Friday night at the ballpark for a virtual rerun of Wednesday, the major difference being that on this night the game never got started. When I arrived the tarp was on the field and it was raining lightly, about ten minutes before scheduled game-time the umpires and managers took a walking tour of the perimeter of the infield. Shortly after that the postponement was announced and reset as a doubleheader for Saturday. There was rain in the area on Saturday as well, the planned 5:30 start was delayed until after 6:00 in anticipation of a quick-hitting shower that never materialized. In the opener the visiting Long Island Ducks took a 2-0 first-inning lead, in the bottom half Melvin Mercedes walked, stole a base and scored on Andretty Cordero's base hit to make it 2-1. LI added single runs in the third and fourth, a seven-run sixth put the Ducks ahead by ten. In the home sixth the Stormers loaded the bases with one out, Trace Loehr's three-run double and a Cordero RBI double brought the final to 11-5. Brandyn Sittinger started and took the decision, Brian Marconi finished it in relief. The nightcap started shortly after 8:30, the Ducks once again took an early 2-0 lead. In the home second Yeison Coca reached on an error and scored on an RBI single by Loehr, Trace would score on a Cordero single knotting the game 2-2. In the third Wilson Garcia doubled and touched home on Marshall Rich's sac fly giving the Stormers the lead. In the fourth Loehr drew a walk and jogged home on a Mercedes two-run home run, two batters later Ariel Sandoval singled and scored on Garcia's two-run shot onto the picnic tents in right putting the Stormers up 7-2. Long Island added a cosmetic run in the seventh but it wasn't enough, Spencer Johnston went five innings for the 7-3 win, Jesus Liranzo and Andrew Lee worked in relief. Sunday morning in Rothsville was the final week of the street hockey regular season, there were puddles on the rink from some overnight rain but nothing that couldn't be handled. Warwick beat Ephrata and Hillside won over Township, the championship games are on July 9th. At the ballpark the Stormers finished the series with a rain-shortened victory. I knew storms were in the forecast (and more are expected in the coming week) but nobody said anything about Monsoon Season. Take care, thanks for reading.
