Font ResizeLANCASTER -- Matt Padgett's bat provided the fireworks as the York Revolution toppled the Lancaster Barnstormers 10-5 Sunday afternoon, wrapping up their final road series of the first half in grand fashion.
Padgett's one-out grand slam in the top of the ninth inning provided the Revolution with four of their six runs in the inning, as York came back from one run down to claim its third win in as many games.
Sunday's win also gave York its first road series win of the year.
It may have taken a little while, but as the Revolution head home for three games against Camden to wrap up the first half of the season, the feeling in the clubhouse has taken a drastic turn from where it had been earlier in the season.
"It's very nice," York manager Chris Hoiles said. "It's a different club from what it's been. The confidence is different. Everyone believes in what we're doing."
York had to battle Lancaster's most solid pitcher Sunday afternoon as it looked to match its season-best winning streak.
Eric Junge entered Sunday's game 4-1 with a 1.73 ERA since joining the Barnstormers June 3.
In the end, neither Junge, who was named Atlantic League pitcher of the month for June, nor York starter Dan Foli played a role in the decision, as it came down to Lancaster closer Antonio Alfonseca and a rejuvenated Revolution lineup.
The York rally in the ninth inning stunned most of the 3,915 fans in attendance, as the Revolution batted through the order and combined for six
The Revolution's P.J. Rose hit a long single off the right field wall to score Matt Esquivel in the top of the ninth and tie the game at 5-5.
Tom Collaro followed up Rose with what would be the winning RBI, dropping a broken bat single in short right field that scored Keoni DeRenne.
Jason Aspito, whose 11-game hit streak hit a dead-end Sunday afternoon, walked to load the bases before Padgett's long ball made it 10-5 in favor of the visiting team.
"It was pretty exciting, I was excited," Hoiles said of watching Padgett's home run, York's first in three games. "At that point even a single is good, but four runs in one swing puts it over the top."
Ryan Goleski got the sixth hit off of Alfonseca in the final inning before the Barnstormers brought in Eddie Camacho, who recorded the final two outs to end York's hitting barrage.
Foli struggled early and battled through his five innings of work, giving up three runs on five hits, while walking five batters.
The Barnstormers roughed Foli up out of the gate, getting three runs on four hits --including a two-run home run by Michael Woods that gave Lancaster a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
But Foli settled down, and the Revolution came back with their own three-run inning in the third.
Carl Loadenthal was hit by a Junge pitch to lead off the third inning and had to leave the game. He was replaced by Matt Esquivel.
DeRenne and Rose hit back-to-back singles to load the bases for Collaro, who hit a double to the left-centerfield wall, clearing the bases as Rose chugged around from first, beating Gerard Haran's tag at home.
The Barnstormers added runs in the sixth and seventh off of York reliever Jason Kershner, and Aspito scored a run for York in the eighth inning on an RBI ground out by Ryan Goleski to pull within one of Lancaster, 5-4.
The Revs' Daryl Harang walked the first Barnstomer he faced in the bottom of the ninth, but settled down and worked cleanly through the next three batters to close out the York win.
"I'm proud of these guys," Hoiles said after the game. "They didn't quit. Even against a strong closer, they kept going till the end."
