It's often been said that you never know what you'll see when you come to the ballpark, the Thursday night game with Hagerstown was a prime example. The visitors took the early lead with three runs in the second, the Stormers got on the board on Joseph Carpenter's solo home run in the fourth. In the fifth Carpenter came through with an RBI single, a wild pitch allowed Isan Diaz to score the tying run. The unphased Boxcars replied with three more in the sixth to lead 6-3, in the bottom half Diaz drew a bases-loaded walk scoring Chris Proctor to bring the Stormers within two. In the eighth it was that man Diaz again coming through with a two-run double to tie the score, Mason Martin followed with a two-run bomb down the line in left (as he did on Tuesday night) putting the Stormers up 8-6. Carpenter was next and took the first pitch high and inside, the umpires convened to discuss possible intent but nobody was ejected. As the teams were changing sides after the third out words were exchanged and the dugouts and bullpens emptied, the game was delayed for several minutes before the umpires restored order. In the ninth Hagerstown rallied once again to tie it 8-8 and force extra innings, in the tenth they scored their Manfred Man and took the win 9-8. Starting pitcher Max Green went six innings, Phil Diehl worked the fateful tenth and suffered the loss. On Friday evening the Staten Island FerryHawks visited for the opener of a weekend series, the events on this night were somewhat more mundane. Trace Loehr's two-run double in the second put the Stormers up 2-0 before the Hawks rallied to lead 3-2 in the fourth, in the bottom half Loehr struck again with an RBI hit to tie it 3-3. In the seventh the Stormers took the lead for good on singles by Damon Dues and Mason Martin, Chad Sedio's two-run double put the ribbon on a 7-3 win. Matt Swarmer went seven innings for the decision, A.J. Alexy and Phil Diehl closed it out in relief. Take care, thanks for reading.
