September 9-10

Saturday night baseball on North Prince Street for the final time (at least for the regular season) in 2017, the Barnstormers hosted Southern Maryland. The Stormers won the series opener on Friday but the rest of the weekend would prove to be an exercise in frustration. On Saturday the visiting Blue Crabs batted around in the second and scored five runs, in the third the Barnstormers returned the favor and scored six of their own. Back-to-back singles by Cole Garner and Trayvon Robinson started the rally, Steve Clevenger's RBI hit plated Garner to put the Stormers on the board. Nate Coronado doubled to score Robinson and Clevenger, after Lance Zawadzki walked Josh Bell went yard onto the picnic deck to put the Stormers ahead 6-5. The momentum did not last as SM scored two in the fourth and three in the sixth to go up by four. In their half of the sixth the Stormers added a run when Bell drew a walk and scored on Beau Amaral's RBI double but that would be the final tally in a 10-7 Blue Crabs win, Joe Gardner started for the Stormers and took the loss. On Sunday the series ended on a cool and breezy day, the ballclub held its Fan Appreciation Day with a team photo poster giveaway. In the game itself the Stormers trailed 3-0 in the sixth inning before recording their first base hit, the lone run in the 3-1 loss came in the ninth on a Sean Halton RBI single. Brad Bergesen started on the mound and was the pitcher of record. The Barnstormers have a day off on Monday before Long Island comes to town for a three-game set. Take care, thanks for reading.