June 1-2

The new month began on a Saturday, after lunch in Quarryville Jenny and her mother were in at my place. My mother came downstairs and sat in the living room with us for about two hours, it was good for her to do so but unfortunately she isn't up to it on a regular basis just yet. Coming down and going back up once in a great while completely tires her out, there is no way she would be able to do it several times a day. At the ballpark in the evening the Barnstormers held their annual Salute To Veterans which always takes place on or around the Memorial Day holiday. In the game itself the Stormers built a big lead early over Southern Maryland and coasted home with a 14-4 win. Caleb Gindl doubled in the first and scored on Joe Terdoslavich's RBI two-base hit, K.C. Hobson's RBI groundout plated Joey T with run #2. The ballclub put up a six-spot in the second, Zach Shank and Devon Torrence (former Houston Astro property and one-time college football player at Ohio State) reached on back-to-back hits and Gindl walked to load the bases. Dan Gamache reached on a botched fielders choice to score Shank, Terdoslavich walked to force home Torrence to make it 4-0. Josh Bell kept the line moving with an RBI single, Hobson's sac fly scored Gamache to up the lead to six. Anderson De La Rosa's two-run double capped the inning, after it was 8-0 Stormers. The Blue Crabs got on the board with a single run in the third, in the bottom half the Stormers added four more. Torrence reached on an error and Gindl drew a walk, Terdoslavich and Bell followed with back-to-back RBI hits to make it 10-1. Hobson's two-run single scored Joey T and Bell to put the Stormers up by eleven. Each team scored once in the fourth, the Stormers run coming when Shank walked and scored on Gamache's sac fly. In the fifth Hobson went yard to make it 14-1, SM scored twice in the sixth to get back within ten. As soon as the Blue Crabs were retired in the seventh the umpires called time and had the field covered, the winds had picked up and there was lightning in the skies to the west. Something was indeed on the way and it arrived in short order, after the required wait the game was called official. John Anderson worked the first six innings for the win with ex-Atlanta Brave property Kelvin Vasquez working the last inning. The rain cleared out overnight, the series wrapped up on Sunday with another Stormers victory but I was taking a personal day at home. Take care, thanks for reading.