Thursday, July 5, 2018

Storm washes over Rebels

 The Rebels gave Storm a good run for their money through the first three innings. Rebels came out swinging. After Storm put up 10 in the first inning, and thought they might sail to a victory, Rebels scored 5 in the top of the 2nd, to pull within 4 runs. Storm thought they had put the Rebels down with a 7 run 2nd, but in the top of the 3rd, the Rebels scored 6 more including a grand slam. This brought the score to 17-12. A very close game. Then Storm kept hitting, scoring 7 more in the 3rd, and the Rebels ran out of steam and were unable to score again. Storm shifted to base to base, but still kept finding holes and ended up scoring 41 runs.

Single Game Records:  Bob had a night for the record books. He tied the record for hits in a game (7), for doubles in a game (3), and set the record for runs in a game (7). He had a chance to break the record for hits in a game, but Dave got really sportsmanlike, and when Jeff hit a ground ball to 3rd Dave started walking to 2nd and actually called for the Rebels to throw the 2nd to get him out and end the game. This happened with Bob standing in the on-deck circle with seven hits, and then sadly walking back to the dugout with no opportunity to stand alone in the record books. As it is, he is one of four Storm players to have 7 hits in a single game (Duran, Joey, and Jeff being the other three). There is also a conspiracy theory that Jeff hit a ground ball intentionally to give the Rebels the opportunity to end the game with a double play. Jeff denies this vehemently.

Cycle Watch:  In a game with 41 runs scored on 49 hits, you’d think someone would have hit for the cycle. Many players were close, but none were able to do it. Joey, Jeff, and Dave were triples short of the cycle; Bob was a home run short of the cycle (likely because Storm played most of the game +2 [it seems the team and league rules were all conspiring to diminish Bob who was in the midst of one of the greatest games in slo-pitch history!])

Home Run Productivity:  In a game with a final score such as this, it doesn’t matter, but Storm needs to be more productive with their home runs. Rebels hit one home run for four runs. Storm hit four home runs for four runs (two solos, a two-run, and a home run out).

Two Outs in One Inning:  Sometimes, when the team is hitting well, one player has a bad game, or sometimes even just a bad inning and makes two outs in a single frame. Usually this is the 1st and 3rd out of the inning; however, yesterday something even harder to accomplish happened. Brian actually made the 2nd and 3rd outs of the 2nd inning.
                                                                                  
Notable Boxscores:  All of them. Seriously. Everyone hit well.

HR's: Joey, Jeff, Dave

Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Rebels
1
5
6
0
0
x
x
12
Storm
10
7
7
10
7
x
x
41

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