Thursday night at the ballpark as the Revs and Stormers finished up the midweek home-and-home. This series thus far had been remarkably competitive (each team had won two games by scores of 4-2 and 3-1) and more of the same was in store in the rubber match on this night. The Barnstormers broke the ice in the first inning, Melvin Mercedes walked and scored on Andretty Cordero's RBI single. In the fourth the Revs tied it, Troy Stokes singled and came home on an RBI hit by Carlos Franco.The Barnstormers regained the lead in the sixth when Jake Hoover doubled and scored on Kelly Dugan's two-base hit, in the eighth an insurance run was added on Hoover's solo home run to left. Jake is not known for the long ball but his homer was into the corner just inside the foul pole, one of the deeper parts of the ballpark. The final score was 3-1 Stormers, Oscar De La Cruz went six innings for the win with Tyler Suellentrop working two in relief and Chase Johnson closing it in the ninth for the save. Alex Sanabia started for the Revolution and went six ininngs, he was supported for an inning each by Carlos Ventura and Josh Martin. There was an unfortunate incident in the fourth inning, the umpire working home plate was injured by a foul tip that struck him full-on in the right forearm. The game was delayed for close to thirty minutes while the trainers from both teams attended to him, his arm was placed in a sling and he was taken from the field on a cart. Sometimes it's amazing worse things don't happen, the action at the plate can be hot and heavy. The Barnstormers continue at home over the weekend with a visit from the (Kentucky) Wild Health Genomes. Take care, thanks for reading.
