June 28-30

Friday night at the ballpark, the Barnstormers' homestand continued with a visit from the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. On this night the Stormers took advantage of two big innings to win going away. The visitors from Waldorf, MD scored a single run in the top of the first, the Stormers matched it in the bottom half when Darian Sandford walked and scored on an error. The Crabs reclaimed a one-run lead in the second but in the third the Barnstormers batted around and put together a four-run inning. Sandford started it with a walk, Michael Martinez singled and Dan Gamache followed with an RBI hit to tie the score. Joe Terdoslavich's double plated Martinez to put the Stormers ahead, K.C. Hobson's RBI single scored Gamache to make it 4-2, a wild pitch brought Joey T home with the inning's fourth run. In the fifth the club repeated the feat with another four-run bat-around. Back-to-back doubles by Sandford and Martinez made it 6-2, Gamache reached on a base hit and Caleb Gindl followed with an RBI hit to score Martinez. Gamache touched in on an RBI groundout by Terdoslavch to put the Stormers up by six, another wild pitch brought Gindl home with run #9. In the sixth Hobson singled and scored on Parker Morin's RBI double to make it 10-2, in the ninth the Crabs picked up a cosmetic run to bring the final in at 10-3. Jonathan Albaladejo (back from a stint on the DL) started on the hill and went five innings for the win. The clubs met again on a brutally hot Saturday evening, the weather was enough to keep Jenny and her mother at home. Saturday is usually their night at the ballpark but after we had lunch they elected to stay in and I really couldn't blame them. On this night the offensive highlights were fewer, the Stormers took a 1-0 lead in the second when Joey T singled and scored on K.C. Hobson's RBI double. The Blue Crabs tied it in the fifth and went up 3-1 in the seventh, in the eighth the Stormers loaded the bases with two out. Joey T drew a walk to force in a run but the rally went no further, SM held on to win 3-2. Kyle Davies was the pitcher of record for the Stormers, he pitched well over seven innings and deserved a better fate. The series ended in the afternoon heat on Sunday but I of course was not there, after supper I took my car to the garage in advance of its annual inspection on Monday. Take care, thanks for reading.