Both sides of the ball strong for Storm

Storm had another great all around night. The offense was pretty strong, particularly early. James and Jeff hit back to back homers and the team was finding some holes on the field. Storm grabbed the lead early and held on.
The defense was also strong, as Storm turned two double plays and made some nice catches on line drives and hard grounders. Solid defense really kept Coulas bats at bay.
One of the highlights of the evening came immediately as Bob hit a ball up the middle that went off the shortstop’s glove and allowed Bob to reach base. That marked 150 straight games where Bob has reached base.

His stats throughout the hitting streak are as follows:

AVG. - .718

Hits – 443 (averaging 2.95 hits per game)

2B – 96

3B - 15

Runs – 332 (averaging 2.21 runs per game)

RBI – 331 (averaging 2.21 RBI per game)

HR – 68

OBP - .727

What a fantastic 150 games. Keep the streak alive.

Other Highlights:

Greg, Bob, Joey and Al all going 4 for 4.

3 Double plays on defense

Al hitting three doubles.

HR – James (9). Jeff (4), Joey (18)

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	1	4	6	5	0	1	1	17
Coulas	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	9

Storm win by default

Win by default.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hanet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Storm	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7

Storm bats were hot vs Devils

Storm bats were hot last night as they faced the Devils. Every player was on fire as the Storm offense put the Devils through hell. Eleven players had four or more hits, including Joey and Kenny, who each went 6 for 6. Of course, Storm had a little bit of help from the Devils defense who were having a devil of a time fielding the ball. They even stopped the game mid-inning to have a spirited discussion on the purpose and use of the cut-off man.

On the other side of the ball, Storm defense was solid. The infielders gobbled up nearly every ground ball within reach, and nothing was falling within running distance of an outfielder. One of the highlights may have been Joey, Jeff and Duran catching a Devils runner in a rundown.

The only thing that didn’t go seemingly exactly according to plan was Bob’s pursuit of the cycle. He was held captive by the league home run rule for most of the game, as Storm was up two home runs by the second inning; however, Scott from the devils was very gracious, and hit a grand slam in the 5th, giving Bob the opportunity to hit a home run. The only problem now was that Bob was the last out of the previous inning, so Storm would have to bat through an entire twelve person order to get back to him. Fortunately for Bob, we like him, so we accommodated and batted through the order and got to him in the top of the 7th. Unfortunately for Bob, it seems that the Devils pitcher does not like him nearly as much as we do, as he put the first pitch off the front of the mat, the 2nd pitch off the corner of the mat, and the 3rd pitch Bob muscled through the infield for a single. Not the home run he needed for the cycle, but a five hit day is nothing to sneeze at.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	8	4	6	12	3	3	0	36
Devils	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	9

Storm over Direct

This one was an offensive showing as both teams hit double digits after the first 3 innings.  The ball was jumping out of the park, with the longest home run of the year hit by Al as well as a dead center shot by Brad.

The real offensive star was Mike with his two no doubter home runs.  He was also striking people out and playing solid defence on the mound.

Kenny, Lance and Bob all added four hits in the game to help Storm pull away from Direct.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Direct	3	8	2	1	2	1	0	17
Storm	5	4	3	5	4	3	x	24

Falcon's come back and tie Storm

The Storm started off the game with a whimper, only managing 3 runs over the first 5 frames.  The Falcons played good defence while the bats for Storm ran ice cold.

It took until the 6th inning for the bats to come alive.  Thanks to timely homeruns by Bob and James.  A huge 8 run inning followed by a 5 run inning put Storm up 16-12 going into the bottom of the last frame.

Falcons came roaring back and with two outs and 1 on Ash put it out to tie the game.  Storm would hold and one of the more exciting games of the year ends in a draw.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	1	0	2	0	0	8	5	16
Falcons	6	0	0	3	3	0	4	16

Storm over Greenthumb

The bats stayed hot for Storm on an even hotter night.

Greenthumb led off the game with 2 runs and Storm answered with 4 and then 4 more in the second inning.  Greenthumb came roaring back with a 6 run frame to even the game up at 8 runs a piece.

James proved why he's the master of the skies with a bomb to left field and Joey added a homer of his own to put Storm out in front.

Greenthumb played very well and brought their hitting shoes but just couldn't catch up with Storm in the later innings.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Greenthumb	2	0	0	6	3	5	1	17
Storm	4	4	0	4	7	7	x	26

A+

Even though the A's had 3 outfielders they managed to stifle the bats of the Storm early on.  They held a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning.

Good defense on either side of the ball kept it tight, with Lance making some great plays on the hot corner and Mike and Joey relaying a throw to gun a runner out at home.

Storm started the bats going in the fourth inning with 4 runs, and 4 more in the next frame.  They broke it open in the 6th inning with 12 runs highlighted by Bob and Joey going deep.  Greg was the only one who hit well the whole game with 5 hits.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
A’s	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4
Storm	0	0	0	4	4	12	x	20

Storm over Rebels

The game started off strong for Storm, with Bob getting on base and Duran smacking a 2 run shot over center field.  The bats quieted down after that as the Rebels were able to put the next 6 batters down in a row.  Scoring opened back up in the 3rd inning and Storm managed to score every inning after that, highlighted by James and his mammoth blast to left.

The defence for Storm played very well (Who needs Joey?) and Al pitched a fantastic game.

The losing streak for Storm ends and hopefully a winning one will now begin.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	2	0	5	1	4	2	1	15
Rebels	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2