August 24

Monday night baseball at The Clip as the Revs and Barnstormers met for the twenty-sixth time in 2015. The ALPB used to play a balanced schedule (twenty games against each of the other seven clubs) but in recent years the league has favored geographic rivalry. Many feel that twenty-eight games against a single opponent (in a 140-game season) is way too much, in the major leagues the maximum number against another club is nineteen out of 162. On this night on North Prince Street the visiting Revs took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on an Andres Perez solo home run and a James Simmons RBI double. Lance Zawadzki's two-base hit in the bottom half got the Stormers on the board, in the fifth they plated four more. Kent Matthes' two run double gave the Barnstormers the lead, Luke Hughes picked up an RBI on a bases-loaded walk and another run scored on a Rev fielding error. Brian Pounds went yard in the sixth to bring the Revs within 5-3 but in the late innings the Stormers iced it away. Zawadzki's RBI double in the seventh made it 6-3, in the eighth another four crossed the plate on a Zawadzki sac fly and RBI hits from Hughes, Mike McDade and Brian Cavazos-Galvez. The starting pitchers in the 10-3 Barnstormers victory were involved in the decision, Nate Reed won it while Logan Williamson suffered the loss. Since the rivalry began with the advent of the Revolution in 2007 each club had won the Community Cup four times, this victory clinched the 2015 Cup for the Barnstormers. The competition for the cup may be decided but the division race has a long way to go, both teams are very much in the hunt for the postseason. Take care, thanks for reading.