August 19

Friday night baseball on North Prince Street, the Barnstormers hosting the York Revolution as the War Of The Roses (Atlantic League version) continued on the east side of the river. The Revs were the last visiting club I had not seen thus far in Lancaster, they were in town back in May for a weeknight series when I had other things going on. The Barnstormers were home from a seven-day road trip, this was just the fourth home date the club has had in August. Former big-leaguer Jose Canseco was in the house, he participated in a pregame home run derby and a meet-and-greet session during the game itself. On this night the visiting Revs held their own home run derby, it started with a three-run shot by Bryan Pounds in the second inning. The Stormers got on the board in the third, Kevin Ahrens singled and scored on an error to make it 3-1. A solo homer by ex-Barnstormer Kevin Rivers gave the Revs a 4-1 lead in the fifth, Sean Halton replied with an RBI single in the sixth to draw the Home Team within two. Andres Perez went yard in the eighth to extend the Revs' advantage, in the ninth a seven-run salvo ended all controversy. RBI hits by Rivers and Keith Castillo (another ex-Stormer), a two-run double by Isaias Tejeda and a three-run bomb by Michael Rockett salted the game away. The Barnstormers picked up a cosmetic run in the bottom half on an Ahrens RBI hit but it mattered little, the Revolution winning emphatically 12-3. The starting pitchers were of record, Tony Pena for the Revs and Bryan Evans for the Stormers. The series continues on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Take care, thanks for reading.