(August 1, 2023 – Staten Island, NY): The York Revolution won their series opener against the Staten Island FerryHawks, 8-3 on Tuesday night at Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health Community Park. The win is the third straight for the Revs who improve to 5-3 on their current 10-game road swing, increasing their first place lead to 1.5 games in the second half.
York jumped to an early lead as Richard Urena slugged his tenth home run of the season to right field with two outs in the second, spotting the Revs a 1-0 edge.
The Revs scored twice more in the fourth as Jacob Rhinesmith cracked his eighth home run of the year on a solo shot to right center, and Tomo Otosaka whacked an RBI single to center, making it 3-0.
York starter Nick Raquet held the FerryHawks scoreless through the first three frames, but a leadoff error got Staten Island going in the fourth, scoring twice (one earned) on RBI singles by Garrett Kueber and Yoshi Tsutsugo, slicing York’s advantage to 3-2.
The Revs responded, scoring twice in the sixth as Drew Mendoza lofted a sac fly to left and Nellie Rodriguez lined an RBI single to center for a 5-2 lead.
York added two more in the seventh as Otosaka bunted for a hit, prompting a throwing error by reliever Ryan Mitschele which plated a run, and Trey Martin lined a sac fly to center, driving home one more for a 7-2 lead.
Raquet (10-6) limited the FerryHawks to just two runs (one earned), working six innings for the win.
Staten Island pushed across a run against reliever Nick Parker in the seventh on a two-out RBI double to left by Noah Fisher.
York had the last laugh with an insurance run in the ninth as Alejandro Rivero lined a leadoff triple to left center and scored on Trent Giambrone’s sac fly to deep center.
Zach Neff and Will Carter worked scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth, respectively, to finish it off.
Notes: York’s three sac flies as a team tied a franchise record (several times). Raquet is the Revs’ first 10-game winner since 2019 (Mitch Atkins and Duke von Schamann) and is the first Atlantic League pitcher to 10 wins this season. He extended his league lead in innings (109.0) and took over the league lead in strikeouts (93) with four in Tuesday’s performance. The Revs improve to 51-32 overall, 19 games over .500 for the first time since late in the 2014 season and three shy of a club record set in 2011. It’s the best record through 83 games in franchise history. The 14-6 second half record is one game off the 2019 club’s second half mark for best 20-game start to a half. Martin walked twice, extending his on-base streak to 26 consecutive games. Otosaka’s bunt hit is his 14th of the season, two shy of a club record 16 set by James Shanks in 2010. York improves to 8-2 against Staten Island on the season. Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to a season-best eight consecutive games. The Revs increase their division lead to 1.5 games for the first time since June 28; it matches their largest lead all season despite sitting in first place at the end of 44 games (compared to second place 20 times and third place 19 times). Revs catcher Jhon Nunez threw out three attempting base stealers in the game. York righty Carlos Espinal (6-3, 3.97) squares off with Staten Island’s Anthony Quattrocchi (0-1, 5.18) on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. 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 6:10 p.m. with Darrell Henry on the call.
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