July 10-16

In the world of baseball mid-July signals the All-Star break, the big league game was in Miami on the 11th. The following night was the Atlantic League's showcase event, it was hosted by the Somerset Patriots. The Barnstormers were represented by Anderson De La Rosa, Sean Halton, Vladimir Frias, Garrett Weber and Scott Shuman, the York Revs sent Travis Witherspoon, Isaias Tejeda, Michael Burgess, Alonzo Harris, Chase Huchingson and Brad Allen. The four-day break in the ALPB schedule meant that little was happening around here until Friday when play resumed and I made a trip west across the river. The Revolution played at home for the first time since July 2 as they opened a series with the Bridgeport Bluefish. In June I was in York four times in a fifteen-day stretch but this was my first time back since June 23 (that was the suspended game with the Stormers). There was rain in the forecast for later in the evening, little did we know that events on this night would play out eerily similar to that game on the 23rd. The visiting Bluefish scored single runs in the first and third, in the fourth the Revs got on the board on a Jared Mitchell double and a Witherspoon RBI sac fly. Bridgeport led 3-1 in the seventh when a light mist began to fall, within minutes the rain was coming in earnest and the game went into a delay. Unlike that Friday night in June this game resumed, in the home seventh Witherspoon singled and scored on a wild pitch to make it a one-run game. A three-run Bluefish eighth appeared to settle the issue but the Revs chipped away in their half, Harris walked and scored on a Tejeda hit to bring the club to within 6-3. Bridgeport added a run in the ninth, the Revs scored twice more in their half on RBI hits by Luis Cruz and Alexi Casilla to bring the final to 7-5. One-time Houston Astro property Jay Gause started for the Revolution and suffered the loss. I plan to be back in York on the 20th, the Barnstormers return home the next night. Take care, thanks for reading.