Storm stumbles at start; finishes strong

Hanet looked like they had come to play as they scored 6 runs in the top of the first inning. Aside from one error, the rest of their runs were scored on clean singles. If they kept finding the holes throughout the game, it would be a problem. Unfortunately for Hanet, their hits didn’t find the holes the rest of the game, and Storm’s defense was rock solid the rest of the game, and Hanet was only able to manage one more run for the rest of the game.

It wasn’t a runaway, though. Storm’s offense was not running on full cylinders. The first inning was pretty good. Jeff led off with a single and Lance followed that up with a towering home run. Bob then thought that, since he was playing shortstop like Joey usually does, he would hit like Joey usually does, and knocked a solo home run. Storm would add another run.

The 2^nd inning wasn’t kind to Storm and they added nothing and trailed 7-4. In the 3^rd, Storm scored a couple to draw within one, and the 4^th saw the top of the order leading off so it looked like Storm would take the lead. However, the top of the order went down one, two, three, leaving Hanet still on top. In the 5^th, just to prove a point, Duran knocked a solo home run that tied the game and really screamed, “someone should have been on base!” Storm took the lead in the bottom of the 5^th.

The 6^th and 7^th resembled a late inning hard ball game rather than a slo-pitch game, as neither team was able to score a run. The game ended in dramatic fashion as Hanet had runners on the corners with two outs. The last batter grounded out to 2^nd to end the game. The runner on 3^rd potentially had a chance to score from 2^nd on the previous hit, but was held. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had he been sent home.

Hanet and Storm played yet another close game this year, with Storm coming out on top in all of them so far!

HR's: Lance, Bob, Duran

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hanet	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Storm	4	0	2	0	2	0	x	8