(August 21, 2019 – York, Pa.):  Duke von Schamann turned in a masterpiece, firing a complete game three-hit shutout as the York Revolution earned a doubleheader split with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, winning 5-0 in the nightcap after a 6-1 defeat in the opener on Wednesday night at PeoplesBank Park.  The first place Revs, now 23-16 in the second half with a 1.0-game lead for first place will look to take three of four in the series as the homestand concludes on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

The twi-night doubleheader was a result of Tuesday’s rainout. York right-hander Dan Minor got the start in the opener and worked his way around two singles to toss a scoreless top of the first inning.

Southern Maryland southpaw Tommy Thorpe answered with a scoreless inning of his own in the bottom of the frame.

The Crabs got on the board first by taking a 1-0 lead in the top half of the second courtesy of a Charlie Valerio solo home run. Southern Maryland added three more runs in the top of the third on an RBI double to right-center from Tony Thomas and a two-run home run to left-center from Cory Vaughn to make the score 4-0 after three innings of play.

Edwin Garcia added an RBI single in the top of the fifth to drive the Blue Crab lead to 5-0.

The Revs answered with a run in their half of the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly off of the bat of Isaias Tejeda to cut the lead to 5-1.

Phil Walby was a bright spot in game one for York, as he worked two scoreless innings out of the bullpen while striking out three to keep the deficit where it stood.

Southern Maryland added a run off of reliever Rob Carson on a Thomas RBI single in the seventh to finalize the score at 6-1.

von Schamann took the mound for game two and got off to a great start in the top of the first by tossing a perfect frame.

Southern Maryland starter Dusten Knight responded with a scoreless inning of his own, and was dominant early as he struck out six of his first nine batters faced.

After von Schamann faced the minimum through three, the Revs bats woke up in a big way in their half of the third inning. Knight struck out the first two York batters to start the frame, but Justin Trapp kept the inning alive by doubling to right-center. Welington Dotel followed with a two-run home run to right field to give the Revs a 2-0 lead. The next batter, Telvin Nash, smashed a first pitch fastball to deep left-center field for his 33rd home run of the season to extend the lead to 3-0. Tejeda doubled to keep the two-out rally going, and after a walk to Carlos Franco, Melky Mesa slapped an RBI single up the middle to plate Tejeda and drive the lead to 4-0.