September 13-14

It rained overnight into Saturday morning and temperatures turned much cooler than it had been lately. The summer of 2014 overall was much more comfortable than 2013 when it seemed like every other day was in the 90s. One of Jenny's nephews was getting married in Quarryville in the afternoon, Helen was invited but Jenny was somehow excluded (shades of New Jersey back in April, I didn't get it then and I still don't). After lunch she came back to the city with me, at 5:45 we headed to the ballpark where the Barnstormers were hosting the Sugar Land Skeeters in game #2 of a weekend series. The Stormers had won the opener on Friday, on this night they drew first blood on a third-inning RBI double by Olmo Rosario. The Skeeters tied the game in the fourth but the Barnstormers took it right back in their half, run-scoring hits from Lance Zawadzki and Yusuke Kajimoto made it 3-1 for the home team. A two-run seventh extended the lead to 5-1, one scored on an error and the other on a Gabe Jacobo sac fly. By that time it was almost 9:30, Jenny was getting tired and the dampness in the night air was no fun so we decided to hit the road. What we missed was a six-run rally by Sugar Land in the eighth inning as the visitors took a stunning 6-5 lead. The Barnstormers tied it in the ninth and the game would ultimately be decided in fourteen innings when the Skeeters prevailed 9-7. Saw on the internet in the morning where the game ended a few minutes after midnight, a mere five hours after it started. The series concluded on Sunday afternoon (in my usual absence), Sugar Land won that one to take series two games to one. The Barnstormers are still alive for a playoff spot with six games to go (three at Long Island, three at home versus Camden), the final week of the season will tell the story. Take care, thanks for reading.