Wednesday lunch in Quarryville with Jenny and Helen, in the evening we were back at the ballpark for game #2 with Staten Island. The game on this night started much the same as Tuesday except it was the other way around, by the fifth inning the visiting FerryHawks held a 5-0 lead. Damon Dues' solo home run in the fifth got the Stormers on the board, a two-run single by Justin Farmer in the sixth made it a 5-3 ballgame. The Hawks added a run in the eighth to go up by three but in the ninth the Stormers rallied back. Dues started it with a base hit, he would score on a triple by Jack Conley making it 6-4. Kyle Kasser drew a walk and Shawon Dunston kept the line moving with a base hit scoring Conley and advancing the tying run to third. Trace Loehr followed with a perfect bunt to the first-base side of the mound, the desperation thrown to the plate was late allowing pinch-runner Jordan Howard to score the tying run and move the winning run to third. Joseph Carpenter batted with the infield in and grounded to second base, the throw home was wide with Dunston sliding in head-first with the winning run. Jackson Rees was the pitcher of record in the 7-6 win, Matt Swarmer (recently resigned) went four innings with Nile Ball and newly-acquired Steffon Moore also appearing in relief. The series finished on Thursday with a 5-1 Staten Island victory, the FerryHawks led 3-0 early and never trailed. The Stormers had only four hits on the night, the lone run came in the third when Kyle Kasser walked and scored on Damon Dues' RBI groundout. 2022 playoff hero Oscar De La Cruz made his home debut and took the loss with Carsie Walker in relief. The announced crowd of 8,636 was the largest in franchise history, the homestand continues with Long Island visiting for the weekend. Take care, thanks for reading.
