Thanks to rival Lancaster, the York Revolution have the basement in the Atlantic League's Freedom Division all to themselves.

The Barnstormers dumped the Revs (7-14) into sole possession of the cellar with a 7-3 thrashing Saturday night at Sovereign Bank Stadium in front of 5,688 fans. It was the second meeting of the season between the Route 30 rivals.

Lancaster (8-13) broke the game open with a five-run sixth-inning. Barnstormers No. 3 hitter Brian Stavisky was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and three runs batted in. He was also hit by a pitch.

One night after a closed-door clubhouse meeting following Friday's rain-soaked loss -- after which Revs manager Chris Hoiles declined to meet with the media -- the aftermath of that pow-wow appeared to do little to change the recent direction of the club.

"Everything they (Lancaster) hit goes in the air, everything we hit was on the ground," Hoiles said. "I don't know why. But that's the way everything's been going right now. But yeah, I liked the effort."

And the effort was solid, as were the results -- for a

while, anyway.

York starter Corey Thurman pitched five strong innings, giving up a two-run home run to Stavisky but little else.

York's Tyler Von Schell tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth with a deep blast over the short wall in left.

But it fell apart shortly thereafter.

Thurman departed without retiring a batter in the sixth. He hit Danny Gonzalez to start

off the frame, then surrendered four consecutive base hits, including back-to-back RBI doubles to Stavisky and Manny Mejia.

"I thought Corey threw the ball well," Hoiles said. "He had himself one inning ... I don't know what happened. He hit Gonzalez to start off the frame, and it seemed to go from there. I don't know if it was a concentration thing. I don't know what it was. It went downhill pretty quick."

Thurman was relieved by newcomer and former Rev Dave Gil, who was just reacquired on Friday when pitcher Pete Munro was placed on the disabled list with a sore shoulder.

The Barnstormers greeted Gil rudely when Lance Burkhart took him deep over the fence in right center field on Gil's second pitch back in a Revs uniform. Burkhart's two-run blast made it 7-2.

York's Jason Aspito

homered down the right-field line in seventh, a solo shot that cut it to 7-3.

But the Revs could not manage to close that gap any further against relievers Yamel Guevara and Judd Songster.

Lancaster starter Tim McClaskey went six innings, surrendering two runs (one earned) on five hits to gain the victory.

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Notes: York has not exactly proven to be a comeback club thus far in 2008. After Saturday night's game, the Revs are now 1-12 in games they find themselves either tied or trailing after six innings. ... Since reaching the .500 level at 4-4 on May 3, the Revs are just 3-10. ... Von Schell's long fifth-inning home run cleared the children's playground in left field and exited the stadium grounds onto Arch Street on one bounce. ... York right fielder Matt Esquivel was tossed after arguing a called third strike in the bottom of the seventh. ... Newark took over first place in the Freedom Division with a doubleheader sweep Saturday at Somerset. The Bears beat he Patriots, 9-2 in the first game and 1-0 in the nightcap.

TODAY'S GAME

   Who: Lancaster Barnstormers (8-13) vs. York Revolution (7-14)
   When: Today, 1:37 p.m.
   Where: Sovereign Bank Stadium
   Starters: York LHP Dave Gassner (1-1, 1.35) vs. RHP Ricardo Gomez (1-1, 2.77)
   Radio: WSBA-AM 910