August 24-25

Saturday afternoon: Jenny and her mother were in town, we ran some errands and relaxed at my place before heading over to the ballpark. As a rule I like to bring them to Sunday evening home games because they start an hour earlier and the crowd is usually smaller, with the Sunday game this weekend being a day game that option was unavailable. An excellent fireworks night crowd was on hand as the Revolution evened the series. Each team scored in the first inning on a run-scoring double, Wilson Batista for York and Ryan Harvey replying in kind for the Barnstormers. The Revs took a two-run lead in the second on RBI hits by Ruddy Yan and Ofilio Castro, they upped the lead to 4-1 in the fourth on a solo homer by Michael Hernandez. The Stormers got back in it in the fifth, an Olmo Rosario RBI double and a run-scoring single by newcomer Joe Thurston made it 4-3 (Thurston is a former big-leaguer, he played in the Mexican League in 2013). In the Revs' seventh Batista's solo homer capped the scoring as York took it 5-3. The starting pitchers were of record, Zach Segovia for the Revs and Derrick Loop for the Stormers (both were at one time in the Phillies' minor league system). Sunday was a good day to stay in and relax and watch the major leagues on TV, later in the day I saw where the Barnstormers won the afternoon game 1-0. That wraps up the season series, the Revs won twelve of the twenty played to claim the Community Cup. York last won it in 2010, the Barnstormers won it in 2011 and retained possession when the 2012 season series ended in a tie. Take care, thanks for reading.