Staten Island FerryHawks 19, York Revolution 11
(July 11, 2025 – York, Pa.): The York Revolution flirted with one of the greatest comebacks in franchise history, but saw the Staten Island FerryHawks pull away late to take a 19-11 decision on Friday night in front of 4,047 fans at WellSpan Park.
The combined 30 runs tied the second-highest total in a game in Revs history as it marked just the fifth time ever that many combined runs had been scored.
Down 14-3 in the sixth inning, the Revs mounted an eight-run rally that had the home faithful believing. After loading the bases with no outs on a Ryan Higgins single and a pair of walks, Frankie Tostado brought the first run of the outburst home with a grounder that accounted for the second out of the inning. Marty Costes roped a two-run double to left center to chase reliever Trayson Kubo. Reinier Parra walked Shayne Fontana and issued a wild pitch to push two into scoring position. Brandon Lewis extended his hitting streak to nine games, driving in both on a single against the Arch Nemesis in left. Jaylin Davis reached on an infield single, and Higgins contributed his second hit of the inning with an RBI knock to right center. Alexis Olmeda lined an RBI single to left, and Jeremy Arocho smacked an RBI infield single off Parra’s cleats as the Revs suddenly closed to within 14-11 after matching their largest inning of the season for the third time.
Parker Bugg held it close with a scoreless seventh, but Mark Contreras added a run to the Hawks lead with a solo homer to right in the eighth.
Attempting to get three innings out of Bugg whose previous season-high was two innings, the Revs saw Staten Island put together its third big inning of the night with a four-run ninth. Cristhian Rodriguez sparked it with a one-out triple to the right field corner, and with the infield in, Brandon Martorano slapped an RBI single to left. Following a pop up single to shallow left by Drew Maggi (3-for-3, four RBI) and a hit by pitch of Eddy Diaz, Kolby Johnson lined a sac fly to left and Contreras (five RBI) ripped a two-run double to right to close the scoring.
Early on, it was an exchange of single-run innings as the Revs led 3-2 at the end of four.
Each team scored in the second as Maggi’s two-out single plated the game’s first, while Davis brought home a run for the Revs on a fielder’s choice grounder for a 1-1 tie.
Arocho doubled off the Nemesis with one out in the third and stole third base, prompting an errant throw from Martorano that allowed him to score the go-ahead run for a 2-1 Revs lead.
Staten Island loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth but could only manage one run against Revs starter Michael Horrell on a Maggi sac fly, tying the game at 2-2.
Davis slammed a solo homer to left center in the bottom of the fourth to put the Revs back on top 3-2, as he tied Jalen Miller for the team lead with his 11th of the year and second in as many nights.
Horrell (3-3) found himself facing a bases loaded, no-out jam for the second consecutive inning in the fifth, following a hit batter, a single, and an error. Pablo Sandoval topped a game-tying grounder to second, and Horrell was nearly out of the inning after striking out Martorano for the second out. Maggi had other ideas, giving Staten Island the lead with a two-run single off the Nemesis. Diaz followed with an RBI infield hit. An errant back pick by Olmeda allowed another run to score and Contreras’ RBI single chased Horrell. Reliever Alex Katz uncorked a wild pitch to plate one more as the FerryHawks scored seven in the inning, six of which were unearned.
Katz stayed on for the sixth and recorded the first out on a ground ball, but saw his next five batters reach via four walks and a hit by pitch. The lefty was charged with five runs in just two-thirds of an inning and was released following the game.
Staten Island capitalized on a five-run sixth as Contreras greeted righty Dallas Woolfolk with a sac fly to center, and Aaron Takacs smacked a two-run single into center as Staten Island’s lead reached its apex at 14-3.
Lewis recorded the final out on the mound for the Revs in the ninth, striking out Takacs to end the inning. The Revs’ third baseman and sometimes knuckleballer logged his third scoreless appearance of the season in doing so.
After being forced to make an all-night return home from a scheduled night finale in High Point the evening before, despite a day game being scheduled the previous afternoon, a weary bunch of Revs played an uncharacteristically sloppy game. Their three errors were their most in a game since June 4 as they had committed just one miscue over the previous nine contests. Their six unearned runs were a season-high, and their 10 walks issued were the most since a season-high 11 handed out on May 23, as they had entered Friday’s play having walked the second fewest batters in the league. They issued a franchise record five hit-by-pitches, eclipsing the previous mark of four set twice during the 2021 season.
While Staten Island set a franchise record with 19 runs in the game, it tied the second-most runs allowed in a game in Revs history and was the most since a 19-5 loss at Charleston on June 6, 2024.
