May 25-26

The weather continued to be remarkably warm on Wednesday, in the morning we had our midweek lunch in Quarryville. In the evening I made the trip across the river for the ballgame in York (quick thought: if Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster is "the Clip" couldn't Peoples Bank Park in York be called "the Peep"?). The Revolution hosted the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs for the second game of a three-game series, the Revs took the Tuesday opener by a 10-0 score. On this night the Crabs got out to a quick start, two in the first were followed by two more in the second and three in the third. In the bottom of the third the Revs loaded the bases with one out, a grand slam onto the right-field picnic area by ex-Washington Nationals property Michael Burgess brought the home team to within 7-4. In the fifth inning former Detroit prospect Michael Rockett homered over the Arch Nemesis in left field to make it a two-run game. In the sixth the Revs' hit parade continued with four runs scoring on six base hits, two-run doubles by Brian Pounds and James Simmons were the big blows as the Revs took a 9-7 lead. That would prove to be the final score, ex-bigleaguer Micah Owings was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Matt Neil with Mike DeMark picking up the save. On Thursday we finished the regular season at Reservoir Park, two of the evening's games had no meaning in the standings while the third had major implications. Yorgo's won over the Blues, the Misfits beat the Pub Dawgs and the Killbots defeated the Owls. Playoffs are set to begin on Tuesday the 31st with the first game of the East Finals (three teams in that division, only the top two qualified) and quarterfinal openers in the West division (where all eight qualified). Take care, thanks for reading.