Stome edge out win over A's

 Brad jokingly called Jeff “batting practice” before the game started. Then Jeff lived up to the name and pitched four solo home runs in the first inning, two for outs. The next three innings would be a cat and mouse game between Jeff and the A's batter as Jeff tried to throw home runs and they tried desperately to keep it in the park. 

In the 2nd, George hit a screaming liner at Adam’s head. Adam recovered from his near death experience to make a play on Doug's grounder. 

In the third, Storm got the A’s to hit another home run out. They also started a new defensive strategy. Jeff deflected a ball to Brad who threw to first to record the out on the good ol 143 out at first.

In the fourth, Storm continued their defensive strategy of deflecting balls as Lance knocked one down that was picked up by Jeff who gunned it to first. Jeff finished his day much like he started it, with a home run that went for an out.

Storm hit well in the fourth through sixth innings and ran the bases aggressively. Most importantly, they kept the ball in the park. 

In the 5th,  Al took a page out of Jeff's book and ended the inning with a home run out. It was bizarro baseball as every time the A’s hit a deep fly ball it was Storm players cheering for the ball to get out. 

Storm took a 13-9 lead into the seventh inning, but the A’s do not go gentle into any good night, particularly not a humid night, so they scored three and got the tying run to second base with their number 3 batter up. Cam launched one in the air, but it stayed in the park and fell right into Mills’ waiting glove. Storm held on to win 13-12. 

Check out the new Podcast of the game as reported by;

Scoops Jockovitch and Chip Merriweather

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
A’s	2	0	3	3	0	1	3	12
Storm	4	2	3	4	0	0	x	13