June 13-14

Monday morning lunch at the mall, in the evening we were at the rink for the respective game #2s of the West semifinals. On this night the Killbots and the Misfits punched their tickets to the championship round with two-game-straight sweeps. Had either series needed a third game we would have played them on Tuesday but that was not required. We pitched starting the best-of-five finals on Tuesday instead of waiting until Thursday but since we made it optional one team opted not to do it (had Tuesday been semifinal game #3 it would not have optional). On Tuesday Jenny was in town, we had lunch at the plaza. In the evening I was at the "Clip" on North Prince Street, the Barnstormers opened a three-game set with the Sugar Land Skeeters. The visitors from suburban Houston took a 2-0 lead in the fourth, that advantage held until the Stormers batted in the sixth. Lance Zawadzki started the inning with a base hit, newcomer K.C. Hobson followed with a game-tying two-run home run. K.C. is the son of Barnstormers manager Butch Hobson, he joined the club in early June from the Toronto Blue Jays system. The 2-2 tie was snapped in the ninth, Sugar Land plated a single run and held on for the 3-2 decision. Bryan Evans started for the Stormers and worked seven innings, reliever Scott Gracey suffered the tough-luck loss. Take care, thanks for reading.