Bears 7-2 Win Evens Series

By Atlantic League Independent Wire Services on May 24, 2009

Newark, NJ – The York Revolution lost to the Newark Bears 7-2 on Saturday afternoon at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, with the weekend series now even at one win apiece. The Revs fall to 7-19, while Newark improves to 17-10. It sets up a rubber game in the series on Sunday afternoon.

Keoni DeRenne led off the game with a homerun to right field, the second first-inning leadoff homer in Revolution history, and DeRenne’s first of the season.

Newark quickly ripped off a three-spot in the bottom half of the first, however, taking an early 3-1 lead. Carl Everett drove in the tying run on a groundout, and Jay Gibbons smacked a two-run single down the first base line with two outs to give Newark the lead for good.

The Bears added another run in the second on Ramon Nivar’s RBI single to right, and would have scored two if not for Ryan Goleski throwing out Tike Redman at home plate. The Bears eventually would make it a 5-1 game though, as Everett came across to score on a wild pitch an inning later.

Tom Collaro launched a long homerun to left-center in the fourth inning, his second in as many days, and third of the season, cutting the deficit to 5-2.

The Bears got that run back though in the bottom of the fourth on another RBI hit to right off Nivar’s bat, chasing Revs starter Andy Shibilo.

Shibilo (0-1) suffered the loss in his first start, allowing six runs (four earned) on eight hits in 3.2 innings.

Brian Holliday retired the first eight that he faced in relief of Shibilo until Nivar reached on an error in the seventh inning. That led to an unearned run on Everett’s RBI single to left.

Holliday allowed just the one unearned run on two hits in 3.1 innings of work.

Josh Sharpless worked a scoreless eighth for York.

Newark’s Shawn Chacon (1-1) allowed just two runs on five hits in seven innings for the win.

DeRenne and Collaro each homered and doubled accounting for four of York’s five hits. The only other base hit came on Josh Johnson’s seventh inning single.

Oneli Perez and Armando Benitez worked scoreless innings of relief for the Bears to close it out.

Sunday’s game begins at 4:05, with Daryl Harang facing Jose Garcia. The Revs will go for their first series win of the season, in the finale of their seven-game road trip. Fans in York can catch the action live on NEWSRADIO 910 WSBA beginning at 3 p.m., or online at YorkRevolution.com.

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