Back at the ballpark on Thursday night for game #3 between the Revs and Stormers (aka Another Wacky Night in the Atlantic League Of Professional Baseball). York and Lancaster are separated by about thirty miles, the respective counties are separated by the Susquehanna River. Although there has always been a certain rivalry between the cities and the ballclubs (the War Of The Roses and all that other jazz) as a Lancastrian born-and-bred I have never personally viewed the Revs as The Enemy. I've been to the ballpark in York many times, I have friends there and if I lived equally distant from each ballpark I'd probably visit both equally. I've not been to York since September of 2019, hopefully that changes before too long. On this evening in Lancaster Another Wacky Night unfolded as the Barnstormers ran out to a 4-0 lead in the first on a Caleb Gindl solo home run, an Alejandro De Aza RBI single and Anderson De La Rosa's two-run double. The Revolution retaliated with a four-spot of their own in the second on a James Harris RBI hit, a bases-loaded walk to Yan Sanchez (ex-Arizona Diamondback property) and a two-run double from Melky Mesa, Wellington Dotel's solo home run in the third put the Revs up 5-4. The visitors added three in the sixth on a Carlos Castro solo homer and a two-run shot by Josue Herrera to go up 8-4, in the home seventh De Aza's two-run single brought the Stormers back within two. In the eighth Gindl delivered an RBI double to make it 8-7 but in the top of the ninth Mesa went yard to give the Revs an insurance run and a 9-7 lead. The last rounds in the chamber belonged to the Barnstormers with an improbable two-out rally in the bottom half, consecutive base hits from De La Rosa, Nick Shumpert, Cleuluis Rondon and Gindl plated three runs giving the Stormers a incredible 10-9 victory. Each team used five pitchers, Scott Shuman was the winner with Victor Capellan (another former Diamondback property) taking the loss. The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs come to town on Friday night. Take care, thanks for reading
