August 19-20

Monday morning at the mall for lunch, in the evening we were on North Prince Street as the Barnstormers returned home for the first of four games with the High Point Rockers. The Stormers have struggled mightily in 2019, the ballclub started slowly and has never quite found the right combination. When the story of this season is written the game on this night may stand as the perfect illustration. Michael Martinez gave the Stormers a 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the second, after High Point tied it in the fifth Andrew Aplin's three-run shot in the bottom half made it 4-1 Barnstormers A two-run triple from Devon Torrence in the sixth upped the advantage to 6-1 but the Rockers rallied back back with three of their own in the seventh. The game fell apart in the top of the ninth, High Point scored four runs and won it 8-6. Jonathan Albaladejo started but wasn't around for the finish, Cody Eppley suffered the loss in relief. Tuesday evening was night #6 of summer dek hockey at Reservoir Park, the matchups were the second of three between Blue vs Orange and Gold vs Green. Those pairings finish the season on Thursday the 29th. Take care, thanks for reading.