York Revolution 13, Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 3
(July 18, 2025 – Hagerstown, Md.): The York Revolution turned a close game into a runaway with an eight-run seventh inning, downing the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars, 13-3 in their series opener Friday night at Meritus Park.
For the first time in 10 second half games, the Revs scored the game’s first run as Jalen Miller cracked a one-out double down the left field line, stole third, and scored on Frankie Tostado’s RBI groundout to second in the top of the first.
Revs starter Adalberto Flores navigated the first three innings in scoreless fashion in his debut start, and Brandon Lewis added to the lead, belting a solo homer to left in the top of the fourth to make it 2-0.
Gary Mattis singled to lead off the home fourth for Hagerstown and Tyler Williams drove him in with a triple up the alley in left center to slash the Revs lead to 2-1. York played the infield in as Flores notched a strikeout of Dante Leach for the first out, but had to exit during Bryce Cannon’s at-bat due to cramping. Kevin Miranda was brought in to make his Revs debut and was greeted with a double to right by Cannon, tying the score at 2-2.
Miranda (1-0) allowed only that inherited run, totaling 2.2 scoreless innings while striking out four to earn the win in his Revs debut.
Tostado was denied of giving the Revs the lead in the fifth when Williams made a phenomenal over-the-shoulder grab in deep center to end the inning, but York went back ahead in the sixth as Shayne Fontana ripped an RBI single into right, plating Lewis who had doubled.
The Revs busted it wide open with a season-high-tying eight run inning in the seventh, their second in as many days.
York set the table for the huge seventh as Hagerstown reliever Michael Saturria loaded the bases on walks to Alexis Olmeda and Miller sandwiching a Jeremy Arocho single. Rogelio Quesada was summoned and allowed a two-strike RBI single to left by Tostado (13-game hitting streak) before forcing in a pair of runs on walks to William Simoneit and Lewis. Fontana picked up an RBI on a fielder’s choice and stole second before Bubba Alleyne walked to reload the bases. Ryan Higgins greeted righty Casey Marshalwitz with a two-run double to right, and a third run scored when right fielder Cary Arbolida’s throw bounced through the infield and all the way into the Revs’ third base dugout. Olmeda capped the rally, plating Higgins on an RBI groundout as the lead ballooned to 11-2.
Fontana added an RBI single in the eighth and Tostado provided the Revs’ final run with a ninth inning sac fly to deep right.
Out of the Revs bullpen, Ian Churchill struck out two around a trio of walks for a scoreless seventh, and Maurico Llovera fanned a pair in a scoreless eighth.
Cam Robinson saw his 10-outing scoreless streak and 17-appearance streak without allowing an earned run end on Mattis’ RBI single in the ninth, but struck out two and recorded a flyout to close out the victory.
Notes: The Revs improve to 45-28, 17 games over .500, one shy of matching their highwater mark of the year. York improves to 17-2 against Hagerstown, 10-0 at Meritus Park. Flores struck out six in 3.1 innings in his debut. The Revs struck out 16 in the game, just three games after tying a club record for a nine-inning game with 18 strikeouts in Tuesday’s win vs High Point. Robinson’s run was his first allowed since June 8 and just his second earned run allowed all season (first since May 15); he allowed two hits after giving up just three hits in his previous 14.0 innings. Offensively, the Revs had 13 hits and drew 10 walks to just four strikeouts. Miller (2-for-4) enjoyed a fifth consecutive multi-hit game, now 13-for-24 (.542) on that stretch. Tostado’s 13-game hitting streak is one shy of a Revs’ season-best (14, Marty Costes); he drove in three runs, giving him 17 RBI in his last 10 games. Lewis homered for the second straight day and with two RBI, now has 20 RBI in his last 16 games. Fontana (2-for-5) drove in three, giving him 11 RBI in his first 11 games with York while notching his seventh multi-hit game and extending his hitting streak to seven. Higgins (2-for-4, two RBI) is now batting .419 (13-for-31) with eight RBI in his last nine games. The Revs have scored 83 runs in their past eight games.
Up Next: The series continues Saturday at 6 p.m. as RHP Foster Pace (7-2, 5.35) faces lefty Mike Kickham (4-5, 3.94). 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 5:40 p.m.
