Wednesday night: back at the ballpark for game #2 (or game #5 depending on how you look at it) with Charleston, at first pitch it was 91 degrees. The Barnstormers surrendered a run in the first inning but got it back in the second, Trayvon Robinson singled and scored the tying run on a Charleston fielding error. Anderson Feliz's two-run home run in the third gave the Stormers a two-run lead, in the fourth Melvin Mercedes went yard with two men on extending the advantage to 6-1. Over the next three innings Charleston (being the Dirty Birds they are) rallied back to take a 7-6 lead, in the home seventh Robinson's solo home run onto the berm in left field tied the game at 7-7. In the ninth the Birds scored three two-out runs to win it 10-7, Cole Aker (the last of four relievers used in relief of starter Nile Ball) took the decision. The series and the homestand ended on Thursday night, for the Stormers it was the last of fourteen consecutive home games since July 6. Game-time temperature on this night was 92 degrees and the visitors from West Virginia put the heat on the Stormers from the outset. A three-run first inning gave Charleston a lead they would never give up on the way to a 9-5 win. The Stormers got on the board in the fourth on a Mercedes solo home run, four more scored in the seventh on Trace Loehr's RBI single and Andretty Cordero's three-run shot over the picnic deck in right field. Augie Sylk started and took the tough-luck loss, he faced only four batters before leaving due to injury in the first inning. The club hits the road for a quick weekend series, they're back home to host Southern Maryland on Tuesday the 26th. On Friday morning Jenny was in town, she had been at her friend's house overnight babysitting. I took her home and we had Saturday lunch a day early, from there I spent the rest of the day at home in the comfort of the AC. This was all by design because the rest of the weekend is going to be very busy (and very HOT as well). Take care, thanks for reading.
