Storm surges in first

Storm started strong in the top of the 1st inning. After batting through the order without recording an out, Jeff hit a ball to the fence and when he approached second, saw that Dave had firmly planted himself there. He then had to stop and retreat to first. It is unclear whether Storm had already gone to base-to-base, or whether the combination of Brian and Dave didn’t feel like running, but that was pretty much the end of offense for the game. Storm scored almost as many runs in the top of the 1^st (12) as both teams combined for the rest of the game (13) on their way to a 19-6 win.While the game was out of reach pretty quickly, there were still some fun moments.

Dave was either feeling sorry for his former team, or was trying to gain some most sportsmanlike player votes. In his second at bat, he flailed at a couple of pitches fouling them off. He either fouled out (to Bob catching for Surge) or struck out depending how you want to score a third strike foul tip to the catcher. In his next at-bat he hit a sharp ground ball to the pitcher and then, instead of running to first, simply allowed Surge to throw to second and first to get the double play.

Storm might have scored some more runs if they had not gone up plus two in the first inning. Bob (who hit a home run in the first that counted) hit two more home runs later in the game for outs.

Defensively there were some fun plays as well. A short fly ball to left field saw Joey going back just to get called off by Bob, who then slid to try to avoid a collision and apparently caught the ball with his stomach.

On a ground ball late in the game, Joey went to field it, but the ball bounced up between his legs. With three balls to choose from, Joey managed to grab the correct one and throw the runner out at first.

In a less successful fielding endeavor, Craig charged hard to make a diving catch in the 6^th. He missed the ball, which then went to the fence. The relay came in and Joey threw a very wet ball to home. Dave stretched as far as he could. So far that he might not play ball again this year. He might not even walk again. But he made the catch. Only to have the umpire call the runner safe for an inside the park home run. Only to have the umpire later tell him, that, had it been a close game or a playoff game he would have called the runner out. That’s little consolation to Dave’s groin.

Notable Boxscores:

Jeff – 5/5, 4 runs, RBI

Bob – 3/5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs

Joey – 3/4, 4 RBI, 2 runs

Duran – 3/5, 3 runs, 2 RBI

Craig – 4/4, 2 runs

Lance – 1/3, HR, 3 RBI

HR's: Bob, Lance
HR Outs: Rene, Bob (2)

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	12	1	3	3	0	0	x	19
Surge	1	0	4	0	0	1	x	6