(July 20, 2023 – Charleston, WV): The York Revolution offense was held in check, dropping Thursday evening’s rubber match to the Charleston Dirty Birds, 5-3 at GoMart Ballpark. The Revs fall to 6-3 in the second half and 43-29 overall for the season and will host Lancaster in a key division weekend series beginning Friday night at WellSpan Park.
Charleston jumped ahead with an immediate 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as Jalen Miller reached on a first pitch infield single and Dwight Smith Jr. tagged a two-run homer to right center. Revs starter Nick Raquet escaped further trouble with an inning-ending double play ball.
Dirty Birds starter Danny Wirchansky had the Revs off balance the first time through the order. With two outs in the third, Trent Giambrone launched a solo homer that clipped the corner of the left field foul pole, getting the Revs on the board at 2-1 on his team-leading 15th long ball of the year.
Charleston answered right back with an RBI single in the third by Bobby Bradley, and put up two more in the fourth on a Yefri Perez sac fly and a Miller RBI single to make it 5-1.
Raquet (8-6) tossed a scoreless fifth but suffered the loss, remaining tied for the league lead with eight victories. His five runs allowed marked his most in a start since June 7 as he had allowed no more than four runs in any of his previous six outings.
Wirchansky (3-3) carried the 5-1 lead into the seventh before Drew Mendoza nailed a leadoff homer to right, his eighth of the year. York brought the tying run to the plate after a walk by Nellie Rodriguez and an error, but designated pinch-runner Tomo Otosaka was picked off second for the second out and reliever Ricardo Gomez coaxed an inning-ending fly out on the next pitch to stomp the threat.
The Revs also brought the tying run to the plate in the eighth after a walk to Giambrone and a single by Jacob Rhinesmith (3-for-4), but righty Jacob Bosiokovic struck out the next two batters looking, striking out the side in the eighth.
The Revs made noise in the ninth as Trey Martin drew a leadoff walk, extending his on-base streak to 20 consecutive games. With one out, Martin stole his league-leading 30th base, becoming just the 12th player in Revs history to total 30 steals in a season and the first in the league to do so this year. Martin scored as Richard Urena ripped an RBI double to right center, and with two outs, Jhon Nunez singled to left to put the tying run on base, but closer Ryan Clark retired Giambrone on a liner to center to deny the Revs of the last at-bat comeback.
The Revs suffered their first series loss since June 24-25, having gone 4-0-2 in their previous six series. They have dropped four of their last five at GoMart Ballpark after winning three of their first four in Charleston this season.
York righty Carlos Espinal (5-2, 3.64) faces Lancaster right-hander Dominic DiSabatino (3-5, 5.71) on Friday at 6:30 p.m. It is Boy Scout Sleepover Night and Freebie Friday. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
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