The higher temperatures were out in force on Labor Day Monday, I did what I had to do in the morning and gladly spent the rest of the day at home in the AC. On Tuesday I read online where several schools around the area where dismissing early because of the heat, in my day we were in school in the heat with no air conditioning and we sweated like pigs. On Tuesday evening the Barnstormers opened a series on North Prince Street, the Staten Island FerryHawks were the opponent. At 6:30 gametime it was 94 degrees with only a hint of a slight breeze coming in from center. The Stormers took a 1-0 lead in the first, Melvin Mercedes reached on an error and scored on a double by Wilson Garcia. The visitors struck back with three in the second but from there it was all Barnstormers. Trace Loehr started the third inning with a base hit, a walk to Mercedes and a Yeison Coca single loaded the bases with nobody out. Andretty Cordero's sac fly made it a 3-2 game, Garcia followed with an RBI hit delivering Mercedes with the tying run. Chad Sedio drew a walk reloading the bases for Trayvon Robinson who laced a three-run triple into left-center putting the Stormers ahead 6-3. In the fourth the ballclub added three more, Loehr reached on a one-out error and scored on a Coca base hit. Cordero singled to drive Coca home, after Garcia walked Sedio plated Cordero with an RBI hit making it 9-3. There was no further scoring over the last four-and-a-half innings, Dominic DiSabatino pitched into the sixth inning on a hot night for the win with Brian Marconi and Bret Clarke finishing it out of the pen. The series continues on Wednesday and Thursday with the heat continuing right along with it. Take care, thanks for reading.
