Wednesday night at the ballpark as the Atlantic League's own particular version of The War Of The Roses continued. On this night the guys from The White Rose City scored first, Brian Rey's solo home run in the second and Ben Blackwell's two-run jack in the third put the Revolution up 3-0. In the home fifth Nick Lucky's RBI hit brought the Stormers to within two, in the sixth Rey's second round-tripper of the evening restored the Revs' advantage to three. Troy Schreffler singled home a run in the bottom half, one inning later the Home Team took the lead for good. Jalen Battles started the rally with a solo shot, after Joseph Carpenter singled home the tying run Joe Deluca's sacrifice fly gave the Stormers a 5-4 lead. From there the bullpen closed the door, Matt Still won it in relief of Quinten Martinez while Denny Bentley lost it in relief of Chris Vallimont. On Thursday nigh the clubs engaged in another wacky ALPB special, Jackson Ross' first-inning home run for the Revs was countered by a Tyler Miller double in the bottom half. The Stormers went up 2-1 in the second on a Scott Kelly groundout, in the visiting third Ross struck again with an RBI hit before the Stormers went back up 3-2 on a run-scoring wild pitch. The Revs scored three in the fourth on Brandon Lewis' two-run home run and a Cole Griffith RBI hit, the 5-3 lead lasted until the home fifth. RBI singles by Carpenter and Battles plus a two-run double from Schreffler put the Stormers up 7-5. The craziness continued in the seventh, a Jacob Teter base hit and a three-run home run from Lewis (his second of the night) gave the Revs a 9-7 lead. The Stormers got one back on David Smith's sac fly, the Revs took it right back in the eighth on a wild pitch to lead 10-8. It all set the stage for the bottom of the ninth where the Stormers loaded the bases with one out. A walk scored one run and a sac fly tied the game before Jalen Battles singled to left-center giving the Stormers an 11-10 win. A.J. Alexy won it in relief of Matt Swarmer, Shawn Rapp lost in relief of Rhett Kouba. Three games down in this series, three to go and one can only wonder what's next. Take care, thanks for reading.
