Thursday night at the ballpark for Round #3 between the White Rose and Red Rose Cities. Thus far in 2024 the Revs have had their way in the season series, they are 12-2 against the Stormers including an unbeaten 6-0 in York and have long since clinched the Community Cup. Both of the Stormer wins have come at home, on this night they were looking to win the series but the Revs had other ideas. There was no scoring until the bottom of the fifth when Isan Diaz homered with a man on base giving the Stormers a 2-0 lead. In the sixth the Revs broke through, Rudy Martin singled and scored on a Donovan Casey sacrifice fly. Base hits by Jacob Rhinesmith (run) and Alfredo Reyes (RBI) evened it in the seventh, in the eighth the Revs scored the lead run when Martin walked and scored from third on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the ninth Joseph Carpenter batted with one out and drove a rocket over the wall in right-center to tie the game 3-3 and force extra innings. Neither team could score the "Manfred Man" in the tenth or the eleventh, in the top of the twelfth the Revs took the lead when David Washington scored on a Rhinesmith base hit. The Stormers went down in order in the bottom of the inning as the Revs held on for the 4-3 victory. The teams combined to use thirteen pitchers, Denny Bentley saved it for winner Frankie Bartow with Ted Stuka taking the loss. Special mention should be made for Stormer starter Matt Swarmer who tied a franchise record with thirteen strikeouts over the six-and-two-thirds innings he worked. This marks the Revs' last appearance in Lancaster, the teams have three games left in York in September and it's not hard to imagine a postseason matchup as well but that's a long way off. The weekend was relatively quiet save for Saturday, Jenny's friend had a birthday party for her oldest daughter. I've known all three of them practically since birth, Ann'Aliyah turned ten on Wednesday. Take care, thanks for reading.
