The second half of 2024 began with the oven door wide open, it was in the 90s just about all week. Picked up my car at the service center on Monday morning, it passed inspection although I'll need new tires eventually. In the evening in Willow Street there was one lone softball game for the week, Kelly's defeated Riverside. The middle part of the week had absolutely nothing going, on Thursday the nation celebrated its 248th birthday. On Friday I made a trip West Of The River for the first time in better than one year, at Wellspan Park in York the Revolution started a weekend series with the Staten Island FerryHawks. This was also the final night of the Atlantic League's first half, the Revs would win on this night 14-4 to finish with a 43-20 mark as the first-half division champions. Every member of the batting order was in on the offense, Donovan Casey led the way with three hits including a home run and four RBI. Colton Welker was 4-5 with two ribbies, Alfredo Reyes had two hits and two RBI and Alex Pantoja had a base hit and two RBI. Trey Martin had two doubles and one RBI, Jacob Rhinesmith and Michael Berglund each contributed a hit and an RBI, at the top of the order Mike McDermott and Rudy Martin Jr. each had two hits and scored twice. Ethan Lindow started and went five innings on a 96-degree night for the win with Alex Valverde, Will Carter and Nelvin Correa in relief. York and Gastonia are in the postseason as their respective division champions, for the Revs it's their first playoff appearance since 2019. Had lunch and ran a few errands with Jenny and Helen on Saturday before retreating into the air conditioning for the rest of the weekend. Take care, thanks for reading.
