Game 63: York 6, Long Island 3

On one side of the field, 15 former major leaguers and a number of other big name players filed off the field stunned. They wondered exactly how another lead, another game and another series got away from them.

Yet, on the other side of the diamond, a team with an odd mix of talent congratulated each other. A 15-year minor league veteran (Chris Ashby) who is now entrenched as a clutch No. 3 hitter, a right fielder (Sam Rosario) who was hitting .263 in the Can-Am League a couple weeks ago and a starting pitcher (Aaron Myette) who hadn’t pitched professionally in nearly two years before this spring all celebrated another win.

No, the York Revolution can’t match the big-money machine Long Island Ducks — in name recognition, paycheck girth or steroid allegations. But York proved once again Sunday afternoon that a successful ballclub is not made with dollars alone.

York rallied back from a three-run, first-inning deficit and capped a sweep of Long Island with a 6-3 win at Sovereign Bank Stadium — a victory that helped York (27-36) improve to 6-0 against the Ducks (28-35) at home and 8-2 overall. The win came before an announced crowd of 4,481 and also gave the Revs — winners of seven out of nine games — a share of third place in the Freedom Division with Route 30 rival Lancaster.