Storm wins defensive game (in every sense of the word)

 Storm and Triple Play played a humdinger of a game. It was a tightly contested defensive game for the most part. A lot of the defensiveness came from the umpire who was sensitive to comments about calls, but there was also some excellent defensive play from both teams. Triple Play had an excellent scoop from Chris at first for an unassisted double play, and their short stop made a number of excellent plays. Some of Triple Play's best defense came from relays to home as they threw out multiple Storm runners. Duran had announced last game that it was his first time being thrown out on the bases this season. Apparently he enjoyed the experience so much that he got thrown at again. This time at home. 

Storm was not to be outdone on the defensive side. Al pitched a gem of a game and Storm allowed runs in only two out of seven innings. The Captains (Underpants and Kangaroo) got together for a nice double play and the infield and outfield both made the plays that should have been made. 

Neither team really gave away any runs and the score remained low late. Apparently both teams started to get tired late as Storm scored six in the sixth ( in keeping with their propensity to score the number of runs of the inning they're in). That extended the lead to 15-4. But they needed it because Triple Play started hitting in the 7th, scoring four of their own. 

The game ended appropriately as Storm took a play out of Triple Play's book, and made the final out on the bases. Captain Kangaroo took a throw from the outfield at short, and then very astutely checked the runner's position and threw to 3rd as the runner going home had stopped. Tank Engine chugged down the line and tagged the runner for the final out.

For something to be defensive, there has to be something offensive. Triple Play found Mills's infield home run offensive. The short stop threw the ball away. Mills took second and when nobody was in a rush to get the ball he kept going to third. When Triple Play argued about whether or not time was/should have/could have been called, Mills kept going home.

There was more offense, but this was defensive writeup. 

Captain Kangaroo was a triple short of the cycle.

Storm    15   -   Triple Play 8 

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Triple Play	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	8
Storm	2	1	2	1	3	6	0	15

Notable Boxscores:

Captain Kangaroo - 4 for 4, HR, 4 runs, 3 RBI

Captain Underpants - 4 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs, 2 doubles

Tank Engine - 3 for 3, run

The Captain - 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles