June 8-9

On Monday temperatures were in the high 70s, on Tuesday we hit the mid 80s. On Wednesday the blast furnace was open for business as we hit the mid 90s. In Reading in the evening for game #3 with Trenton, it was 92 degrees at game time. After two straight walk-off wins there was no such magic on this night as Trenton won it 7-6. Tuffy Gosewisch had a home run and three RBI, Terry Evans hit a solo homer, Matt Rizzotti had an RBI double and Freddy Galvis contributed a sacrifice fly. Austin Hyatt started and pitched well but wasn't around at the end as Tyson Brummett took the loss in relief. It was a long, hot night-the game started at 7:05 and took three hours to play. We had over 7000 in the park for a rare Wednesday night fireworks show. On Thursday morning the oven was still burning as I was with Jenny in Quarryville, she had an 11:20 appointment for phyiscal therapy on her ankle and we had lunch after that. In the evening we were back at the ballpark for the final game of the series, we were delayed at the start because of unsettled weather conditions. There were strong storms in the area but we got very little if anything, the game finally got underway shortly before 8:00. The R-Phils rebounded from the Wednesday loss with a 4-1 win, they trailed 1-0 in the seventh inning before Tim Kennelly hit a two-run shot to give the club the lead. In the eighth inning Matt Rizzotti and Cody Overbeck provided some breathing room with back-to-back home runs. Ryan Edell gave the club another strong starting effort and picked up the win, Justin De Fratus saved it. The game ended shortly before 10:30 so all things considered it went well. A little over 6900 in attendance for yet another fireworks show but like Wednesday you know where I was by the time they started. The Altoona Curve comes to town for a three-game series on Friday. Take care, thanks for reading.