Happy 4th of July as Storm take close one against Coulas

Duran started the game with a triple. He’s been having a hard time getting to third base since he became a father. That would change today. This was the first of three triples for Spray as he was speeding around the bases like pre-fatherhood and pre-heart attack Duran. 

Rene followed it up with a double and Joey hit a two run blast. Joey had been praising the no home run strategy that Storm had employed against both the A’s and Isotopes, but apparently he wasn’t serious or didn’t want to run the bases because he launched it. Storm would score six and mercy Coulas. Storm kept Coulas off the board in the first.

The second inning wasn’t nearly as kind to Storm as they only managed to score one (Duran tripled again). Storm then got crushed in the bottom half of the inning, giving up five. The game would get tight as Storm didn’t score in the third and gave up another run to make it a 7-6 game. In the top of the fourth Duran got bored of hitting triples and launched a home run. He needed to catch his breath before his next at bat. Storm scored 3.

Storm made a pitching change, and Jeff held Coulas to only one run in each of the 4th, 5th, and 6th. Storm would score four in the 5th to increase their lead. Up 14-9 going into the seventh, Al could be heard saying, “that’s not enough boys.” Storm took his words to heart and scored five. Rene, returning from a half iron man launched a home run in the inning and Storm took a ten run lead into the bottom of the seventh.

As it turns out, Al was right. Five wasn’t enough, as Coulas found their bats and started to make Storm sweat. They scored six, but it wasn’t enough to come back.

Notable Boxscores:

Duran 4 for 5, three triples, HR, 4 runs, 4RBI

Joey - 4 for 5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs

Rene - 3 for 5, HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs

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Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	6	1	0	3	4	0	5	19
Coulas	0	5	1	1	1	1	6	15