ANOTHER LEAD SLIPS AWAY

Late Rally Boosts York

Troy Stokes, Jr., who knocked in five runs on Sunday, slugged a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth, then put York over the top with a two-run single in the seventh as the Revolution rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Lancaster Barnstormers at WellSpan Park.

Lancaster struck big early.  Jake Hoover tripled home Joseph Carpenter in the top of the second then scored on a ground out by Yeison Coca. 

After Trey Martin knocked home a York run in the bottom of the third, the Barnstormers reached starter Pedro Vasquez for five hits and three runs in the top of the fourth.  Wilson Garcia drilled a single off Vasquez’ foot and moved to second on a one-out bunt single by Jack Conley.  Hoover drove home his second run of the game with a single through the hole at shortstop.  Coca added a single for a 4-1 lead, and Andretty Cordero bounced a single through the right side as Lancaster went up, 5-1.

Alexis Pantoja’s RBI double cut the lead to 5-2, but the Barnstormers countered quickly in the top of the fifth.  Trayvon Robinson doubled to left, took third on a Garcia line drive to right and scored when Carpenter lofted a fly ball to the warning track in left.

However, despite adding one hit per inning over the final four frames, the Barnstormers were unable to score again, opening the way for the York rally.

Drew Mendoza’s third hit of the evening, a single to center, opened the sixth off Lancaster starter Brandyn Sittinger.  Stokes followed with his blast to left center to cut the lead to 6-4. 

Sittinger preserved the lead for the remainder of the sixth inning, but the bullpen faltered in the seventh.  Bret Clarke (0-3) walked Tomo Otosaka on four pitches to start the inning.  Martin singled the runner to second, and Jacob Rhinesmith was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Manager Ross Peeples went to Jesus Liranzo.  A passed ball charged to Conley allowed Otosaka to cross the plate with York’s fifth run.  Nellie Rodriguez walked to refill the bags.  Liranzo struck out Mendoza, but Stokes drilled a liner out to the left field wall to score the tying and lead runs.

J.T. Hintzen (3-3) threw a scoreless seventh to earn the win.  Victor Capellan survived a one-out double by Kelly Dugan in the ninth for his seventh save.

Lancaster will send Brent Teller (2-2) to the hill on Wednesday night to square off against lefty Nick Raquet (4-3).  Fans may tune into FloBaseball, starting at 6:25.

NOTES:  York retook first place in the division as Southern Maryland fell, 5-0, at Gastonia…Lancaster dropped to 4-11 in one-run games…Hoover had his first three-hit game of the season…Cordero had his fourth game with three or more…For the first time in the last eight games, the Barnstormers failed to score seven runs, but they have scored five or more in 10 straight…The club is hitting .323 on the current road trip…Carpenter has 14 RBI in his last nine games…Cordero has a seven-game hitting streak but failed to score for the first time in 10 games…Robinson also has a seven-game hitting streak…Melvin Mercedes lost a six-game streak.