Notes: The last time the Revs were involved in a game with 30 combined runs was nearly two years prior to the day, an 18-12 loss to Spire City on July 12, 2023. The 30 combined runs fall three short of a Revs record for highest scoring game in franchise history, which was a 17-16 win vs Gastonia on October 3, 2021. Tostado cracked his 35th double of the season in the bottom of the ninth, eclipsing the league’s top mark from all of last season; he is now six doubles shy of a Revs single season record and 15 away from the league’s all-time mark. Costes and Higgins both tied season-bests with three-hit games; Costes’ was his second in three contests. The Revs are just 7,017 fans shy of reaching 4 million through the regular season gates at WellSpan Park all-time.
Up Next: York hosts Staten Island on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. as RHP Foster Pace (6-2, 5.29) faces righty Ryan Kehoe (1-0, 0.00). The night features Postgame Inside-the-Park Fireworks presented by Blue Moon Light. It is also Negro League Night and the homestand is sponsored by York Fresh Food Farms. Tickets are on sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and in-person at the Shipley Energy Ticket Office.
Lancaster Stormers 5, Long Island Ducks 2
The Lancaster Stormers won with eyes and arms on Friday night.
Lancaster drew four bases loaded walks while Noah Skirrow pitched an eight-inning gem as the Stormers defeated the Long Island Ducks, 5-2, in the opener of a three-game series at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.
Two walks around an infield single loaded the bases in the first, and Joe Campagna picked up a run with a sacrifice fly to left.
Skirrow (9-3) allowed a solo homer to Cody Thomas in the home second, a blast to dead center.
While Skirrow kept the Ducks at bay, Lancaster again took advantage of a spell of wildness from Ryan Sandberg (3-3) in the top of the fifth. Singles by Yeison Coca and Nick Ward around a walk to Slater Schield loaded the bases. Ariel Sandoval and Campagna picked up consecutive RBI walks to give the Stormers a 3-1 edge.
Long Island strung together a double by River Town, who stole third, and a single by Ivan Castillo in the sixth, but those would be their final baserunners of the game. Skirrow walked through the eighth inning, yielding five hits and no walks. He struck out only three.
After Evan Alexander and Ward drew consecutive bases loaded walks in the ninth to give the bullpen a three-run cushion, Gerson Moreno retired the side in order in the bottom of the ninth for his second save.
Michael McAvene (2-1) will square off against Jonah Dipoto (1-2) on Saturday evening. Fans may follow the action on FloBaseball, beginning at 6:30.
NOTES: Skirrow became the first Lancaster starter to work into the eighth inning this season…He threw only 95 pitches…Moreno threw his sixth straight scoreless appearance…Mason Martin was a late scratch from the lineup…Ariel Sandoval lost his hitting streak at eight games…All four Lancaster hits were singles…Ward and Coca had two each.
Gastonia Ghost Peppers 13, High Point Rockers 7
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Gastonia Ghost Peppers scored four times in the first inning and built a 7-4 lead after three innings in posting a 13-7 win over the High Point Rockers on Friday day at Truist Point.
The loss puts the Rockers 42-25 overall and 1-3 in the second half. Gastonia improved to 30-37 and 2-2.
Rocker starter Jared Henry (L, 0-1) all Gastonia lead-off hitter Nate Scantlin a homer to start the game and then gave up three more runs. The Rockers rallied in the bottom of the first for three runs including a bases-loaded walk to Ben Aklinski, a run-scoring fielder’s choice by Isaiah Mirabal and a run on a wild pitch.
High Point tied the game in the second on a double by Luis Gonzalez and an RBI single from Drew Mendoza, one of for hits he had on the night.
The Peppers touched Henry for two more runs in the third on RBI singles by Scantlin and Jake Meyer, and another run in the fourth on the first of Eric De La Rosa’s triples. De La Rosa would add a two-run triple in the sixth.
The Rockers pulled to within 10-5 in the sixth on RBI singles from Mendoza and Alex Dickerson. But Gastonia’s Ethan Skender blasted a three-run homer in the seventh to take a 13-6 lead.
Aklinski hit his team-leading 16th homer of the season with one out in the ninth to account for the 13-7 final.
Behind Mendoza’s 4-for-4 effort, Gonzalez and Aklinski each finished with a pair of hits.
Gastonia was led by Scantlin, Skender, Kevin Watson, Jr. and De La Rosa with two hits each.
Henry (L, 0-1) took the loss while Gastonia reliever John Wilson (W, 3-1) earned the win with 4.1 innings of relief work following starter Duane Underwood, Jr.
Game two of the three-game series is slated for a 6:35 p.m. start on Saturday night at Truist Point.
NOTES: The Rockers signed a pair of pitchers including LHP Win Scott who pitched at Ragsdale High and NC State before finishing his career at San Jose State . . . Also RHP Andrew Simone who pitched at Barton College and West Texas A&M.
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