(August 12, 2023 – Lexington, KY): Nick Raquet worked five strong innings and Jhon Nunez homered and drove in both runs for the offense, but a seventh inning long ball handed the York Revolution a 3-2 loss to the Lexington Counter Clocks on Saturday evening at Counter Clocks Field. The Revs remain one game out of first place in the second half standings and will look to avoid a sweep on Sunday.
Nunez spotted the Revs an early 1-0 advantage, lining a laser over the left field fence for a solo homer, his sixth of the year, in the top of the third inning.
York had a chance to extend the lead after a pair of walks to open the fourth, but Lexington starter Mike Kickham induced a double play ball and another ground out to keep it a 1-0 game.
The Revs added to the lead in the fifth as Richard Urena and Alejandro Rivero led off with singles, and Nunez roped an RBI single to center to make it 2-0. But with runners at first and third and still no outs, the Revs were unable to do any further damage. Kickham got a shallow fly out for the first out of the inning before walking Tomo Otosaka to load the bases prompting his departure. Right-handed reliever Raymells Rosa entered and got a broken bat lineout and a strikeout to end the threat.
Raquet allowed just a pair of infield hits over a dominant first four innings and yielded only an unearned run in his five innings of work.
Lexington got on the board in the bottom of the fifth as Chris Brady led off with a single, and with one out, an attempted flip to second base for a force out sailed errantly, putting runners at the corners. Zach Watson was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Raquet rebounded to strike out Osmy Gregorio for the second out and his seventh punch out of the night. Connor Owings drew a bases loaded walk, however, to force in a run, cutting the York lead to 2-1.
The Clocks took the lead two innings later, as Owings connected on a two-out, two-run homer to left center, as his second long ball in as many nights put the hosts in front, 3-2 as Owings drove in all three runs in the game for his squad.
Lexington’s bullpen kept the Revs’ offense frustrated as Rosa worked 1.2 innings scoreless, Lincoln Henzman (3-4) handled the seventh and eighth allowing only a single, and Garrett Schilling notched his 15th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Emilker Guzman and J.P. Woodward tossed scoreless frames out of the York bullpen, but Nelvin Correa (2-3) was saddled with the loss after being tagged for the seventh inning damage.
York righty J.T. Hintzen (7-5, 4.95) gets the ball on Sunday at 2:05 p.m., facing Lexington’s Daniel Corcino (0-3, 3.09). Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 98.9 FM & 1350 WOYK, 989woyk.com, The New WOYK app, and FloBaseball.TV beginning at 1:45 p.m. with Darrell Henry on the call.
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