Kevin thinks the game is Friday, and the Kurse is roster related, not game time related!

Game 1 - In which Kevin thinks the game is Friday, leaving Storm with nine players, one of whom recently had a heart attack, and one of whom pulled a hamstring and can barely move

Storm started the game shorthanded. The team already knew it would be playing with ten players because of work schedules and the fact that it seemed to be a popular vacation week, but when Kevin no showed due to the fact that he thought the game was Friday, Storm was down to nine players, one of whom recently recovered from a heart attack, and one of whom suffered a hamstring injury in the first game and has struggled to move since. With the sign-outs and the injuries to the players who were present, many players were forced to play out of position and the prospects of winning one of the games, let alone both, seemed to be low.

However, Storm didn’t let the situation deter them. After a solid first inning defensively, allowing only one run, Bob, Duran, and Craig put up back to back to back doubles and Rene singled to put Storm up 3-1. 

Storm’s solid defense continued in the second as they blanked the Falcons. I said defense, but most of the credit goes to Al as he struck out two batters in one inning. Storm then responded with three more runs, to stretch the lead to 6-1. No lead is safe in slo-pitch, however, and in the third and fourth the Falcons remembered how to hit. They put up three in the third and five in the fourth and Storm only managed four runs total in those two frames. At the end of four the score was 10-9. 

The fifth inning saw Storm pull away. They blanked the Falcons and then put up seven runs in the bottom of the fifth. Brian, Jeff, and Bob hit back to back to back doubles, then Duran and Craig hit back to back home runs. Storm kept rolling in the sixth, blanking the Falcons again and scoring six more runs powered by Craig’s second home run of the game and a slew of singles.

The Falcons put up three in the seventh, but it was too little too late as a depleted Storm held on to a 23-12 victory.

Notable Boxscores:

Craig - 5 for 5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 runs

Duran - 5 for 6, HR, 3 doubles,5 RBI, 5 runs

Rene - 5 for 5, 2 runs, 2 RBI

Al - 4 for 5, 3 runs

Cycle watch: Duran pointed out that he was a triple short of the cycle going into his last at bat, at which point the team pointed out that he checked his heart monitor every time he came off the field, and so there was no way he should attempt to get the triple. One player even quipped that if Duran tried to get a triple in his last at bat, it might truly be his last at bat. Like ever.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Falcons	1	0	3	5	0	0	3	12
Storm	3	3	0	4	7	6	x	23

Game 2 - In which Storm breaks their second game curse, leading some players to believe the Kurse is roster related, not game time related

Game two's of the doubleheaders have not been kind to Storm, and so Storm decided to pretend that they had just arrived at the park for their first game. Brad could be heard loudly welcoming players to the park and asking how everyone was to encourage the feeling that Storm had not just finished playing a game. However, the limps from most of the players implied that Storm had just played another game, and that there was the chance that they would run out of steam (or courtesy runners) before the game ended.

Storm started decently in the first with two runs. In the bottom of the first, it looked like Rene was going to get all three outs on the first three batters, but a dropped ball allowed the inning to continue, and the Falcons put up three runs to take a 3-2 lead into the second inning. 

Storm exploded in the second, getting the maximum six runs. Brad, Brian, and Jeff started with back to back to back doubles, followed by consecutive singles from Duran, Bob, Craig, Rene, and Lance and six runs were quickly up on the board.

The game then turned into a fierce pitcher’s duel as the teams combined for only one run across the next three innings. Storm created some separation in the sixth inning putting up eleven runs. Jeff, Bob, and Duran got two hits each, but Craig showed everyone up by getting two home runs. After Duran grounded to short, Jeff left off third enough to get the shortstop to throw home. Jeff returned to third and Craig came up with the bases loaded. He launched a grand slam. He hit a two run shot later in the inning. Those eleven runs were enough to propel Storm to 19-5 victory, and their first win in the second game of a doubleheader this season.

After the game, many people started to believe that the team is suffering from a different curse than initially believed. It is not a second game curse. But maybe there is a roster Kurse. There seems to be a Korrelation between the team’s reKord and roster for certain games. Whether this is truly Korrelation or Koincidence, and whether the Korrelation proves Kausation is too much for this writer to unravel. But the faKt is that there is a distinKt difference in the team’s reKord depending on the roster present. Either way, the nine players who played their hearts out (one of whom almost literally) demonstrated that Storm is capable of winning both games of a doubleheader, so there should be no more excuses for the rest of the season.

Notable Boxscores:

Craig - 2 for 2, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 runs. And that’s just the sixth inning!

Jeff - 4 for 5, 4 runs, 2 RBI, 2B

Bob - 4 for 5, 4 runs, HR, 2 RBI

Duran - 4 for 5, 3 runs, 3 RBI

Cycle Watch: Bob was a triple short of the cycle.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	2	6	0	0	0	11	0	19
Falcons	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	5