The predicted rainfall for Wednesday did not materialize until mid-afternoon, about a hour before game time at the ballpark it was announced that the game was postponed with a makeup date TBA. It was definitely the right call, around 8:00 or so the heavy stuff arrived and stayed for several hours. On Thursday the storm system was long gone and sunshine was in abundance, at 6:30 the Stormers and Long Island wrapped up the series. After the relative normalcy on Tuesday this night featured another of those wacky "last-shot-wins" games we've seen so often in 2021. The Barnstormers took a 2-0 lead in the first on Blake Gailen's two-run home run over the picnic pavilion in right field, the visiting Ducks scored a single run in the third but the Stormers got it right back in the bottom half on Gailen's second longball of the evening. In the sixth LI got back to within 3-2, Kelly Dugan replied with a three-run bomb giving the Stormers a 6-2 lead. In the seventh the Ducks scored four runs to tie and a single tally in the eighth to go up 7-6. In the home eighth Alejandro De Aza went yard to tie it at 7-7, Dugan worked a walk and Devon Torrence singled to put runners at first and second. Anderson De La Rosa's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, Jake Hoover's sacrifice fly plated Dugan to give the Stormers an 8-7 lead. In the ninth Long Island drew even once again but the nuttiness finally ended in the bottom of the inning on Blake Allemand's walkoff home run giving the Barnstormers a 9-8 victory. Augie Sylk started and worked the first five innings, Scott Shuman (the last of five relievers used by Ross Peeples) was the pitcher of decision. The Stormers are on the road over the weekend (the reason for no doubleheader on this night), they come home on Tuesday the 24th. Take care, thanks for reading.
