York Revolution (66-48, 30-21) @ Camden Riversharks (51-63, 28-23)

Friday, September 9, 2011

Campbell's Field:  Camden, NJ

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THURMAN CLAIMS ANOTHER PIECE OF REVOLUTION HISTORY WITH BIG ROAD WIN IN CAMDEN

Corey Thurman made history on Friday night tying the York Revolution’s all-time single-season wins record with his 12^th victory of the season, as the Revs earned a series win with a 5-4 victory over the Camden Riversharks in front of 5,436 fans at Campbell’s Field.  The Revs maintain a four-game Freedom Division lead while their magic number to clinch shrinks to seven.  Their road trip continues at Somerset on Saturday night.

Thurman (12-3) tied Wayne Franklin (2008) for the most wins in a season in club history, while also establishing the club’s record for longest personal winning streak with his sixth consecutive winning decision.  He allowed just two runs on four hits in 6.1 innings, improving to 11-1 lifetime against the Riversharks in the process, his 11^th consecutive win head-to-head against Camden.

The Revs fell behind in the first inning, as Alvin Colina lined a two-out RBI single to right field for the game’s first run, but Thurman did not allow another hit until the sixth inning.

Camden starter Eddy Camacho carried a shutout into the sixth, maintaining the 1-0 lead.  The Revs stranded multiple runners in three of the first four innings against Camacho, and squandered opportunities in the third and fourth when their first two batters reached, but both were left in scoring position.

York broke through in the sixth inning as Bryant Nelson lined an RBI single to left field tying the game, and Vince Harrison followed with the game’s biggest hit, a three-run homerun to centerfield, lifting York on top 4-1.

Colina led off the bottom of the seventh with a homerun to left cutting the lead to 4-2 but after Thurman retired the next batter, lefty Kris Regas made his Revs debut recording the final two outs in the inning.

Lloyd Turner rapped an RBI double to right field with one out in the bottom of the eighth pulling Camden within 4-3, but reliever Sean Stidfole came back to strike out Colina and retire Willis Otanez on a groundball back to the mound, stranding two runners including the tying run at second base.

The Revs plated an important insurance run in the ninth as Scott Grimes led off with a triple off the fence in left-center, and scored when Chris Walker’s pop up dropped in shallow right for a base hit.  Grimes raced home to score the run, his league-leading 90^th run of the season.

Jake Eigsti connected on a solo homerun to left-center with two outs in the ninth, but R.J. Rodriguez retired Juan Francia on a grounder back to the mound to record his seventh save and second in as many nights.

The Revs pounded out 13 hits, one night after posting a dozen in the hit column.  Grimes and Walker each went 3-for-5 at the top of the order.

Notes: Thurman’s six-game winning streak also ties the longest streak of his professional career, set in 2001 with Double-A Wichita and matched with two victories at the end of the 2009 season followed by four more to start the 2010 campaign.  The Revs have won back-to-back games, earning a series win after dropping their opener.  The four runs allowed by the Revs were the most in the three-game series.  York finishes the regular season series 14-4 against Camden, their second best mark against any opponent in club history; York won five of the six series.  The Revs are now 17-10 in one-run games on the season.  York is 18 games over .500, one shy of matching the club record of 19 set last Thursday.  York’s Lorenzo Barcelo (3-0, 4.07) will start Saturday’s game at Somerset with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.  Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 1350 and Shoutcast.com (WPDC) beginning at 6:30 p.m. with Darrell Henry on the call.