Tuesday night at the ballpark, the Barnstormers were back home for a series with the Long Island Ducks (fresh from their weekend series in York). The Stormers were 29-37 during the split-season's first half, thus far in the second half they are 26-15 which is remarkable considering the roster movement made necessary due to injuries and recalls. They hit a speed bump with a 1-5 record on the just-completed road trip but the roster has been bolstered with the return of Brooks Hall and Colton Shaver from their assignments in affiliated ball. On this night all of the scoring took place in three specific innings. The visiting Ducks took a 1-0 lead in the third, in the bottom half Trace Loehr singled and rode home on Melvin Mercedes' two-run homer onto the picnic tents in right field. An Andretty Cordero single and consecutive walks to Colton Shaver and Ariel Sandoval loaded the bases, Jacob Barfield followed with a fielders choice groundout scoring Cordero with Shaver right behind him on a throwing error giving the Stormers a 4-1 advantage. LI scored a single run in the fourth but the Stormers answered right back with three in their half. Jake Hoover singled ahead of back-to-back walks to Loehr and Mercedes, Jake would score on a wild pitch to make it 5-2. Trayvon Robinson walked to reload the bases for Cordero who drove a two-run double into the gap plating Loehr and Mercedes for a 7-2 lead. In the sixth Long Island cut the deficit to four but the scoring pattern continued in the home half. Cordero doubled and Shaver walked, they both came home on Barfield's two-run double. The final score was 9-3, Nile Ball started and went six for the win with Brandyn Sittinger and Donald Goodson in relief. The series continues on Wednesday and Thursday. Take care, thanks for reading.
