Storm win close one against Coulas

With Jeff sauntering in late because of one of:

      a)       Just returning from his family vacation

      b)      Returning late from his legally enforced 14 day program

      c)       His daughter’s softball game going late

      d)      Inability to get off his lazy ass

Al  stepped in at 3^rd. And of course, as fate would have it, the first ball of the game was hit to him. He snagged the sizzling shot and recorded the out. Kenny would make two outs in left and Storm would put down Coulas in order. Storm loaded the bases in the bottom of the 1^st. Duran came up and smashed a hard line drive down the 3^rd base line which nearly took off Jeff’s head making him wonder why he had forgotten his helmet. Two runs scored.

Coulas matched the two runs in the top of the 2^nd, and Storm also scored two runs in the bottom of the 2^nd as Mike, batting last, took out some aggression and smacked a two-run homer.

Coulas started living up to the back half of its name as they started crushing balls in the top of the 3^rd. Rob hit a grand slam and then Dave followed it up with a solo shot as Coulas plated five and took the lead 7-4.

Storm struggled to score in the 3^rd and 4^th as they were only able to plate one run in each inning. Down 8-6 going into the bottom of the 5^th, Storm remembered it was more fun to score, and that they had lots of home runs to play with. Craig smacked a two-run blast, and Duran knocked a solo (after batting with the bases loaded in his first two plate appearances). Brian doubled home Al and Storm took the lead for the first time since the 2^nd inning.

Coulas would not stay down, however, and they started crushing the ball again. They scored five runs to take the lead again, but a 3^rd to home double-play limited the damage and helped get Storm back to the bats.

In the bottom of the 6^th, Storm started strong with a pair of singles. Craig ran straight through multiple people telling him to stop at 2^nd and extended his hit to a triple scoring two runs along the way. Kenny hit a sac fly that advanced everyone with the bases loaded and Brian drove two more runs home. Those two runs were critical as they were the go ahead runs.

Coulas came up to the plate with the top of the order in the top of the 7^th. The first batter grounded out, but the 2^nd doubled, which brought their 3 and 4 hitters to the plate as the tying runs. Both recorded outs and Storm held on to the lead winning 15-13.

Notable Boxscores:

Craig: 4/4, HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs

Duran: 3/4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 runs

Brian: 2/3, 3 RBI

Mike: 1/2, HR, 2 RBI

Cycle Watch: 

Craig missed the double.

Kenny missed them all.

HR's: Mike, Duran, Craig
HR Outs: None

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Coulas	0	2	5	0	1	5	0	13
Storm	2	2	1	1	4	5	x	15