Friday night baseball under cloudy skies and cooler conditions, the Barnstormers hosted the Lexington Legends in the opener of the weekend series. On this night the Home Team broke on top 1-0 in the second, Trayvon Robinson singled and scored on an error. The visitors from The Bluegrass State tied it in the fourth, in the bottom half the Stormers batted around and scored three. Jacob Barfield drew a walk and Robinson singled, with one out back-to-back RBI singles by Ariel Sandoval and Joseph Carpenter made it 3-1. Consecutive two-out walks issued to Jake Hoover and Melvin Mercedes forced Sandoval home with run #4. The Legends battled back to tie once again in the sixth, Chris Proctor's two-run home run in the bottom half put the Stormers back up 6-4. Lexington closed to within one with a run in the seventh but a four-spot in the home half finally broke it open. Robinson walked and scored when Carpenter reached on another Lexington error, after Proctor walked he and Carpenter both came home on Hoover's two-run double. Mercedes followed with an RBI two-base hit scoring Hoover giving the Stormers a 10-5 advantage. One last marker was added in the eighth, Barfield walked and trotted home on Sandoval's RBI groundout. Nile Ball went six innings for the win with Cam Booser and Bret Clarke finishing it in relief. On Saturday Jenny and her mother came into town for their third game of the season, with the milder conditions and the shade on the berm in left field it was a perfect night for them to be there. On this night Lexington scored in the second inning, the Stormers matched it on Anderson Feliz's walk and Chris Proctor's RBI single. The Legends went up 2-1 in the third, the Stormers answered in kind when Jacob Barfield was hit by the pitch and scored as part of a double steal. In the seventh Lexington scored twice to go up 4-2, the Stormers saw that with a two-spot of their own. Proctor and Trace Loehr reached on back-to-back hits, Proctor scored on a Melvin Mercedes groundout and Loehr raced home on a wild pitch. The pattern was finally broken in the eighth, Lexington pushed two runs across and held it for the 6-4 win. Cameron Gann started but wasn't around for the decision, newcomer Brandyn Sittinger (added from the Atlanta Braves organization) pitched the fateful eighth and took the loss. The homestand wrapped up at 1:00 on Sunday with a Stormer win, the club returns home on Tuesday the 23rd. Take care, thanks for reading.
