Bradley Beats Storm (Again)

Storm’s struggles against Bradley continued on a hot late afternoon in August. Storm’s defense played very well. Lance made a nice grab in the outfield and then a nice pick-up on a hard grounder at third. James, Duran, and Mike all also made nice outfield catches. Ironically, possibly the two best Storm defensive plays were made by Storm catchers for Bradley. Dave made a nice stretch in the 1st inning to complete a 3rd to home double play for Bradley, and Jeff made a nice stretch at home in the fifth to catch Kenny at home. This may have been the key play of the game as the score was 7-5 at the moment, and Kenny’s run would have brought Storm to within one with a runner on 2nd, but instead the inning came to an end.

The real problem for Storm was the bats. The umpire said, “I’ve never seen you guys hit this poorly.” Storm seems to have trouble against Bradley’s pitcher, and the defense was solid as the 3rd basemen and shortstop made some nice plays. Storm only managed to get five runs, which must be a season low (though I didn’t actually look at every score to verify this). Storm also only managed 12 hits, which is fewer hits than they usually score runs. Only Al seemed to have no trouble as he hit a three run blast (his 8th homer of the season) and added another RBI later for a 4RBI night. He accounted for 80% of Storm’s offense.

Up Next: Storm tries to rebound against Surge who is fighting with Bradley for 6th place overall.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
Bradley	5	2	0	0	0	2	x	9