Terry powers Legends past York with late comeback win

Curtis Terry kept Lexington’s rally within reach with two solo homers, and the Legends turned a three-run deficit into a 7-6 win over York on Wednesday night at Legends Field. The comeback, finished with four runs in the eighth, gave Lexington its fifth straight victory and pushed the club to a 5-0 start in the second half.

Terry finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a double and an RBI. His first-inning blast put Lexington on the board early, and his second homer in the sixth tied the game at 3-3 before York answered again. The Revolution then swung back in front with a three-run inning of their own, and Shed Long Jr. supplied the biggest hit in that frame with a two-run double as part of a three-RBI night that gave York a 6-3 lead.

Lexington did not blink. Nick Senzel opened the bottom of the eighth with a single, Terry followed with another hit, and Eric Rataczak crushed a three-run homer to right field to tie the score. Juan Gonzalez then delivered the decisive swing with an RBI single that scored Tres Gonzalez and sent the Legends ahead for good. Rataczak finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and the Atlantic League’s official scoreboard showed Lexington 7, York 6 at the end of the night.

The finish fit the pattern Lexington has built over the past month. The Legends had already beaten York 4-1 on Tuesday, July 7, and they entered Wednesday on a two-game run against the Revolution before extending the streak to five. Earlier this season, Lexington also erased a 7-0 deficit to beat Gastonia 15-13 on June 9, another game that turned on late offense rather than an easy lead.

That kind of win matters in a season built for urgency. The Atlantic League’s 2026 schedule runs 126 games before the North and South Division Championship Series and the Atlantic League Championship Series, so every second-half result carries weight. Lexington also added another familiar bat to the mix on May 24, when the club announced the signing of Nick Senzel, the former Major League standout and former Cincinnati Reds first-round pick. On this night, though, it was Terry and another late burst that kept Lexington rolling.