Saturday was every bit the raw and rainy day they were calling for, after lunch with Jenny and her mother I came back to the city and stayed in for the rest of the day. It proved to be the right choice, in late afternoon the Stormers postponed their ballgame and rescheduled it for Sunday as part of a doubleheader. There was no street hockey in Rothsville on Sunday due to a personal absence on my part, that absence was because I was at the ballpark in a working capacity. Friend and colleague John Witwer had contacted me about this date back in October when the league schedule was released so it's been on my calendar for some time. This day reminded me of why I always hated doubleheaders in my days in the business, the first game started at 1:30 and we were finally done about five hours later. In the opener Long Island won 13-0 behind starting pitcher Trevor Bauer (ex-bigleaguer with a Cy Young Award win to his credit), he went the full seven innings allowing just one baserunner on a walk in the sixth inning. There were about four thousand fans in attendance and it seems like half them were rooting for Bauer and the Ducks, when the game ended he received the Ambassador's Reception from his teammates and most of the crowd. In game #2 the downbeat continued for the Stormers as the Ducks completed the weekend sweep with a 6-2 decision. The Stormers took a 2-0 lead in the second, Joseph Carpenter singled and advanced to third on Nick Lucky's bloop double. Tyler Robertson's sac fly scored Carpenter, two batters later Evan Ulrich singled to score Lucky. From there it was all Long Island, three runs in the fourth followed by single scores in the fifth, sixth and seventh put the game away. Noah Bremer started and suffered the loss, Quinton Martinez took the decision for the Stormers in the opener. Take care, thanks for reading.
