Charleston pounds York 11-2 as Nick Dunn hits two more homers

Nick Dunn hit two more homers, but Charleston turned a fast start into an 11-2 rout Saturday night at GoMart Ballpark. Dunn’s pair gave him his fourth career multi-homer game and third in the past three weeks.

The Dirty Birds opened the game by drawing a pair of walks off Julian Costa and then cashing in with a three-run homer from Yassel Pino. Javier Crespo followed with his first professional home run in the second inning, Shawon Dunston Jr. added a two-run blast, and James Nelson also went deep as Charleston kept stretching the margin. Carlos De La Cruz and Narciso Crook later added RBI hits.

Costa’s pro debut six days earlier came against Southern Maryland, when he threw 6.2 scoreless innings with two hits allowed, two walks and four strikeouts.

The 22-year-old right-hander allowed one run over six innings, worked around traffic by inducing double plays and stranding runners, and earned his first professional victory. York put hits on the board in each of the first four innings, but Reddick kept the damage minimal until Dunn broke through with a solo homer in the fifth. Dunn homered again in the eighth, though by then the game was well out of reach.

Hunter Parsons, Jose Lopez and Joely Rodriguez each threw scoreless innings after Costa exited. Brian Rey extended his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest active run in the league at the time, and his on-base streak reached 32 games, tying for eighth-longest in Revolution history.

The result left York 3-2 in the series and 9-2 against Charleston this season. It also came one day after the Revolution had beaten the Dirty Birds 10-4, following Charleston’s 6-3 win on June 25 that snapped York’s three-game winning streak and its season-best three-game road winning streak. York entered the night having outscored Charleston 87-50.