Back at the ballpark on Wednesday and Thursday as the Revs and Stormers continued their own particular version of The War Of The Roses. There are times when each of us may question our own sanity, these two nights may have been a classic example. On both occasions the game-time temps were in the mid-50s with a sharp wind factoring in, as the nights progressed it became increasingly more uncomfortable. I told a few friends that these are nights when you find out who the hearty people are because the bandwagon-jumpers and frontrunners are nowhere to be seen. On Wednesday the Barnstormers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Andretty Cordero's RBI groundout, the Revolution tied it in the second on a Jalen Miller run-scoring double. In the fourth the visitors went up 2-1 on an RBI double by Trent Giambrone, three more were added in the fifth on Giambrone's two-run single and a Alejandro Rivero RBI hit. In the home fifth Shawon Dunston scored on a wild pitch to bring the Stormers to within 5-2, the Revs got that one back in the sixth on Trey Martin's solo home run. Each team scored twice in the seventh, the Revs on a two-run home run from Rivero and the Stormers on a two-run single from Trayvon Robinson. In the ninth the Revolution put a bow on the package, a sac-fly RBI by Giambrone and another Rivero RBI hit salted away a 10-4 decision. The starting pitchers were long gone by that time, Nelvin Correa won it for the Revs in support of Denson Hull with Tyler Laporte taking the loss in relief of Nile Ball. On the rubber match on Thursday the visitors from West Of The Susquehanna jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the second on doubles by Drew Mendoza (two RBI) and Alexis Pantoja. Ariel Sandoval's solo home run in the bottom half put the Stormers on the board, in the third Mendoza came through with an RBI single to restore the three-run cushion. Kelly Dugan's RBI hit in the home half made it a 4-2 game, in the fifth it was Mendoza again with another run-scoring two-base hit putting the Revs back up by three. The last run of the night came in the Stormer seventh on a base hit by Melvin Mercedes making the final 5-3, Nick Sutera won it for the Revs in relief of starter J.P. Woodward with Brandyn Sittinger taking the loss for the Stormers. The Revolution heads home for their opener on Friday night, the Stormers stay at home for the weekend but with other events on the calendar I'm unlikely to be around. Take care, thanks for reading.
