June 17-19

Friday night baseball on the other side of the river, on this night I got my first look at the Bridgeport Bluefish in 2016 as they visited York in the opener of a weekend set. The Atlantic League's trade winds blew between Lancaster and York late Thursday night, the Barnstormers sending outfielder Travis Witherspoon to the Revs in exchange for pitcher Kelvin De La Cruz. Witherspoon had played a role in the Stormers' six-run inning against Sugar Land on Wednesday, his Revs debut on this night played out in an eerily similar fashion. The visiting Bluefish scored single runs in the fourth and sixth innings, they added two more in the seventh for a 4-0 lead. In the home seventh the Revolution loaded the bases with one out, Witherspoon's two-run double put the Revs on the board, That was followed in consecutive at-bats by an Isaias Tejeda RBI groundout, a run-scoring hit from ex-Tampa Bay Ray Joel Guzman and a two-run home run by Telvin Nash. When the smoke cleared the Revs led 6-4, the bullpen closed it out from there. Reliever Luis Perdomo won it in relief of starter James Simmons (no relation to the Revs outfielder of the same name), Mike DeMark earned the save. The victory was noteworthy for the franchise, it was win #238 for Revs manager Mark Mason which is the most in club history. Mason was pitching coach for three years under former manager Andy Etchebarren, he took over the top spot when Etch retired after the 2013 season. On Saturday we had our usual lunch date in Quarryville, the rest of the weekend was spent indoors away from the heat and humidity. Take care, thanks for reading.