Kurse Ends and Storm Splits

Game 1 - In which the Kurse ends, and Brad shows up in time to ground out in the last inning.

Baseball players are very superstitious. They don’t talk to pitchers throwing no-hitters, they don’t step on the foul lines, and they often wear the same underwear or socks if they have a good game. So it’s no surprise that Storm was looking for an explanation for their slower start to the season. At first, the team thought that there was a second game curse. It seemed Storm couldn’t win game two of a doubleheader. Of course, that would probably be more attributed to age, and injury, but why not call it a curse?

Then, once Storm finally won game two of a doubleheader, there needed to be a new explanation for the lower winning percentage. It was then proposed that maybe the curse was roster related. There was a certain correlation between roster and record of the games. However, today’s roster featured the supposedly Kursed player, and Storm managed to win, thus banishing any thoughts of a curse, either roster related or second game related.

Storm started strong, jumping out to a quick six run lead powered by a two run homer by Bob and a three-run shot by Rene. The A’s struck back with two home runs of their own, but Storm still led 6-3 after the first. Storm was blanked in the second. The inning was best represented by MiKe’s at bat. MiKe walked up to the plate and watched not one, not two, but three balls hit the mat. If I could figure out how to make this keyboard write a backwards K in MiKe’s name, I would do it, but alas, I cannot. Storm still managed to carry a lead into the third. Joey hit a two-run home run and Storm put up four more. This time Mike swung the bat. He hit the ball backwards for a foul out to the catcher, but at least he swung the bat!

In the fourth, Storm put up the max six again, capped off by a three run blast from Duran. In the bottom of the fourth, Craig leaped over the wall to steal a home run from John (who had already hit two home runs). Storm scored five more in the 6th and won 21-13.

Notable Boxscores:

Joey - 4 for 4, HR, 4 runs, 4 RBI

Duran - 3 for 3, HR, 4 runs, 4 RBI

Rene - 2 for 2, HR, 5 RBI, 2 runs

Bob - 3 for 4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs

Cycle Watch:

Duran was a triple short of the cycle yet again.

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	6	0	4	6	0	5	0	21
A's	3	2	2	0	4	2	0	13

Game 2 - In which Joey’s 181 game hit streak comes to an end, and Storm loses yet ANOTHER game 2 (but they’ve won one so it can’t be a curse. Or a Kurse!) 

After winning game two of the doubleheader against the Falcons on Wednesday, Storm can no longer attribute their lack of success to a curse. The only thing left is age, stamina, and/or injury. 

Storm started well with three runs in the first inning. They scored three more in the third inning, and led 6-5 after three. But they basically stopped scoring after that. Storm managed only one run in the fourth and sixth and was blanked in the fifth. Fortunately, the A’s weren’t exactly lighting up the scoreboard either. They were blanked in the fourth and sixth and only scored two in the fifth, which meant it was 8-8 going into the final frame. 

The A’s scored three in the top of the seventh. Brian led off with a single to get to the top of the order. Unfortunately, the top of the order didn’t do anything as Jeff, Bob, and Craig all popped up harmlessly. Harmlessly to the A’s. Not harmlessly to poor Joey, who stood helplessly on deck with his 181 consecutive game hit streak coming to an end. His reached base streak will continue as he walked twice.

Notable Boxscores:

Joey: 0 for 1 with two walks. Notable because it ends a 181 game hit streak, which started on August 25, 2014. His reached base streak continues. 

Nobody else did anything worth mentioning. Seriously

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
A's	0	1	5	0	2	0	3	11
Storm	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	8