August 10-11

Took my car to the service center on Saturday afternoon, they'll be inspecting it on Monday. Marty and Dick met me there for the drive to Delaware and the evening's game in Wilmington. The Blue Rocks hosted the Lynchburg Hillcats in a 6:05 start at Frawley Stadium. Some friends from the Reading area were there as well, many were wearing Royals Kelly Cup championship gear. The game was scoreless into the seventh inning before the Rocks broke through with three runs, in the eighth the Hillcats struck for a three-spot to tie it. Lynchburg scored twice more in the ninth and that was the difference as the Cats took it 5-3. On this weekend we had originally planned to visit Mazi in North East but earlier in the week the plans changed since she was under the weather. We may find a good weekend in September or October to make it up. On Sunday Jenny and Helen were along as we met Marty at his place, from there we headed west across the mighty Susquehanna River for the ballgame in York. This was the ladies' first visit there in 2013 but the third for Marty and me, on each occasion the Barnstormers were the opponent (not by design, it just happened that way). This was the final game of a four-game series, the Revolution won on Friday and in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday afternoon before the Stormers rebounded with a victory in the Saturday nightcap. Sunday games in York generally begin at 5:05, on this day the Barnstormers broke on top in the third on a Ryan Harvey RBI single. The Revs went ahead in the bottom half on a Wilson Batista two-run double and an RBI hit by Mark Teahen. Harvey went yard with two men on in the fifth to give the Stormers a 4-3 advantage, in the sixth York took the lead back for good. Ex-Stormer Kody Kirkland had an RBI hit for the Revs to get it started, another run scored on a fielders choice and a third on a wild pitch to make it 6-4. From there the York bullpen shut it down as Edward Paredes won it in relief for the Revs, Rich Rundles took the loss for the Stormers. There were dark clouds to the north on the way home but a few drops on the windshield was the extent of the precipitation. Take care, thanks for reading.