A typical start to the new week on Monday, the next night saw the start of the season's final homestand on North Prince Street. In 2022 the Barnstormers were subpar during the first half but rebounded with a strong second half to earn a postseason berth, in '23 the script has played out in a similar fashion. Entering the homestand the Stormers held the division's top spot, on this night the Long Island Ducks were the opponent for this possible playoff preview. The start was not promising for the Stormers as the Ducks put four on the board in the first inning, after the Barnstormers scored a single run in the third LI added two in the fourth to go up 6-1. From there the game did a complete 180, the Stormers sent fourteen batters to the plate in a nine-run fourth inning and added a single run in the fifth and three more in the eighth, the Ducks could muster only two more the rest of the night as the Good Guys won it going away 14-8. The Stormer run in the third came on Andretty Cordero's sac fly, in the fourth the nine-run salvo included a Trace Loehr RBI groundout, run-scoring singles from Cordero, Melvin Mercedes, Jack Conley and Trayvon Robinson, Conley picked up a second RBI on a sac fly and three more scored on Wilson Garcia's bases-loaded double. Another sac fly by Cordero plated the fifth-inning run, Conley's three-run home run to left in the eighth wrapped up the scoring. Brent Teller started on the hill and went six innings for the decision, Brian Marconi worked the seventh and Mike Adams finished it. The series continues on Wednesday and who knows what will happen next. Take care, thanks for reading.
