Wednesday night at the ballpark for game #2 with Long Island and a contest that played remarkably similar to Tuesday. Once again the visitors scored four runs in the first inning and built a 5-2 lead in the third before the Barnstormers battled back and took command. The Home Team scored in the first on Wilson Garcia's two-run double, a five-run third put the Stormers ahead for good at 7-5. Ariel Sandoval picked up a ribbie on a fielders choice, Yeison Coca stroked an RBI single, Chad Sedio doubled to push home another run and Chris Proctor put the punctuation on the inning with a two-run home run over the picnic tent in right. Two more were added in the fourth on an Andretty Cordero RBI groundout and a Long Island error but the Ducks weren't going away quietly, a three-run fifth brought LI back to within one at 9-8. The Stormers equaled those three runs in the bottom half on a wild pitch and Trace Loehr's two-run single to go up 12-8, after the Ducks closed to within two in the seventh the Stormers salted it away in the eighth on back-to-back doubles by Sandoval (two RBI) and Garcia (one). The football-like final score was 15-10, Nile Ball started and struggled through three innings with Dominic DiSabatino awarded the decision in relief. The Stormers completed the sweep on Thursday with a pedestrian-by-comparison 3-1 victory. On this night the Stormers scored first, Melvin Mercedes walked with the bases loaded in the second inning. The Ducks replied to tie it 1-1 in the third, it stayed even until the bottom of the sixth. Arel Sandoval singled and scored the lead run on Wilson Garcia's double, Joseph Carpenter followed with an RBI hit sending Garcia home with the game's final run. Recently-added Brady Tedesco made his home debut and pitched seven innings for the win, Ofreidy Gomez and Nick Duron (save) finished it with an inning each. The series sweep puts the ballclub on the verge of the second-half division title, one more victory will clinch it with Staten Island coming in for the weekend. Take care, thanks for reading.
