Wednesday morning lunch in Quarryville with Jenny and her mother, while I was there Helen asked me if we could run some errands (which is never a problem under any circumstances, as a rule the only time she gets a ride anyplace is when I'm there). In the evening it was a baseball night at McCaskey, the Jr. Tornado hosted Ephrata in a game rescheduled from at least two prior dates that I can recall. Ephrata's high school club qualified for the state tournament and played until June 9th, this was their first game of the Midget League season. In the dugout before the game their scorekeeper (who is a parent of one of the players) told me he was present for the high school game between the teams back in April, he shared how he thought the game-day atmosphere at JPM was the most professional of anywhere they had played. Needless to say it's a wonderful compliment and it was greatly appreciated, I've always said that just because it's not a professional game doesn't mean you treat it in an unprofessional fashion. On this night the JrT fell behind 1-0 in the first before rallying for three in the second. Janpaul Rodriguez and Jhanel Perez reached on back-to-back hits, Connor Gherardi lived on an error to load the bases. Ian Santos was hit by the pitch to force in a run, Elliott Fluck followed with a base hit to score Perez with Gherardi following on a throwing error to give the JrT a 3-1 lead. The middle innings were all Ephrata, the visitors scored nine runs from the third to the fifth to go up 10-3. The JrT got one back in the sixth, Rodriguez singled and scored on an RBI hit by Fluck but three more Ephrata runs in the seventh brought the final to 13-4. Alex Demarco was the losing pitcher in relief of Tobe Kuntz with Janpaul Rodriguez also appearing on the hill to finish it out. Thunderstorms rolled through the area overnight into Thursday, the club was scheduled for an away game which was postponed due to wet grounds. Take care, thanks for reading.
