Storm doubles up Greenthumb

 A ten man Storm team suited up against a shorthanded Greenthumb team who had a little help from some of The Crew in the Tuesday night matchup. Storm started strong with a couple of singles before Duran mashed a home run. This was the real contest in the game. Storm had already locked up first place, but Duran was chasing Richard from Greenthumb for the home run lead. This brought him to within three and put Storm up three. Greenthumb was blanked and Richard, who after watching three pitches land off the board outside, lined the next pitch to… none other than Duran who made the catch on the hot smash, but who came off the field shaking his hand because the ball had been hit so hard.

Storm added to the lead in the second. With two runners on, Joey launched a three run shot. Under normal circumstances, this would be something to applaud, but with first place already locked up, the gentlemanly thing would have been to leave the home runs for Duran. Duran then came up next, but with Storm plus two, he could not hit a home run. Scratch that. He could hit a home run, it would just be an out. And that’s exactly what happened. Duran mashed a home run out. 

With Storm up two home runs, Duran had his hands tied. Would Richard be able to increase his lead? Nobody would know in the second as Greenthumb went down in order. Storm chipped away and got three more in the third to take a 10-0 lead. But Greenthumb wasn’t done yet. They scored four in the 3rd to make a game of it. But it wouldn’t stay close for long. Mills, who played again like he had eaten some extra wheaties, mashed an inside the park the home run in the fourth to propel Storm to a six run mercy. In the fifth, Mills would outdo himself. He hit an inside the park grand slam en route to a seven run inning for Storm. 

The only thing left was to worry about home runs. Storm kept Richard off the home run board. He came close in one at bat driving a high fly ball to the fence, but Mills sprinted back and caught it. He also popped up to right centre and then to deep second base to go 0 for 4. Greenthumb didn’t manage a home run until the bottom of the 6th, which was too bad because Duran had made the last out of the top of the 6th and didn’t come up in the 7th.

Cycle Watch:

Joey missed the double 

Scotty from the Crew, but playing for Greenthumb, completed the cycle in his last at bat with a home run that was too late to help Duran

Storm    28   -   Greenthumb 14

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	3	4	3	6	7	6	1	28
Greenthumb	0	0	4	2	1	3	4	14

Notable Boxscores:

Joey - 5 for 6, HR (stolen from Duran), 5 RBI, 3 runs

Duran 4 for 6, HR, HR out (thanks Joey!), 5 RBI, 3 runs

Mills 3 for 5, inside the park grand slam, inside the park 3 run homer, 7 RBI, 4 runs

Brian - 5 for 5, 2B, 2 RBI, run

Sam 4 for 5, 3 RBI, 3 runs

Rene 4 for 6, 5 RBI, 2 runs

Kevin - 4 for 6, 4 runs