The orange on the fancy new jerseys Brad chose for the
team wasn’t the only orange on Storm last night. The rust on the infield
defense was clearly visible. A number of balls got through infielders that
normally would have been played. It got so bad that Brad quipped from the bench
that the other team’s strategy was to, “hit it straight at ‘em.” Of course,
when Brad stepped out to play 2nd base, the baseball gods/karma got
him back, because the first ball went straight through his legs.
After
three innings, Storm was down 5-1. In the 5th inning, Storm
remembered how to play baseball on both sides of the ball. Brad made a great
play running back, losing the ball, and then throwing his glove up and having
the ball land in it. Then everyone else seemed to remember how to play defense.
Storm did not give up a run after the 4th inning.
The
bats woke up as well as Storm put up 4 in the 4th and 10 in the 5th
including a three run homer by Joey.
The New Guys
The
new guys are pretty good, but they need to learn the ropes. They BOTH hit solo
home runs. In a league with a home run rule, that’s not productive. The issue
was exacerbated later in the game as Duran hit a three-run home run OUT. This
is not unusual, but is frustrating coming later in an inning that saw a solo
shot. Craig was a triple short of the cycle and Rene hit for extra bases every
at bat, so they might have potential.
HR's: Joey, Rene, & Craig
Boxscore
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Total
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Storm
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0
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1
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0
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4
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10
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2
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0
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17
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Remax
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0
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1
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4
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2
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0
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0
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0
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7
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Great first game by all. A little bit of rust, but that’s expected. Nothing serious enough to cost us more than a few extra hits. Also saw some pretty strong plays (for a first game) – some good put-outs at first, big catch by Lance late in the game, and Craig running half a mile to snare one out in LC. Smart at-bats will come, but hey, the new guys certainly proved they’re a major upgrade from James & & Chris (6/8, 14 TB). Bigger test on Friday night.
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