August 22-23

Wednesday morning lunch with Jenny, in the afternoon I made a return trip across the river as the Stormers and Revs continued their series. As our hockey games on Tuesday fell casualty to the weather so did the ballgame in York, they were in the top of the fifth inning with two out and the Revs up by three runs when the game was stopped and ultimately called. The makeup game was on this night as part of a 5:00 doubleheader, I was arriving just as the opener was getting underway. The Barnstormers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, Darian Sandford drew a walk and Josh Bell followed with a two-RBI home run to left-center. In the third Sandford and Blake Gailen reached on base hits, Ryan Casteel walked to load the bases. Trayvon Robinson's RBI hit scored Sandford, a Rev throwing error on the play at the plate allowed Gailen to touch in to make it 3-0. K.C. Hobson's sacrifice flyout scored Castell, Vladimir Frias followed with an RBI double bringing Robinson to extend the lead to six. Tyler Bortnick's run-scoring single made it 7-0 Stormers but in the bottom of the inning the Revolution put together some lightning of their own. Newcomers Henry Castillo (ex-Arizona D'backs property) and Roger Diaz (from Grambling State University) started it with back-to-back hits, ex-Stormer Travis Witherspoon walked to load the bases. Alexi Casilla singled to score Casilla, Telvin Nash walked with the bases loaded to force Diaz home with run #2. Wellington Dotel and Jared Mitchell recorded consecutive RBI hits to make it 7-4, a wild pitch brought Nash home from third pulling the Revs within two. Ryan Dent's sac fly to center scored Dotel to end a crazy inning on both sides with the Stormers' lead down to one. In the fourth Gailen doubled and scored on a base hit by Casteel to restore a two-run lead but the Revs got it back in the bottom half, Witherspoon singled and came home on a sac fly by Nash to make it 8-7. From that point the bullpens shut the game down, there was no further scoring as the Barnstormers held on for the victory, Kevin Munson won it in relief of Brooks Hall with Rev starter Logan Williamson taking the loss. The night cap didn't start until almost 8:15, I hung out for about two innings and made my way back east across the Susquehanna. The Revolution won game #2 going away 14-2, the series ended on Thursday night with a 6-4 Stormers win. The season series ends 10-8 in favor of the Barnstormers, as a result the Community Cup returns to Lancaster after a one-year stay in York. For us Thursday night was hockey night at Reservoir Park, the third go-round for Gold vs Blue and Orange vs Green. Take care, thanks for reading.