Lancaster Stormers 5, High Point Rockers 2
Michael McAvene continued Lancaster’s recent stretch of excellent starting pitching on Friday night, leading the Stormers to a 5-2 win over the High Point Rockers in the opener of a three-game series at Penn Medicine Park.
McAvene (3-1) limited the Rockers to six hits over seven innings while walking none and striking out five. He became the seventh consecutive Lancaster starter to work at least five innings and yield two or fewer runs.
The only damage off the native Hoosier came in the fifth inning when Braxton Davidson led off with a towering homer to right. D.J. Burt followed with a single and stole second. Burt scored on a long single to left by Nolan Watson, who pulled up hobbling around first and left the game. Luis Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, advancing pinch runner Isaiah Mirabal to second. McAvene escaped the inning on a pair of deep fly balls.
He yielded only one single over the remaining two innings.
Lancaster took an early 2-0 lead off Fin del Bonta-Smith (0-1). Nick Ward and Yeison Coca opened the game with singles to center. Mason Martin grounded into a 3-6 force play before stealing second. Ariel Sandoval launched a sac fly to right for the game’s first run. Drew Mendoza made a wild throw on a grounder by Nick Lucky as Martin strode home with the second tally.
After High Point’s lone uprising tied the game in the fifth, the Stormers went on the attack in the bottom of the inning. With one out, Daniel Amaral rolled a single up the middle and stole second. Evan Alexander belted his first homer since June 24 down the right field line for a 4-2 lead, spelling the end for del Bonta-Smith. Gabe Klobosits took over and allowed singles to Ward and Martin around a fly out by Coca. Sandoval walked to load the bases, and Lucky brought a run home with a hopper over the mound that died on the infield rug.
Jackson Rees pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the eighth to hold the lead. Scott Engler allowed a leadoff single by Ben Aklinski in the ninth but retired the side afterward, striking out two to earn his first save.
Noah Bremer (4-1) will make the start for the Stormers on Saturday evening against High Point’s Mike Devine (0-0). Fireworks will follow the game. Fans may tune into FloBaseball at 6:40.
NOTES: The Stormers maintained a one-game lead over York in the North…Engler became the ninth different Stormer to earn a save this season…Amaral’s steal was his club-leading 33rd of the season…Right-hander David Hess made his debut with the Rockers, his first work since beginning his second battle with cancer.
Long Island Ducks 5, Charleston Dirty Birds 1
(Central Islip, N.Y., July 18, 2025) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the Charleston Dirty Birds 5-1 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.
Troy Viola drove home the game’s first run with a sacrifice fly to center field in the second inning. Seth Beer followed in the third with a two-run home run to right field off Dirty Birds starter Kyle McGowin to make it a 3-0 game. Ivan Castillo made it a four-run advantage in the fifth with a two-out RBI single to shallow left-center.
Charleston got on the scoreboard in the sixth courtesy of a solo home run to right-center by Keon Barnum off Ducks starter Jonah Dipoto. However, the Ducks got the run back in the seventh when Viola doubled, moved to third on a flyout and scored on an error.
Dipoto (2-2) earned the win, tossing six innings of one-run ball, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out 12. The 12 strikeouts were a career-high for Dipoto and the most by a Ducks pitcher in a single game this season. McGowin (2-6) took the loss, throwing all eight innings, yielding five runs (four earned) on six hits and three walks with eight strikeouts.
Beer led the Ducks offensively with two hits, two RBIs and a run. Castillo added two hits, an RBI and a run. Braydon Nelson, Michael Reed and Keynan Middleton each threw a scoreless inning in relief for the Flock.
The Ducks and Dirty Birds continue their three-game set on Saturday night. Game time is slated for 6:35 p.m., with the Fairfield Properties Ballpark gates opening at 5:35 (5:20 for full season ticket holders). Following the game, all fans in attendance will be treated to a Fireworks Spectacular, presented by Amazon. It’s also a Long Island MacArthur Airport Lucky Seat Saturday at the ballpark, and one lucky fan will win 40,000 Breeze Points, enough for two roundtrip tickets, from MacArthur Airport to a Breeze Airways nonstop destination. Right-hander Tim Melville (3-0, 3.31) takes the mound for the Ducks against Dirty Birds lefty Luis de Avila (2-0, 2.87).
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