York rallies past Lexington with late homer, takes 6-5 win

Lexington had a home win in hand until York found the one swing that mattered. Tomo Otosaka’s two-run homer to right field in the seventh inning flipped a 5-4 game into a 6-5 Revolution victory Saturday night at CommonSpirit Ballpark.

The Legends were first to strike and then answered every early York push. Andrew Ramirez put the Revolution ahead 1-0 with an RBI single in the third, but Juan Gonzalez quickly tied it when he drove in Gabe Howell. Lexington then took control in the fifth with a three-run burst, as Howell singled home a run and Curtis Terry added a sacrifice fly to build a 4-1 cushion.

Nic Laio gave Lexington a chance to hold that lead. He worked six innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on three hits while striking out six. Instead, York attacked in the sixth. Shed Long Jr. drilled a two-run double, Nick Dunn followed with an RBI single, and the Revolution were tied 4-4 before the inning ended.

With the game still hanging, Otosaka connected for the go-ahead homer. Lexington answered again in the eighth when Jackson Feltner reached and later scored on Terry’s second sacrifice fly of the night, trimming the deficit to 6-5, but York reliever Josh Mollerus closed the door with a scoreless ninth for his sixth save. John Armstrong took the loss, while Denny Bentley got the win in relief.

Juan Gonzalez and Tres Gonzalez each finished with two hits for Lexington, Terry drove in two runs, and Howell added an RBI and a run scored. The teams close the six-game set Sunday at 2:00 p.m. back at CommonSpirit Ballpark, the newly named home of the Legends after Saturday’s naming-rights announcement with CommonSpirit Health.