September 10-11

Wednesday night at the ballpark as the Barnstormers/Camden series continued. The Stormers got on the board first, back-to-back home runs by Blake Gailen and Cole Garner in the third inning made it 2-0 for the home team. The Riversharks knotted the game quickly in the fourth but Yusuke Kajimoto's two-run shot in the bottom half restored the Barnstormers' advantage. Gabe Jacobo's two-run double in the seventh gave the club a 6-2 lead, a Sharks run in the ninth brought the final score to 6-3. Dan Osterbrock won it with support from Ian Kadish, Ross Peeples, Scott Patterson and Jason Urquidez. On Thursday Jenny and I had our usual lunch date in Quarryville, in the evening the Sharks and Stormers met again in game #3. In celebration of the club's tenth season the Barnstormers instituted a Wall Of Honor, on this night manager Butch Hobson (a former big-leaguer in the 70s and 80s) became the twelfth and final inductee for 2014. Butch has been the Stormers' manager since 2011, he joins pitchers Ross Peeples ('05-current), Denny Harriger ('06) and Dwayne Pollok ('12-13), catcher Lance Burkhart ("05-08), infielders Lloyd Turner ('08-10), Aaron Herr ('09-11) and Tommy Everidge ('11-12), outfielders Blake Gailen ('12-current), Quincy Foster ('05-07) and Justin Heilman ('05-08) plus inaugural Barnstormers manager Tom Herr (a Lancaster native, former big-leaguer and father of Aaron). In the game itself the Stormers scored single run in the four of their eight at-bats and made them stand up for a 4-2 win. The scores came courtesy of an Olmo Rosario RBI double in the third. a Camden error in the fourth, a Gabe Jacobo RBI hit in the seventh and a Juan Apodaca sac fly in the eighth. Derrick Loop made the spot start and went three innings, Cody Eppley was the winning pitcher. The ballclub hosts Sugar Land over the weekend. Take care, thanks for reading.