Storm scores a surplus of runs

With Mike and Al signed out, Jeff took the mound with an “unlimited pitch count” for the day. He got right down to business allowing only one hit in the top of the 1^st and keeping IG Wealth off the board. In the bottom of the 1^st, Storm found a surplus of hits and was able to jump out to an early lead. Jeff and Duran got hits, and then Joey smacked a line drive to right field that the right fielder made a great play on. Apparently he hasn’t read the memo that you’re not allowed to make great plays on Joey, and really you should drop some of the easy ones. Craig smacked a double (it might have been a pop up that found a hole). Bob singled and then Rene smacked a two-run homer to cap off a five-run inning.

In the 2^nd, IG Wealth tried to climb out of the deficit that had been created. They managed to get two runs. In the bottom of the 2^nd, Storm continued to invest in a victory by scoring eight runs. Dave smacked a double, and then refused a courtesy runner and made it all the way home. Kenny’s parental instincts kicked in, and he felt bad for IG Wealth, so he decided to be nice and recorded the first and third outs of the inning.

The 3^rd was a relatively slow inning for both teams, but in the 4^th, IG finally found a wealth of offense in their attempts to balance the books. They scored 10 runs on mostly clean hits, though there was a moment where Rene looked more like he was dodging sniper bullets than trying to field the ball at 3^rd. IG pulled to within two and suddenly it was a close game again.

In the bottom of the 4^th, Lance started it off with a walk, and scored on Rene’s second double of the game. Brian and Kenny followed with hits and Storm would put four more runs on the board to create some space on the scoreboard.

In the 5^th, Storm remembered that it’s more fun to get people out and blanked IG Wealth. In the bottom of the inning they filled their side of the ledger with nine more runs, including a triple from Bob and a bases clearing double for Greg.

IG couldn’t find any momentum in the 6^th and scored none. Bob led off for Storm with a line drive that appeared to have gone through the fence, but was later ruled a home run that had hit the top of the fence and gone over. Storm would score another one and go into the final inning up 30-14.

With thoughts of pulled pork and burgers running through Storm’s mind, and Dave gone home to fire up the barbecue (so we thought; in fact we found him swimming when we got to his place!) Storm has no idea how many runs were given up in the top of the 7^th. IG Wealth definitely scored some, but nowhere near the 16 they needed to win.

On a Side Note

Last writeup, Scoops mentioned that Duran was in search of a rooster to sacrifice to help improve his defensive play, and put out a league wide call for someone to give Duran their cock. It looks like someone must have given Duran their cock, because Duran made a couple of plays at second base. It must have been a small cock, though, because while the plays were made, they weren’t pretty. Duran might still be in search of a bigger cock if he’s going to handle balls cleanly and make solid throws.

Cycle Watch

Bob missed the double.

Rene missed the triple.

Notable Boxscores

Rene – 5/5, 2 doubles, HR, 7 RBI, 4 runs

Bob – 5/5, HR, 4 RBI, 5 runs

Jeff – 4/5, 3 doubles, 4 runs, 2 RBI

Joey – 4/5, 4 RBI, 2 runs

Duran – 3/5, 4 RBI, 3 runs

Lance – 2/3, walk, 2 doubles, 3 runs, 3 RBI

HR's: Bob, Rene
HR Outs: None

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
IG Wealth	0	2	1	10	0	1	5	19
Storm	5	8	2	4	9	2	x	30