Not much happening through the early part of the week since softball season in Willow Street is over, on Friday the Barnstormers returned home for the start of a six-day homestand. The Spire City Ghost Hounds were visiting from western Maryland for the third and final time in 2023, on this night they took an early 2-0 lead in the first but would not score after that. The Barnstormers got on the board in the third, Jack Conley drew a walk and advanced to third on a Trace Loehr single, Andretty Cordero's sac fly scored Conley making it 2-1. In the fifth back-to-back singles by Loehr and Melvin Mercedes put runners on the corners with one out, Mercedes was caught stealing but Loehr would score on a wild pitch to tie the game 2-2. Yeison Coca (not noted for the longball) went yard onto the picnic pavilion in right giving the Stormers a one-run advantage, Cordero kept the rally going with a double and Ariel Sandoval followed with an RBI single plating Codero to make it 4-2. There was no further scoring as starter Jeff Bain earned the win with six innings of work, relief support featured an inning each from Zach Warren, Nick Duron and Mike Adams for the save in the ninth. The series continues on Saturday with a rare 5:00 game on Sunday. Take care, thanks for reading.
