Storm has Power Surge

Storm had a power surge against Surge Monday night. They only batted in four innings and all four innings ended with the mercy rule being applied. Surge never retired Storm on outs (and in two innings never recorded an out).

The first inning saw a pair of two run homers by Joey and Lance which paved the way for the six runs. Storm managed the mercy with no homers to play with in the second. They kept the ball in the park and scored six. In the third inning, not only did the inning not end on outs, there wasn’t a single out recorded. Storm scored six runs on nine consecutive singles. 

In the top of the 4th, Surge had a power surge of their own. This backfired as they gave Storm home runs back to use, and Craig used one launching a three run blast. Five singles later and Storm had another six run mercy without recording an out. 

Surge decided to call it quits after the top of the fifth. Actually, they seemed to have called it quits in the top of the fifth as the leadoff batter didn’t run out a ball that squeaked through the infield and he was thrown out anyway. But when the inning ended, they lined it up.

Storm    24   -   Hanet 5

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Surge	0	0	1	4	0	x	x	5
Storm	6	6	6	6	x	x	x	24

Notable Boxscores:

Everyone

Cycle Watch:

Even with all the offence, nobody had a chance because nobody batted more than three times and some players only batted twice.

Storm Walk-off Hanet

It was a relatively quiet start to the game between Hanet and Storm. The teams combined for a grand total of four runs across four innings. Duran’s two run home run was the only bright spot for Storm in the first four innings. Each team remembered how to hit in the 5th. Hanet scored three runs highlighted by a two run blast by Kyle and took the lead 4-3. Storm put up more runs in the top of the 5th than they had in the previous innings combined. Four runs highlighted by a Duran two run dinger.

Hanet would then have their biggest inning in the 6th. They scored four, again highlighted by a home run by Kyle. At this point it was starting to look like only one guy on each team was able to provide any kind of offence. The score was 8-7, Hanet leading going into the bottom of the 6th. Storm scored nothing in the bottom of the 6th, and Hanet scored nothing in the top of the 7th leading to an eventful bottom of the 7th inning. What had been a quiet game erupted in the final frame. 

After Brian led off with a double, Duran stepped to the plate. He had two home runs in the game already, and a home run would win the game. He hit a line drive up the middle off George that went for a single. Hanet exploded in anger, though it doesn’t seem likely that someone with two home runs and a chance to win the game would intentionally hit a ball at the pitcher instead of going for the glory. 

When the game calmed down and continued, Joey hit a single, tying the game, and Rene hit a home run to give Storm the victory 10-8.

Storm    10   -   Hanet 8

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hanet	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	8
Storm	1	0	2	0	4	0	3	10

 

Falcons Forfeit Game

 Falcon's forfeit game two of our planned doubleheader.

Storm    7   -   Falcons 0

Storm neutralizes Isotopes

Mills started the game with a triple, which had him seeking a cycle for the rest of the game. Craig returned to the lineup with a sac fly to cash the first run of the game. Duran also tripled, which we all know means he was thinking cycle for the rest of the game. Rene would sac him home and Storm had two on the board. The Isotopes put a positive charge into their offence and scored three in the bottom of the first to take the lead.

Storm scored three in the 2nd, after starting with three consecutive hits. They held the Isotopes to a zero in the bottom of the 2nd and carried the lead into the 3rd. In the top of the 3rd, Duran must have been feeling frustrated that Sam had taKen the lead in an offensive category from him as he strucKout to lead off and rejoined Sam atop of the striKeout leaderboard. Storm managed to crank up some offence after that with doubles from Rene, Ken, and Jeff, and singles from Lance, Al and Greg and Storm scored four to increase their lead.

The bottom of the third saw a lot of close plays. A double clutched ball, a ball in and out of a glove, a tailing throw off the tip off the first baseman's glove. Had any of those plays gone differently, the inning would have ended much sooner, but as it was, the Isotopes neutralized the game as they put a positive six  on the board that inning. 

Storm would not get negative. They scored three more runs capped off by Rene’s two run charge over the fence. They neutralized the isotopes offence causing them to score nothing in the bottom half of the inning. 

Ken led off the 5th with a triple, which meant he was also thinking cycle. Storm scored two more to extend the lead and kept the Isotopes to two runs. Storm struggled to score one in the 6th, but the Isotopes scored none. Storm added three more to take a seven run lead into the bottom of the seventh. The Isotopes were fighting time as well as the deficit, but there was still some power in their bats and they managed to find some holes in the defence to score three. But they also hit a couple of balls to Al who decided he was going to take care of things himself.Storm won 18-14.

Storm    18   -   Isotopes 14

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	2	3	4	3	2	1	3	18
Isotopes	3	0	6	0	2	0	3	14

Cycle Watch:

Ken missed the homer

Notable Boxscores:

Rene - 2 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs

Al - 4 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs

Greg - 4 for 4, 2 runs, RBI

Ken - 3 for 4, triple, double, 3 runs, 2 RBI

Jeff - 3 for 4, 3 runs, RBI

Duran - K, triple

Storm explodes in 5th

 

Storm scored a couple in the top of the first inning. Duran tripled, Rene and Bob doubled, and that would be the offence for the day. Defensively Storm started with a BOBble as Bob acclimatised himself to shortstop. It didn’t matter as Storm managed to shut the door and not give up any runs. The A’s returned the favour in the second as Storm was blanked. The A’s would get one and it was 2-1 after two innings. It looked like Storm was headed for yet another tight defensive game. 

Duran got the offence going again in the third with a legitimate inside the park home run. There were no errors, though no outfielder seemed in any hurry to pick up the ball. Lance and Bob got hits and Storm got another pair of runs. The A’s were able to match that pair of runs it and it 4-3 after three.

Sam PilKey led off the 4th with a strikeout. He took full possession of the team lead in strikeouts. Brian hit a double and Duran and Mills hit to score two more to take a 6-3 lead. In the 5th, the floodgates opened and Storm rained down runs on the A’s. Storm strung together 9 hits for 9 runs. The A’s never recovered and Storm won15-4.

Storm    15   -   A's 4

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	2	0	2	2	9	0	0	15
A’s	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	4

Cycle Watch: 

Duran hit for the cycle

Bob missed the triple

Notable Boxscores:

Duran - 4 for 5, HR, 3B, 2B, 3 runs, 3 RBI

Bob 5 for 5, HR, 2B, 4 RBI