Wednesday night on North Prince Street as The War Of The Roses continued east of the Susquehanna. The Stormers won in York on Monday, the Revs took both games of a doubleheader on Tuesday which marked the end of the season's first half. Southern Maryland (North) and Gastonia (South) were the respective first-half division winners, for the record the Revs finished third in the North at 31-35 and the Stormers two games behind at 29-37. On this night in Lancaster the Barnstormers took a 1-0 lead in the second on a Colton Shaver home run to right, another run was added in the third when Shawon Dunston singled and scored on Kelly Dugan's RBI groundout. In the sixth the Revolution got on the board, Yefri Perez drew a walk and came home on a groundball double play to make it 2-1. The Revs tied it in the seventh. Carlos Franco singled and scored on an RBI double by J.C. Encarnacion. The 2-2 tie was broken in the bottom of the eighth, Le Darious Clark and Shaver reached on back-to-back singles and both would score on a Rev throwing error giving the Stormers a 4-2 advantage. In the ninth the Revs did not go quietly, with one out and runners on second and first Encarnacion sent a deep drive to right-center. Dunston made the catch on the warning track, his return throw caught the lead runner off base for the game-ending double play. The 4-2 Stormer victory evened the midweek series 2-2 with the rubber game on Thursday, starting pitchers Jorge Martinez (York) and Erik Manoah (Lancaster) did not figure in the decision. Scott Shuman (just back from an injury absence) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and earned the win with West Tunnell picking up the save in the ninth. Nick Green worked the eighth inning for the Revs and took the loss. The series wraps up on Thursday and one can only imagine what may be in store, whenever these teams get together it never seems to be boring. Take care, thanks for reading.
