Friday night at the ballpark, the Staten Island FerryHawks visited for the second time in the month of August. On this night the Stormers took a 1-0 lead in the third on a Mason Martin home run over the picnic tents in right field, in the sixth RBI hits from Joseph Carpenter and Nick Lucky made it 3-0. There were thunderstorms in the forecast, they finally arrived with one out in the ninth and forced a twenty-minute delay before the last two outs were recorded. Tim Brennan (in his last appearance as a professional, he announced his retirement after the game) went six innings for the 3-0 victory with Jackson Rees picking up the save. Saturday was August 16, always a big day on the calendar because it's Jenny's birthday. We marked the occasion with lunch at an Italian-style eatery in Quarryville, later in the day Jenny's friend Courtney took her and her mother to a restaurant in York County for supper. In the evening I was at the ballpark for a game that resembled a football score, the Stormers came out on fire scoring TEN runs in the first inning. The runs came courtesy of RBI hits by Joseph Carpenter, Joe Campagna and Yeison Coca, Kevin Watson's RBI double, a two-run double by Nick Lucky, Alex Isola's RBI triple and a rally-capping three-run home run by Nick Ward. Watson's round-tripper in the second scored run #11, in the third six more were added on a Ward sac fly, bases-loaded walks to Coca and Slater Schield, a Campagna RBI hit and a two-run home run by Carpenter. In the fifth three more came home on Ward's RBI hit, a hit batsman with the bases loaded and a Carpenter sac fly, in the seventh back-to-back doubles by Watson (one RBI) and Campagna (two) brought the Stormers' total to TWENTY-THREE. While all this was going on the FerryHawks were scoring twelve of their own on three two-run innings and a six-run frame but it was nowhere near enough. The Stormer run total ties a franchise record set on Opening Night back in 2022, Michael McAvene won it with relief from A.J. Alexy, Kyle Johnson and newcomers Maceo Campbell and Brenden White, The ballclub completed the sweep on Sunday, I was at home taking it easy in the air-conditioning. Take care, thanks for reading.
