Rained-out again

An afternoon Thunderstorm wiped out another game.

Games Played - 11
Games Rained Out - 8
Games Cancelled even though it was sunny - 2

Another game was Cancelled on Sunday (No Permits)

The Town pulled the permits on Friday for Sundays game, and of course it was mostly beautiful all weekend including at game time.

Games Played - 11
Games Rained Out - 7
Games Cancelled even though it was sunny - 2

Ryan's Amazing Race for Learning

The website is now up, here's hoping that a few of you will be able to participate in this years version of our Amazing Race.

It will be held on August 26th, 2017

Please check out the website for all the details!!

We really appreciate everyone's support over the last few years, and as anyone that has competed will tell you, it is a lot of fun participating.

Website: http://rarforlearning.weebly.com/

Mother Nature is kicking our ass this year

Another night for ball, another rainout...

We are now up to 8 rainouts this year

Storms stay away so Storm could blow by Hanet

 There was a rumble of thunder in the distance, but it was the thunder that was coming off Storm bats that was the real issue for Hanet on Sunday. 

Storm struggled through the first inning, scoring only one run, but in the second, the bats started to rumble as Storm scored five anchored by Duran’s 3-run homer. Storm had another strong inning in the 4^th scoring 6, and the skies really opened and Storm cracked thunder and lightning in the 7^th as Storm scored 12 runs batting through their entire order twice.

Notable facts:

Duran hit one home run that counted in the books, and two that went for outs as he tried to win the league record for home run outs. He is now up to 5 Home-run Outs this year!

Bob, Mike and Joey all had 6 hit nights.

Dave scored 6 runs.

Bob and Duran picked up 6 RBI

HR's: Bob, Lance, Duran

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	1	5	2	6	2	0	12	28
Hanet	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	10

Storm blows by Xtreme

 In the first inning it looked like it might actually be Joey vs. Derek instead of Storm vs. Xtreme. Joey hit a 3-run homer in the top of the first, and Derek hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the first. After that though, Storm took control of the game as a team on both sides of the ball.

Offensively, Storm got hits from ten different players, runs from 8 different players, and RBIs from six different players. The run production was spread out pretty evenly across the game, with Storm scoring in every inning except the 2^nd, and only scoring more than two runs in an inning twice!

Defensively Storm played a very tight game, making plays and keeping Xtreme off the scoreboard for five consecutive innings. Xtreme didn’t even get a runner to 2^nd from the 2^nd-5^th innings.

Overall, it was a very good effort by Storm, playing one of their most complete games of the season!

HR's: Joey (2), Lance

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

Storm surges past Surge

 After a tepid first two innings at the plate where Storm managed to score only one run in each inning, and some lacklustre defense, Storm trailed 7-2 going into the bottom of the 3^rd. In the bottom of the 3^rd, however, there was a power surge, as Joey hit a 3-run home run, and Lance hit a 2-run homer.  The power surge continued in the 4^th as Storm plated another 5, with Joey hitting a2-run homer over the trees.

Storm’s defense calmed down and Storm carried a 12-9 lead into the bottom of the 6^th. The first two batters got out, and then Brad got, what seemed like a harmless enough 2-out single; however, Storm was about to have another power surge, and strung together 13 consecutive 2-out hits to score 12 runs in the inning. Kevin was saved the ignominious honour of being the first and third out in the inning when Surge’s left fielder kindly dropped a line drive, and Mike avoided the incredibly rare opportunity to be the 2^nd and 3^rd out in the inning by hitting a single.

Storm was able to hold on to the lead to win 24-11.

Notable stats:

Joey – 2HR, 7 RBI, 3 runs

Lance – HR, 2 RBI, 3 Runs

Bob- 4/4, 4 Runs

Storm storms by Falcons

 Storm and the Falcons played a fairly tight match. Storm took the lead early with an eight run 3^rd, but the Falcons would not stay grounded, and scored 9 runs in the 5^th and 6^th combined. This brought the score to an uncomfortably close 18-15. Storm was able to add five runs in the top of the 7^th, and kept the Falcons off the scoreboard in the bottom of the 7^th for a 23-15 victory.

Of Note:

In the top of the 6^th, Joey ran Storm out of an inning by running on a deep fly to left. He ran past third base before realizing that there was only one out when the ball was hit. In the end, though, it didn’t matter as Storm already had all the runs they would need. 

HR's: Bob (2), Lance

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	3	0	8	4	2	1	5	23
Falcons	0	3	1	2	5	4	0	15

A's even up series as the Storm stumbles in the 7th

In one of the closest and most tightly contested games of the season, Storm fell a little short losing to the A’s 16-12.

The game was close throughout its entirety. At the end of the 2^nd, it was 6-5. At the end of the 5^th, the A’s had taken a 10-5 lead, but in the top of the 6^th Storm scored 7 to take a 12-10 lead. Unfortunately, Storm gave it right back in the bottom of the 6^th letting the A’s take a 16-12 lead.

In the top of the 7^th, Storm was down four, but had four home runs to use, so things looked promising; however, Storm was unable to score any runs, and lost for the second time this year.

Special Note:

An occurrence as rare as Halley’s comet appeared on Sunday. There was no Jo(e)y in Stormville, for mighty Pilkey STRUCK OUT! It was actually his eighth strikeout since Storm started recording these things in 2004. This means he strikes out once every 198 at bats. That’s not nearly as impressive as Bob’s one strikeout per 484 at bats, so it’ll be bigger news if Bob Ks.

HR's: Joey, Bob, Al, & Dave

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	3	2	0	0	0	7	0	12
A's	1	5	1	1	2	6	x	16

Storm open home & home series with a win

A strong first inning offensively and solid defense throughout the game kept Storm ahead of the A’s. Storm did not allow a multiple run inning against until the fourth inning, when the A’s were allowed to plate three. Only twice in the game did the A’s get multiple runs, and Storm kept the A’s completely off the scoreboard in four innings.

Storm also had some solid batting when it mattered. Storm put up multi-run innings three times, including the first inning, and with that were able to hold on to the lead throughout the game.

Of Note:

Joey hit a home run out (for what is believed to be the first time?)

Kenny seems to be playing to make it into the writeups these days. His reluctance to swing the bat continued until he was in a 3-0 count, at which point he decided to swing (and ground out).

HR's: Joey, Lance, & Brad

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	4	0	1	5	0	3	0	13
A’s	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	6

Storm slugs past Greenthumb

It looked like it was going to be a close game. After two innings, it was 4-3 Greenthumb. Then, Storm exploded for a fifteen run 3^rd inning and never looked back. Joey and Al hit homeruns, and most of the lineup contributed a lot of solid singles and doubles as Storm was able to keep moving the order.

Some highlights (which are only highlights because Storm won):

Brad got off early as a courtesy runner and left Storm completely unsatisfied in the inning. When asked about it he said, “It reminded me of my honeymoon.” Of note on this play, someone was actually called out for leading off. League statisticians are searching the archives to see if this has ever happened before.

Also, Kenny struck out. Looking. At ALL THREE PITCHES. Then he walked on his next at-bat. People were wondering if he planned to swing the bat.

HR's: Joey, AL

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	3	0	15	1	7	3	x	29
Greenthumb	4	0	2	0	1	0	x	7