Storm brews up a victory

The game was close after the first inning. Storm had started well in the top of the 1^st with 4 runs led by a Duran homer.  But then, in the bottom of the 1^st with a costly two out error, Storm gave the four runs back. The defense tightened up after that, and the offense kept running scoring in every inning, with a five run 4^th putting some distance between Storm and the Brew Crew.

Cycle Watch:

Many players were in cycle hunts in this game, but only one was able to actually pull it off. Bob managed to get his double in his final at bat to hit for the cycle.

Unsuccessful cycles:

Duran had too much power, and hit two home runs instead of the needed triple for his cycle.

Jeff also missed the triple, and hit two doubles instead.

Kevin got the single, double, and triple, but his new bat hasn’t made it to 50 hits yet, so it didn’t quite have the pop to get the ball over the fence, but it did have the pop to fly out to the warning track, so maybe in a few games…

No Jo(e)y in Stormville

Joey had an uncharacteristically weak night at the plate. Things were seen that will likely never be seen again. It started off pretty normally, with Joey hitting a triple making people think that HE might be the one getting the cycle, but after that, things were very un-Joeylike.

In the fourth inning, Joey was the 1^st and 3^rd out. Not a normal occurrence for anybody, but for a player of his caliber, it was downright shocking. He also nearly popped out to the catcher, had two strikes on him multiple times (but never struck out), and hit a home run out. This home run out was made even more painful, because directly before him, Duran hit a solo home run. Earlier this season Duran did the writeup for a game in which he called out Joey for hitting solo home runs. This is irony, or poetic justice, or something, but it’s the summer and I’m trying to keep that part of my brain off.

Notable Boxscores:

Duran – 4/5, 2 home runs, 5 RBI, 2 3uns

Bob – 5/6, HR, triple, double, 4 RBI, 4 runs

Jeff – 4/6, HR, 2 doubles, 4 RBI, 3 runs

HR's: Duran (2), Bob, Jeff

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	4	1	3	5	1	1	2	17
Brew Crew	4	0	2	0	2	0	3	11