September 14-15

Wednesday morning in Quarryville with Jenny and her mother, we celebrated Helen's birthday a day early (she turned 79 on Thursday). The annual Solanco Fair was underway, after lunch we went over to the fairgrounds and walked through the exhibit tents. After supper I was back at the ballpark for the last ballgame in Lancaster in 2016, the Barnstormers and Revolution meeting for the twentieth and final time. The Stormers were officially eliminated from playoff contention when Sugar Land won their game on Tuesday, before this game the ballclub announced its end-of-season awards. Pete Andrelczyk won the community service award for the third straight year and closer Cory Burns was voted by the fans as the team MVP. The Revs went up 1-0 in the first on an Andres Perez base hit, the Stormers tied it in the bottom half on a Trayvon Robinson RBI triple. The visitors took the lead again in the third on a Perez sac fly, in the bottom of the fifth the home team went ahead for good on a two-run double from Dean Wilson. The Stormers' lead grew to 4-2 in the sixth on Robinson's RBI double, in the ninth Isaias Tejeda's run-scoring double drew the Revs to within one but the Stormers held on for the 4-3 win. The starting pitchers were of record, Joey Maher on the plus side and Ty'Relle Harris on the minus with Cory Burns earning the save. The Barnstormers wrap up the home schedule at 32-38, they finish the season with a weekend series in Bridgeport. The Revolution finishes at home over the weekend, in the playoffs they meet Sugar Land in a rematch of the 2014 semifinal round. A possible game #4 is on the 24th in York, I plan to be there if it works out. On Thursday Don and I firmed up the plan for the fall street hockey season, we start at Reservoir Park on Monday the 19th. Take care, thanks for reading.