July 11-13

The usual morning lunch with Jenny was about all that happened on a hot Saturday, once I got home I got the AC blowing. On Sunday we made the return trip to York for the rubber game of the Stormers-Revs series. After losing the Friday heartbreaker the Barnstormers won big on Saturday 11-6, on this day they claimed the series win. Juan Apodaca's RBI groundout in the fifth gave the Stormers a 1-0 lead, newcomer Kent Matthes (from the Oakland A's organization) went yard in the sixth to make it 2-0. Run-scoring hits by Apodaca and Yusuke Kajimoto upped the edge to four in the seventh, a two-run double from Matthes made it 6-0. The Revolution got on the board in the ninth on a Nick Ferdinand two-run home run but it mattered little as the Stormers took it 6-2. Bryan Woodall worked six innings for the victory, Rommie Lewis started for the Revs and suffered the loss. On Monday the Barnstormers returned home for the start of a four-game set with the Long Island Ducks. The first order of business was the completion of a suspended game from May 18, the last time the Ducks were in town. The game that night was delayed at the outset by rain, it finally started at 9:30 and was stopped by another storm two hours later. At that point the white flag was waved, on this night the game was resumed at 6:00 with the score 3-3 in the sixth inning. The Barnstormers quickly broke the tie on a Lance Zawadzki two-run double but the Ducks scored single runs in the seventh and ninth to force extra innings. The matter was finally resolved in the bottom of the thirteenth, Zawadzki's two-out solo home run onto the picnic deck in right field gave the Stormers the 6-5 win. The completion of this game officially ends the Atlantic League's first-half schedule, the Barnstormers finished it 28-42. The regularly-scheduled game began shortly after 9:00, I hung out for two innings and called it a night. The series continues through Thursday, the homestand itself through the weekend. Take care, thanks for reading.