August 13

Saw on the Internet where the Barnstormers won the game in York on Wednesday night, it took extra innings to decide it. Between that and the rain delay the game wasn't over until almost 11:30, by that time I was home, showered and camped out watching the late MLB game on TV. The franchise in York began in '07, this was the first time I can recall attending every game of a series there but it all came together at the right time (important games, not far to travel, little else on the schedule, etc.). The fact that they run a good operation and I like it there doesn't hurt, either. On Thursday night the Barnstormers returned home to host the Sugar Land Skeeters in the opener of a weekend set. The Skeeters visited for a weeknight series during street hockey season back in May, this was my first look at them in Lancaster (I saw a game they played in York in June). This series was a rematch of the 2014 Atlantic League Championship Series and no fan of either team has forgotten how that ended. On this night the game stayed 0-0 through four innings, all the scoring took place in the next two. Sugar Land went up 1-0 in the fifth but the Stormers replied quickly with four in the bottom half, one run scoring on a fielding error and three more on a Mike McDade home run. The Skeeters closed to within 4-3 in the sixth, a Luke Hughes RBI double and a Zach Collier sac fly restored the three-run advantage. From there the bullpen shut it down as the Stormers took it 6-3, Joe Gardner was the winning pitcher with support from ex-Oakland property Blake Hassebrock, former Pittsburgh Pirate Daniel Moskos and original Barnstormer Scott Patterson. Take care, thanks for reading.