July 18-19

The nightcap at the ballpark on Tuesday wasn't over until almost 12:40 on Wednesday morning, the Revolution won 8-3 to earn a doubleheader split. Jenny and I had our usual midweek lunch date on Wednesday, in the evening I was back on North Prince Street for what would prove to be another long journey deep into the night. The Barnstormers scored first in the bottom of the third, Nate Coronado doubled and came home on a Tyler Bortnick RBI groundout. The Revs tied it in the fourth when Alexi Casilla walked and scored on Micheal Burgess' sacrifice fly, they took the lead in the sixth on an Isaias Tejeda RBI single scoring Melky Mesa (Tejeda played in York in 2016 and '17, he recently rejoined the Revs from a stint in the Mexican League). In the seventh the Coronado/Bortnick combo tied the game, Nate singled and scored on Tyler's sac fly to make it 2-2. At this point it was almost 10:00, I called personal curfew and headed home. The game continued in my absence and well past 11:00 as well, the marathon finally ended in the eleventh inning (and damn near midnight) on a home run by Nate Coronado giving the Stormers a 4-3 walkoff win. There was little rest for the weary, the series concluded with an 11:00 game on Thursday morning (I was, of course, not there), the Barnstormers won 8-6 to take three of four in the series. Four games in less than forty-eight hours including a doubleheader lasting in excess of six-and-a-half hours, a single game that took almost five and a morning game that started less than twelve hours later. Merely thinking about it gives me nightmare flashbacks because I've been there. After supper on Thursday I was at McCaskey for a County Midget League doubleheader, both the School and Community Division Jr. Tornado teams were in action. The School team won 7-0 in a regular season game, the Community team won 5-3 to clinch their division title. The top nine finishers in the School Division qualify for playoffs, the Community champ rounds out the field as the #10 seed. Both Tornado teams are in, there's a chance either or both could play in the big tournament at the ballpark at the end of the month. As they say on TV: stay tuned. Take care, thanks for reading.