Storm surges to victory!

Storm’s offence was electric as their bats thundered and they poured down a torrent of runs in a power surge. The defence was solid and Storm looked strong on both sides of the ball in their victory Monday night.

Storm scored early and late. Storm put up a solid four runs in the first inning and five in the second for an early lead. The defence was incredible and didn’t give away any runs forcing Surge to earn everything they got. Storm added five in the 5th and seven in the 7th, because it looks nice to score the number of runs the inning is. Surge could not muster any runs until the bottom of the seventh. Some balls got through some fielders on tough plays and Surge then hit a home run (that Storm could have used earlier) to break the giant string of goose eggs that had trailed along the scoresheet. It was far too little, much too late, and Storm won 21-3.

Defensive Highlights:

Captain Underpants was in top form on the pitcher’s mound throwing strikes and letting the defence do their thing.

The Thane of Cawdor must have had some kind of prophecy from the Weird Sisters about a rise to greatness, because he made a spectacular catch, spin, and throw to pick off a runner who had sauntered from the base. It was a beautiful double play. Storm turned a couple of other double plays, one with Captain Kangaroo tossing it to the Thane who threw it to the Marlborough Man, and one with Captain Kangaroo hopping after a runner to tag him and step on a base ending the inning.

The outfield was a black hole as everything that went into the air disappeared into a glove. Mills, in particular, tried his hardest to prove he was the best outfielder after being impressed by a couple of Phil’s catches for Surge.

Offensive Highlights/Lowlights:

Duran did his best Harrison Ford impression in the first inning and blew his load early with a massive Han Solo home run. This would have repercussions for many players throughout the game as Storm was having trouble keeping it in the park. Casper Killer also hit a home run in the first inning, but at least it was a two run shot, though still not as productive as a couple of others could have been.

Home run outs then became somewhat of a theme for the rest of the game. Mills must have been eating his wheaties, because with two runners on, he mashed what would have been a three run homerun, but… Duran had already hit that selfish solo, so…. Mills had a long run to collect an out.

But Karma is a bitch, so in the fourth inning Duran, himself, came up with two runners on and launched a line drive that cleared the fence by a country mile. This was an inning ending home run out and it would take Duran most of the defensive inning to find the ball. That’s two three run homers potentially lost because of the earlier solo shot.

Duran was having a fun game offensively. In the sixth inning, Duran forgot he’s getting older and nursing numerous injuries to various parts of his body as he tried to turn an obvious single into a double. Surge was having none of that and threw him out easily (a phrase you don’t hear a lot in reference to Duran) at second base. You can now add an injured pride to the list of ailments Duran is suffering from.

Storm    21   -   Surge 3 

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	4	5	0	0	5	0	7	21
Surge	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Notable Boxscores:

Captain Kangaroo - 5 for 5, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 doubles

Tank Engine - 4 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double

Casper Killer - 3 for 4, 3 runs, 2 RBI, HR

Han Solo - 3 for 4, 3 runs, 3 RBI, HR, HR out, Thrown out on bases

The Thane of Whitby - 3 for 4, 3 runs, 2 RBI

Craig - 3 for 5, 3 RBI, run