A’s Wrinkle in Time

Storm started the season with a game that resembles a lot of their games. There was some good hitting, some good defence, and some…not so good defence. 

There was apparently some rust on the bats that had to be shaken off. Storm struggled to hit through the first few innings, but Rene woke everyone up with a three run home run. He hit  a second home run that just skimmed over the left field fence. Lance launched a three run home run in the 5th. Ken welcomed himself to the team by launching a home run and lamenting the small ballpark. He now has more home runs in his first game than nine players hit combined last season. 

On the bases, Storm had highs and lows. Duran must be slowed down by the lack of sleep from the new baby, because, while he hit well, he got three singles. Storm is accustomed to getting three bases on one hit from Duran, not three separate hits. And speaking of speed, Mills left his mark on the basepaths as he turned a single into a double before anyone had noticed, and arrived at third after tagging on a fly ball before the coach had a chance to tell him to advance. Lance also turned a single into a double, but that was more through stealth than speed. At the opposite end of the spectrum, there were some interesting slide attempts including Al bouncing into a base. 

Defensively there were some good plays, most notable a great catch from Lance in the outfield. There were also a lot of hard hit balls that left bruises on the Storm defenders’ bodies and egos. One memorable moment had Kevin tracking a ball before falling to the ground as the ball skipped away. He went down so hard people were looking to the grassy knoll to find the sniper. 

It was a memorable game, but one that Storm unfortunately came up short in. After reclaiming the lead in the 5th, Storm gave up seven runs in the top of the 7th. They came up to bat with three minutes left before the time limit. But time is a mysterious thing and seems to move at a different pace depending on your stage of life and role in the game. After scoring two and having the tying runs on base, Storm recorded the third out before the time officially ran out and fell to the A’s. 

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Notable Boxscores:

Rene - 3 for 4, 2 HR's, 2 runs, 8 RBI

Duran - 4 for 4, 2B, 4 runs, 1 RBI

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

Lance - 2 for 4, 2B, HR, 2 runs, 3 RBI

Brad - 3 for 4, 3 RBI

Greg - 3 for 4, 1 run, 1 RBI

Kevin - 3 for 3, BB, 2 runs

Al - 3 for 3, BB, 3 runs

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
A’s	2	0	5	2	3	7	6	25
Storm	1	2	3	2	6	7	2	23