August 5-6

Saturday lunch with Jenny and Helen in Quarryville, in the evening they made their first appearance at the ballpark since July 8 (Jenny's surgery prevented her from being at the game on the 22nd). On this night the Barnstormers scored in double digits for the second consecutive game and the visiting Sugar Land Skeeters followed suit, the result was a wild roller-coaster ride of a ballgame. The Skeeters came out of the gate with five in the first inning, the Stormers got one back in their half when Beau Amaral doubled and scored on Trayvon Robinson's RBI hit. In the second Nate Coronado singled and came home on Lastings Milledge's double, Milledge scored on an Amaral RBI single to make it 5-3. A two-run home run from Sean Halton in the third tied matters at 5-5, in the fourth Sugar Land answered with two of their own to retake the lead. In the bottom of the fourth Cole Garner went yard with a man on to square the score once again but the Skeeters hung three on the board in the fifth to go up 10-7. In the home fifth Josh Bell hit a two-run shot to bring the Stormers within one, the Skeeters added a single run in the seventh to make it 11-9. The final salvo on this night belonged to the Barnstormers and it evolved in unusual fashion. With two out in the seventh and the bases empty Anderson De La Rosa reached on a strikeout/passed ball and Bell followed with a base hit. That set the stage for Amaral who hit a line drive tight to the line in left field. The Skeeters' leftfielder dove for the ball and could not make the catch, it got by him and rolled all the way to the corner. Amaral's speed allowed him to circle the bases for an inside-the-park three-run homer putting the Barnstormers ahead 12-11. The Stormers bullpen took it home from there with Daniel Moskos the winner in relief of Jarrett Leverett and Anthony Carter posting the save. The series finished in my absence on Sunday afternoon with the Skeeters salvaging the finale, the Barnstormers host Somerset for a four-gamer starting on the 10th. Take care, thanks for reading.