June 29-30

Sunday afternoon: made my way west across the river for another Santander Stadium Sunday, the York Revolution hosted the Long Island Ducks at 5:05. One of York's most popular baseball personalities is a man known as Cannonball Charlie, he is stationed beyond the wall in right field and every time a Revs player hits a home run he fires a cannon that can be heard all over the neighborhood. This day was a "bring your dog to the game" day, for that reason Charlie was noticeably absent. It was noticeable because the Revs hit four home runs en route to a lopsided 10-0 victory. Justin Greene and former Philadelphia Phillie Wilson Valdez went back-to-back in the first inning, Travis Garcia and Eric Patterson added solo shots later in the game. Garcia had two hits and three RBI, Patterson finished with three hits and two runs batted in and Johan Limonta had a pair of RBI as well. Starting pitcher Logan Williamson won it with relief support from Bryan Morgado and Rommie Lewis. Had lunch at the mall on Monday morning, in the afternoon Dick Myers called. He was going to the evening's game in York and asked if I wanted to ride along. I hadn't planned on anything for the evening but since it was a new series I took him up on the offer. The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (fresh from the weekend in Lancaster) were the opponent for the 6:30 start, for a second consecutive game the Revs won in convincing fashion. York scored twice in the first on a Chad Tracy sac fly and a Johan Limonta groundout, they added three in the third on a Tracy home run, an Ofilio Castro RBI double and a Travis Garcia single. In the sixth Garcia and Salvador Paniagua went yard back-to back to make it 7-0 (Cannonball Charlie was back in the house and the neighborhood knew it). The Crabs got on the board in the seventh but the Revs got two more in their half on RBI hits by Garcia and Sean Smith, a meaningless SM run in the ninth brought the final score to 9-2. Rev starter Jorge Martinez picked up the win. Take care, thanks for reading.