Friday night at the ballpark for the start of a new homestand, for a third consecutive homestand the Staten Island FerryHawks were the opponent. On this night the Stormers took a 5-0 lead in the second inning on a Trace Loehr RBI hit, run-scoring doubles from Isan Diaz and Shawon Dunston and a Mason Martin solo home run plus a Staten Island fielding error. The Hawks scored a single run in the third but the Stormers matched it in the fourth on Damon Dues' RBI sac fly. A run for the Ferry Hawks in the seventh and two more in the eighth made it a 6-4 ballgame, in the bottom half the Stormers exploded for six of their own. RBI singles from Dues, Niko Hulsizer and Gaige Howard were followed by Dunston's two-run single and a wild pitch to give the Stormers an eight-run lead, SI scored twice in the ninth making the final 12-6. Matt Swarmer started and struck out ten over seven innings for the win with Adam Wibert, Phil Diehl and James Hoyt working in relief. Had our usual Saturday lunch visit with Jenny and her mother, in the evening we were back on North Prince Street for game #2. On this night the visitors from New York took a 2-0 lead in the first, in the second the Stormers tied it on Chad Sedio's two-run double and took the lead on Damon Dues' RBI single. Staten Island tied it in the third and took a 6-3 lead in the fifth, in the sixth the Stormers replied to take the lead back for good. Shawon Dunston went yard to right-center with a man on to bring the ballclub to within one, after back-to-back doubles by newcomer Joe Stewart and Chris Proctor tied the score a two-out wild pitch allowed Proctor to score from third putting the Stormers ahead. From there the Stormer bullpen locked it down, Jackson Rees was the winner in relief of Brady Tedesco with Stephen Nogosek striking out five over the last two innings for the save. The Stormers completed the sweep on Sunday afternoon but with temperatures near ninety I was at home in the AC. Take care, thanks for reading.
