September 1-2

The first day of the new month fell on a Friday, it was opening week for high school football season and the weather was appropriate: cool and breezy. Both McCaskey and Lancaster Catholic were on the road for their openers so I spent the evening at the ballpark as the Barnstormers hosted Somerset. The Patriots won the first-half title in the Liberty Division, the Stormers are in the thick of the battle for the second-half crown in the Freedom. On this night offensive highlights were in short supply on both sides, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh. Anderson De La Rosa and Beau Amaral recorded back-to-back two-out singles, after Garrett Weber walked Cole Garner's two-RBI single scored De La Rosa and Amaral to put the Stormers up 2-0. The Patriots got one back in the eighth but the Barnstormers held on for the tough 2-1 win. Rommie Lewis started and went six innings, John Kuchno was the pitcher of record with Anthony Carter picking up the save. The cooler temperatures ushered rain into the area overnight into Saturday, the entire day was a washout. The system was the remnants of a major storm that had wreaked havoc in the south-central part of the country the previous week, areas of Texas and Louisiana in particular suffered devastating damages. Jenny and I had our usual lunch date, I told her that even if they played at the ballpark I probably wasn't going to go and she said she'd just as soon stay home as well. Later in the afternoon it became a moot point, the ballgame was postponed and reset as a doubleheader for Sunday afternoon. Take care, thanks for reading.