Friday afternoon on the road West Of The River for my first 2022 appearance in York, the Revolution hosted the Staten Island FerryHawks. It goes without saying that as a Lancaster resident I am at the Barnstormers much more frequently but with the Stormers in the middle of a two-week road trip it was the perfect time to head across the bridge, a good number of the home dates in York thus far had been coinciding with other events. As a first-year franchise this was the Hawks' first-ever game in York, many of them reacted with obvious surprise when Cannonball Charlie welcomed the crowd in the middle of the first inning. The visitors had taken a 2-0 lead in the top of the inning, after Charlie blasted the cannon the Revs quickly tied it when Elmer Reyes walked and scored on a two-run homer over the Arch-Nemesis by Nellie Rodriguez. A solo home run by Connor Lien put the home team ahead 3-2 in the third, the FerryHawks replied in kind with two in the fourth to go back up 4-3. In the home fifth Reyes was hit by the pitch, Lien followed with his second round-tripper of the evening putting the Revs back ahead 5-4. In the ninth the Hawks scratched out the tying run, in the bottom half the Revolution walked it off in stunning fashion. After one was out Troy Stokes reached on a base hit, Reyes (who was in the middle of every rally on this night) batted next and lined a hit-and-run double into the left-field corner. The speedy Stokes rounded third as the throw was coming into the infield, he beat the relay throw at the plate by an eyelash with the winning run. As the Revs celebrated the walk-off the FerryHawks argued vehemently but to no avail. Jim Fuller pitched the ninth inning, he lost the save opportunity but was the winning pitcher in relief of Eduardo Rivera. Saturday was a quiet day save for lunch with Jenny and her mother, on Sunday we wrapped up the regular season with week #9 at Lions Park in Rothsville. One new player joined up bringing the season total to fifty-three overall. Hillside beat Ephrata and Township won over Warwick, we'll have July 3 off for the holiday and be back for playoffs on the 10th. Take care, thanks for reading.
