July 29-31

Jenny was in town on Friday, we got together for lunch at the plaza. She once asked me if I don't ever get tired of her joining me for lunch, I said "no" because I don't ever get tired of her AT ALL. After supper I made my third trip of the month across the river. The Barnstormers started a twelve-day road trip on Thursday with the first stop being a four-game set in York against the Revolution. The Revs won the opener on Thursday in walkoff fashion, on this night the Stormers evened the series going away and decisively. The visitors scored eleven runs over the first five innings and won it 14-1. Sean Halton's three-run home run over the Arch Nemesis in the first got the ball rolling, a Kevin Ahrens solo shot in the second made it 4-0. An RBI double by Mike McDade and a K.C. Hobson solo blast in the third upped the lead to six. Josh Bell's two-run single in the fourth put the Stormers up 8-0. In the fifth three more crossed the plate on a Hobson two-RBI hit and a run-scoring single by former Seattle Mariner Trayvon Robinson. The Revs broke up the shutout in the sixth on Kevin Rivers' RBI single, in the seventh the Stormers replied with a Caleb Gindl RBI double and another "ribbie" hit by Hobson. The final run in the ninth scored on a Revs fielding error. The respective starting pitchers figured in the decision, Terry Doyle on the plus side for the Stormers and Tony Pena on the minus side for the Revolution. On Saturday we did lunch in Quarryville, there were thunderstorms in the forecast for most of the area and a heavy rain fell while we were eating. The rain continued into early evening, I saw on the 'net where the start of the game in York was delayed. It finally started at 8:15 and didn't end until 11:45, that made for a quick turnaround leading into the Sunday game at 1:00. The clubs ended up splitting the series 2-2, that gives the Barnstormers an 8-6 edge in the season series for the Community Cup. There are six games remaining in the season set (all in Lancaster), three in August and three more in September. Take care, thanks for reading