Falcons fly like geese and lay eggs for the first five innings

What a difference a week makes. Last Sunday night the Falcons were smacking the ball around seemingly at will. With Jeff on the mound they launched three consecutive solo home runs delaying the game because all the balls were gone. This Sunday, the Falcons couldn't seem to hit. They were recorded out quickly in the first two innings before loading the bases (two walks) in the third. But a ground ball to Rene turned into a 3rd to home double play and the Falcons were put down without a run. They wouldn’t even threaten again until the sixth when they finally managed to squeak one run across the plate. That was all they would manage offensively. Whether they were just out of it, or whether Jeff had spent a lot of time watching game tape and coming up with a new strategic game plan will be determined the next time the teams play.

Storm played well on all sides of the ball. Defensively they played well. Mostly. In the first, there was a questionable moment when a fly ball just past second base caused Ken to wait at the edge of the dirt. Mills ran from the fence in just missing it. This caused Ken to quip, “I thought Mills was fast.” After that, though, Storm was solid. 

Offensively, Storm was firing on all cylinders as top to bottom the team was hitting well. Some members of the team were hitting too well. Lance launched yet another home run out, and Kevin, who has been off to an incredible start, hit one off the yellow and over the fence for a home run out. Storm also had two well timed home runs that counted from Joey. 

In football they say, “on any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team.” Apparently this is also true in slo-pitch. Except it should read, “on any given Sunday, any team can absolutely slaughter any other team.” Whether the Falcons had an off day or were just trying to see if they enjoyed giving out spankings or receiving spankings more remains to be seen. But this given Sunday brought  sweet revenge for Storm.

Notable Boxscores:

Joey - 5 for 5, 2 home runs, 8 RBI, 4 runs

Rene -  5 for 5, 4 runs, 3 RBI

Duran - 4 for 4, 4 runs, RBI

Bob - 4 for 4, 3 RBI, triple, 3 runs

Brad - 4 for 4, 2 RBI, 2 runs

Jeff - 4 for 4, 3 runs, 2 doubles

Craig - 3 for 4, 4 RBI, 2 runs

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	6	0	6	4	4	3	3	26
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1