July 17-19

Friday night at the ballpark as the Atlantic League version of the War Of The Roses moved east of the Susquehanna River. On this night it was all Barnstormers virtually from the word go. Yusuke Kajimoto started the game with a double and scored on a base hit from Brian Cavazos-Galvez, BCG went yard in the third to make it 2-0. In the fifth the Stormers added two runs on a wild pitch and a Kent Matthes sac fly, in the next inning two more thanks to a Kajimoto sac fly and a Zach Collier RBI hit. A single run went up in the seventh on a Keith Castillo base hit, in the eighth the exclamation point was added. A bases-loaded single by Matthes was followed by a run-scoring fielding error, a grand slam to dead center off the bat of ex-Oakland Athletic Luke Hughes brought the final score to 13-0. Bryan Woodall worked eight innings for the win, one-time Phillies property Frank Gailey started for the Revs and took the loss. On Saturday we did our usual lunch in Quarryville, in the evening we were back for game #2. Before the game Jenny got a photo with Barnstormers mascot Cylo and another with Lance Zawadzki. After the one-sided loss on Friday the Revolution evened the series on this night. The Barnstormers scored in the fifth inning on an Anderson Feliz triple and a Zach Collier RBI single, in the Revs' half of the sixth Brian Pounds went yard with the bases loaded to give the visitors a 4-1 lead. That would be the final score as Logan Williamson won it for the Revs, Bryan Morgado suffered the loss for the Barnstormers in relief of starter Pat Misch (former San Francisco Giant making his ALPB debut). They had the usual fireworks show after the game but of course we were long gone before they ever went up. The series ended on Sunday with an afternoon Stormers victory, that win gives the Barnstormers an 11-10 advantage in the season series for the Community Cup with seven games remaining. The clubs meet again in York from August 9-12 then back in Lancaster from the 24th to the 26th. Take care, thanks for reading.