Had my car at the service center on Monday for its annual inspection, I had actually taken it there on Sunday when I came back from Rothsville. I like to arrange for the earliest appointment time and have the car there the night before so they can get to work on it as quickly as possible. On Tuesday night the Junior Tornado played at home for the first time in two weeks, Elizabethtown was the opponent. It was a very warm and uncomfortable evening, game time temperature 89 degrees with a slight breeze coming in from centerfield (and the fact that the ballclub wears BLACK shirts makes me sweat just looking at it). The JrT trailed early 5-0 and eventually fell 7-3, all three runs scoring in different innings with Kye Watson involved in each. In the third he walked and scored on a bases-loaded walk to Cole Hatfield, in the fourth Braulio Rivera singled and scored on Kye's RBI hit, in the seventh Kye walked again and scored on Hatfield's sac fly. Alex Rodriguez started and took the loss with Braulio finishing it in relief. The JrT was scheduled to finish its regular season at home on Wednesday, the game was called off by mutual agreement because of a lack of available players with a makeup date TBA. It's that time of year (family vacations, etc.), the club had played on Tuesday with no subs. Jenny and I had lunch on Wednesday, in the evening (with no game at McCaskey) I was on North Prince Street as the Barnstormers hosted the York Revolution. In the Atlantic League roster movement is a way of life, since we last saw the Revs they have remade a good part of their positional roster much as the Stormers have been searching for reliable talent on the mound. The Revs had won the opening game of the series on Tuesday, on this night the visitors from West Of The River took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by ex-Atlanta Brave property Carlos Castro. In the second J.C. Encarnacion (recently added from the Orioles system) ripped an RBI hit to give the Revs a 2-0 advantage. The Stormers scored in the bottom half on a Cleuluis Rondon RBI double but the Revs got it back in the third on a solo home run from Melky Mesa. James Harris (late of the Oakland As organization) extended the Revs' lead to 5-1 with a two-run homer in the fourth, Caleb Gindl went yard with a man on in the bottom half to draw the Stormers back to within two. In the sixth the Revs went up 7-3 on another RBI double by Castro and a bases-loaded walk to Josue Herrera (another ex-Oriole property), a solo shot by Rondon in the bottom half brought the Stormers back to within 7-4 but there would be no further scoring. Edward Paredes was the winning pitcher for the Revs in relief of starter Johan Lopez (Chicago Cubs organization), Stormers starter Nile Ball (most recently with Gary of the America Association) took the loss. The series concludes on Thursday evening. Take care, thanks for reading.
