Storm shut down the Brew Crew in the first after a couple of ground balls to third led to a short inning. Storm started strong. Storm strung together a bunch of singles and scored six. Good job, because they basically forgot how to hit for the next five innings. Storm only scored one over the next three frames while the Crew brewed up eight runs.
Both teams played excellent defence. The hot corner lived up to its name as both teams hit a number of hard ground balls to third that would be recorded as outs. The outfielders for both teams covered a lot of ground and very few balls fell in. The Crew outscored Storm from the 2nd through 6th innings 9-3. The game was tied going into the seventh. The Crew managed a run and took the lead.
A storm was brewing in the bottom of the seventh, however. With thunder rumbling and lightning flashing, Storm came up down one run for the final inning. The first two batters got out, putting a lot of pressure on Big Daddy D. He singled to get the ball rolling. Baby Kangaroo somehow managed to get a short fly ball to hop out of the shortstop’s glove and Big Daddy D made it all the way around to 3rd. Some quick and insightful coaching caused Storm to pinch run Special K for Baby Kangaroo (who has gone hopless). This was a big deal as the next ball was a one hopper to short. He checked Big Daddy D at 3rd (not sure why with two outs) then quickly turned to second to discover that Special K had been eating his Wheaties and was already at second. By the time he looked to first, Lancer Beam had lasered into first. It would be ruled a fielder's choice. The fielder chose to do nothing. Al then drilled single and Big Daddy D and Special K scored for a dramatic win.
Before the game Al had asked some members of the team if it was better to get a lead and the give up a bunch of runs putting pressure on holding the lead, or falling behind and putting the pressure on trying to come back. Apparently Storm really wanted an answer to this question as they did both in this game. They took a six run lead, gave it up, and then had to come back. But all’s well that ends well and Storm took home a much needed victory in a tight game.
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Boxscore | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total |
The Crew | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Storm | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
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