Monday the 4th, the Nation's Birthday. I spent the late afternoon/early evening across the river in York, the Revs hosted the Barnstormers for a special 4:30 holiday start. This was the opening of a four-day five-game home-and-home first-half/second-half series (yeah, there's a lot going on there), the clubs come east for games on Wednesday and Thursday. The game was part of a larger celebration, a postgame symphony orchestra performance was scheduled along with fireworks at dusk but needless to say I was gone before any of that ever got started. In the game itself the Stormers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Melvin Mercedes and Andretty Cordero reached on base hits, LeDarious Clark's double plated Mercedes with Cordero later coming home on a wild pitch. In the sixth Cordero singled and scored on Colton Shaver's RBI hit making it 3-0, in the home ninth the Revs broke the shutout on J.C. Encarnacion's two-out solo home run to left-center. The Stormers won it 3-1 and the key to the victory was one simple word: pitching. Brooks Hall started and went seven innings allowing only three baserunners on two walks and one hit, at one point he retired sixteen consecutive batters. Tyler Suellentrop worked a spotless eighth and West Tunnell earned the save in the ninth despite allowing the two-out home run. Rev starter Austin Nicely worked six innings and suffered the loss. On Tuesday Jenny was in town for a medical appointment, I took her home and we had midweek lunch a day early for the second straight week. The JrT was scheduled for a road game at Conestoga Valley but mid-afternoon thunderstorms rolled through the area and forced postponement until Thursday the 7th. Take care, thanks for reading.
