Saturday lunch in Quarryville with Jenny and her mother, Helen has been under the weather somewhat and with the prospect of a chilly evening they elected not to come into town for the ballgame. At the ballpark in the evening it was more comfortable than Friday night largely because there was little if any wind. On this night the Revs and Stormers met for game #2 of the weekend series, after the hi-jinks of the night before this game was mundane in comparison. The Barnstormers took the early 1-0 lead in the first inning, Colton Shaver walked and scored on Andretty Cordero's base hit. In the Revs third Elmer Reyes singled and touched home on a Yefri Perez RBI groundout to tie the game, in the home fifth Shaver singled and scored on Kelly Dugan's two-run home run giving the Stormers a 3-1 advantage. In the sixth the teams traded runs, the Revs' Nellie Rodriguez singled and scored on an error but the Stormers got it back on a solo home run by ex-MLBer Mark Zagunis. In the eighth the visitors closed to within 4-3, Josue Herrera singled and came home on another error. In the bottom half the Stormers replied on a Connor Lien triple and an Anderson Feliz sacrifice fly. In the ninth Scott Shuman struck out the side to end the 5-3 Barnstormer win, he earned the save for winning pitcher Tyler Suellentrop (Nile Ball had started but left after four innings), Rev starter Jorge Martinez took the loss. The series wraps up on Sunday afternoon, I will be in Rothsville for street hockey. There was one other piece of good news on Saturday night: the Royals won in Portland to take a 3-2 lead in the playoff series with Maine, after winning the first two at home the boys lost two games in Portland before taking the win in game #5. The series returns to the Arena for game #6 on Monday the 2nd with the Royals in a position to advance to the division finals. Take care, thanks for reading.
