(June 6^th, 2023 – York, Pa.):  The York Revolution rode their winning streak to a new franchise record nine consecutive games, defeating the Staten Island FerryHawks, 9-3 on Tuesday night at WellSpan Park. The first place Revs improve to 22-13, their best record through 35 games in club history, while establishing the league’s longest winning streak this season. Nellie Rodriguez’ seventh inning grand slam helped bust open a close contest on the record setting night.

The game was a pitcher’s duel early as York righty Pedro Vasquez and Staten Island’s Christian Capuano were locked in, allowing just one hit through the first two innings combined.

Staten Island scored two runs on three hits in the third, taking the lead on a Ricardo Cespedes RBI single and adding one more on a wild pitch to go up 2-0.

The Revs responded in the bottom of the third as York put two on via the walk and Jacob Rhinesmith perfectly blooped a base hit over third base scoring both Jhon Nunez and Tomo Otosaka, tying the game at 2-2.

Vasquez (2-0) took control of the game, pitching six solid innings and allowing just four hits, two runs (one earned) with no walks and one strikeout to earn the win.

The Revs took the lead against Capuano in the sixth as Drew Mendoza (10-game hitting streak) and Rodriguez singled, and with two outs, Trey Martin smoked a single to left field on the first pitch bringing home Mendoza to give the Revs a 3-2 advantage.

Capuano (4-1) finished six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits, three walks and five strikeouts as he suffered his first loss of the season.

Andrew Gross tossed a scoreless frame in the top of the seventh for York, striking out two. It was his fifth time in the last six outings working a 1-2-3 inning.

York busted the game open in the bottom of the seventh. The Revs had two on with one out when Alejandro Rivero singled to load the bases against reliever James Pezos. Mendoza walked on four pitches to bring home an insurance run, making it a 4-2 game. Rodriguez provided the big blow with an opposite field grand slam to right, ballooning the lead to 8-2 and chasing Pezos from the game.

Tasker Strobel allowed a run in the top of the eighth on a Kevin Krause RBI single, making it an 8-3 game.

The Revs scored again on a Mendoza single to the left side with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, providing the final 9-3 margin.

Blake Rogers closed things out with a scoreless ninth, ending the game when Jack Elliot’s ground ball hit Cespedes attempting to advance between first and second. The contact between the runner and the batted ball was confirmed after a meeting between the umpires, commencing the Revs’ victory line through the infield for the ninth consecutive game.

Notes: The Revs have also won 12 of their last 13. York has a current five-game road winning streak and now a six-game home winning streak. Rodriguez’ home run is the 56^th of his Revs career, tying Carlos Franco for fifth on the all-time list. The grand slam is the Revs’ second in three games and third as a team this season. The slam is Rodriguez’ second of the year, making him the eighth player in team history to hit two grand slams in the same season. He also becomes the sixth to hit at least three in his Revs career as he now sits tied for second on the career grand slams list, trailing only Franco’s four. Vasquez has allowed just three earned runs combined through two starts and has walked only one batter in 11.0 innings. Gross and Rogers extended scoreless streaks to seven consecutive outings, season-bests for a Revs reliever, while Strobel’s ended at six straight. Martin and Trent Giambrone extended hitting streaks to seven games while Rivero’s reached six. Mendoza (two RBI) has now driven in 13 runs on his 10-game hitting streak which is the Revs’ second-longest streak of the year. Rhinesmith (two RBI) now has 12 RBI in his last six games. Otosaka stole his 15^th bag of the season, breaking a tie with Martin for second-most steals in the league. Revs lefty Derek Holland was placed on the Injured List with a season-ending elbow injury. York’s Nick Raquet (4-2, 1.96) will face Blake Loubier (0-2, 6.23) in Wednesday’s matchup at 6:30 p.m. Promotions include Discover Hanover Night presented by Markets at Hanover, Winning Wednesday presented by PA Lottery, Kwame Katana’s Out of School Bash, and Bark in the Park presented by Cover Six Canines. The series is presented by Explore York. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.

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