The new month began on a Sunday with street hockey in Rothsville, several of the guys commented on how I'm looking better. Fourteen new players joined the ranks raising the total to forty-eight, on this day all but nine were present. Ephrata defeated Warwick and Hillside won over Township, we're back at Lions Park on June 8th. Monday night marked my first time at Garrett Park in Willow Street for the new season, the Southern End League finally had a night that didn't get rained on. The league has six teams playing fifteen games each, thus far better than half the schedule has been postponed. On this night Akatsuki played a doubleheader, losing the opener to Kelly's and the nightcap to Peach Bottom. On Tuesday the Stormers returned home from a week on the road, the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars were the opponent. The Boxcars have continued to struggle since they were last in town (they recently made a managerial change) but on this night you wouldn't have known it. The Stormers trailed 1-0 in the fourth before plating three runs on an infield groundout and two fielding errors, after the Boxcars tied it in the fifth the Stormers took a 4-3 lead in their half on an Ariel Sandoval RBI double. From there the game turned on a dime, two Hagerstown runs in the sixth were followed by two more in the eighth and a five-spot in the ninth bringing the final to 12-4. Keylan Killgore pitched into the sixth inning and took the decision. The series continues through Thursday with Staten Island coming in for the weekend. Take care, thanks for reading.
