a rainout at Charleston on June 22. RHP J.T. Hintzen (5-3, 5.91) faces Troy Bacon (4-2, 2.78) in the opener, with Pedro Vasquez (3-1, 5.51) getting the nod for the Revs in the nightcap against a Dirty Birds starter yet to be announced. It is Winning Wednesday presented by PA Lottery and Bark in the Park presented by Cover Six Canines. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
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