August 4-6

Saturday afternoon: on the road north for the evening's doubleheader, this was the makeup from the rainout on May 29. Jenny and Helen were not with me on this night, after attending our last home twinbill they elected to be smart and stay home (can't say that I blamed them, at least they had a choice). We got started at 5:35 in 89 degree heat, Binghamton took the opener 7-2. Brandon Tripp had an RBI hit, the other run scored on an error. Julio Rodriguez started for the R-Phils and suffered the loss. In the nightcap the ballclub rebounded with a 4-1 win as Darin Ruf homered and had two RBI, D'Arby Myers added a solo shot and Cody Asche had an RBI double. Kyle Simon won it in relief of starter Jordan Whatcott, Tyler Knigge saved it. Each game took less than two hours to play, the second game was over at 9:55. As the 6700 in attendance stayed for fireworks I (as they used to say on the TV westerns) saddled up and rode out. With a stop for gasoline figured in I walked in my front door at 10:50, a full two hours earlier than on July 28. On Sunday I had lunch with Jenny, she and Helen were along in the afternoon for the drive to the ballpark. Shortly before 5:00 a line of storms passed through, for the better part of an hour it just poured. We had the grandstand vacated for safety, all fans were moved underneath in shelter from the rain and the wind. The game finally got underway at 7:30, the R-Phils finished the series with a 5-2 win. Cody Asche hit a three-run homer, Darin Ruf went yard as well and Troy Hanzawa picked up an unusual RBI when his fly ball was caught in the outfield, the fielder lost his footing on the wet grass and D'Arby Myers was able to tag and score from second base. Brody Colvin picked up the win in his first appearance in Baseballtown with relief support from Juan Morillo, Jay Johnson and Justin Friend. The game ended just after 10:00 (which wasn't bad all things considered), with it all I was home just after 11:30. The ballclub's mark stands at 61-53 (34-25 at home), the boys will be on the road for the next week. Monday was an off-day all the way around, the Barnstormers are at home Tuesday through Thursday. Take care, thanks for reading.