June 6-8

Morning lunch at the mall was about all that happened on Monday, we had intended to play games at the rink in the evening but none were scheduled because we had no available game officials. It was just one of those strange occasions where everybody had plans or commitments that were unavoidable, we had no choice but to take the night off. On Tuesday the weather turned cooler and breezy, we picked up hockey playoffs right where we left off the previous Thursday. The East Finals ended on this night, Yorgo's won the title in a three-game sweep over the Steamers. Both remaining West quarterfinals finished as well with the Kilbbots and H&F Tire advancing to the semifinal round which begins on Thursday the 9th. On Wednesday morning a band of storms moved through from the west, most of the drive south to Quarryville for lunch was in a steady rain. In the afternoon the skies cleared and the sun reemerged, after supper I made another trip across the river to York. The Long Island Ducks were in town for the second of a three-game series, on Tuesday the teams played a 1-0 game that took slightly more than two hours. On this night we saw the opposite extreme as the Revs took advantage of two big innings for a 11-7 win. Six runs scored in the second thanks to a Brian Pounds RBI double followed by a grand slam by former Yankee property Isaias Tejeda and a solo shot from Telvin Nash. Five more crossed the plate in the fourth courtesy of a three-run double by Pounds and two bases-loaded walks. Revs manager Mark Mason used five pitchers, former Cleveland property Kelvin De La Cruz started with reliever Mariel Checo (from the Yankees organization) picking up the win. My next time in York will probably be on the 17th when the Revs host Bridgeport. Take care, thanks for reading.