Loper pitches scoreless gem as Legends beat Revolution 4-1

Jimmy Loper gave Lexington the stabilizing start it needed, working 5.2 scoreless innings and allowing only two hits in a 4-1 win over the York Revolution at Legends Field. The Legends moved to 4-0 in the second half.

The game, played July 7, 2026, opened with Lexington scoring early. Tres Gonzalez singled in the first inning and scored on Curtis Terry’s RBI double, then Eric Rataczak followed with another RBI single to put the Legends ahead 2-0 before York had settled in.

Loper did not cruise, walking four, but he kept the Revolution from putting together any sustained pressure. He struck out six and worked through traffic without surrendering a run, handing the game to a bullpen that preserved the cushion the rest of the way.

Curtis Terry hit a solo home run in the sixth inning, his eighth of the season, and Rataczak later added another RBI single to score Jackson Feltner and stretch the lead to 4-0. Terry and Rataczak each finished 3-for-4, with Terry adding a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.

York finally broke through in the seventh when Shed Long Jr. hit a solo homer, but the Revolution could not build on it. Lexington’s bullpen finished with three scoreless innings, capped by Carson Lambert’s perfect ninth for his seventh save.

Terry had already delivered a two-run double in a June 5 victory over Hagerstown that pushed the Legends to 18-21, and on Monday he again provided the swing that widened the margin.