August 29-31

The eighth month of the calendar year ended on a Wednesday, for me it was a night for a trip across the Wright's Ferry Bridge into York County. In downtown York the Revolution was hosting the Staten Island Ferryhawks in game #2 of a midweek series, the Revs had won the opener on Tuesday night. The famous author Charles Dickens once wrote a famous tale of two cities, on this night we saw a tale of two ballgames. Through six innings the Revolution played their own particular version of Home Run Derby, they scored thirteen runs on the strength of eight home runs with every run scoring thanks to the long ball. A pair of two-run homers in the second by Troy Stokes and J.C. Encarnacion gave the Home Team a 4-0 lead, in the third Jhon Nunez and Yefri Perez went back-to-back solo shots making it 6-0. Nellie Rodriguez went yard with a man on in the fourth, two innings later five more runs were added on a Telvin Nash solo homer, a two-run shot by Nunez (his second of the night) and another two-runner by Stokes (HIS second of the game). All of this would have kept Cannonball Charlie extremely busy but he was not there, the organization was running a sensory-oriented experience on this night and the cannon was not being used. Through six innings the visiting FerryHawks had scored just once, they were trailing 13-1 and you would have to figure the issue was decided, right? WRONG!! Over the last three innings of regulation Staten Island rallied with four in the seventh, five in the eighth and three in the ninth to tie the game, in the tenth they scored twice and made it stand up for an incredible 15-13 comeback win. Twenty-eight total runs were scored, it was 13-1 through six innings and 14-0 the other way over the last four. The clubs combined to use thirteen pitchers, reliever Kyle Zurak worked the tenth for the Revs and took the decision. It's often been said that you never know what you're going to see at the ballpark, this night in the Atlantic League will undoubtedly be talked about for a long time. Take care, thanks for reading.