Wednesday evening at the ballpark for game #2 with Lomg Island, on this night the contest started differently but the result was largely the same as Tuesday. The Barnstormers jumped out to an early lead in the first inning on back-to-back doubles by Melvin Mercedes and Andretty Cordero, RBI hits from Ariel Sandoval and Joseph Carpenter put the home team ahead 3-0. It took the visitors all of a half-inning to tie the score, three more in the fourth gave the Ducks a 6-3 cushion. The Stormers got one back in the fourth on another RBI hit by Sandoval but from there it was all Long Island, six unanswered runs over the last six innings brought the final score to 12-4. Spencer Johnston went six innings and took the loss with support from Garrett Granitz, Brian Marconi and Andrew Lee for an inning each. The series wrapped up on Thursday night and for the Stormers the result was depressingly familiar. The vistors from Central Islip scored three in the first and two more in the third, a five-run fourth blew it wide open at 10-0. The Stormers got on the board in the fourth on Jake Hoover's RBI single but five more runs in the later innings salted away a one-sided 15-1 Long Island win. Brent Teller started and didn't survive the fourth inning, he was followed by Marconi for a three-inning stint, single frames by Bret Clarke, Tyler Laporte and Jake Hoover mopping it up in the ninth. Long Island is one of the league's most veteran teams, better than half their roster has MLB time on their resume and that experience came to the forefront in this series (by contrast only two current Stormers have been in The Big Show). For the series the Stormers were outscored 41-8 and all you can do is file it in the trash can and move on to the next series. The ballclub stays at home for a weekend set against the Atlantic League's newest franchise. Take care, thanks for reading.
