Storm’s season came to an abrupt halt as The Crew accrued more runs than Storm did.
It was clear this was going to be an offensive affair from the start as The Crew hit two home runs in the first inning to score three. Storm hit a home run in their half and one upped The Crew in the first as they scored four to take an early lead.
Storm would extend the lead in the second, as they managed to keep The Crew off the board, and then they scored, and scored, and scored. The inning was highlighted by Rene launching a grand slam. Joey also hit a triple as Storm maxed out the inning.
The Crew got right back in it in the third with a three run home run. Storm would only add one, and it was 11-6 after three. Storm changed pitchers and Al shut down The Crew in his first inning pitching. Storm also blanked in the fourth and the score remained 11-6.
The Crew found their groove in the fifth. Captain Underpants got pantsed as The Crew took advantage of the open inning and scored seven to take the lead. But Storm was the home team and still had their at bats. But they didn’t do anything with their at bats, and Storm trailed 13-11 after five. Storm had overcome much greater deficits against the Expos, and were not worried.
In the top of the 6th. Storm deviated from their original pitching plan. They did the same thing against Hanet, and it worked perfectly. Since Captain Underpants gave up seven runs in the 5th, they thought going back to Jeff might stop the Crew from brewing up more runs. Unfortunately, however, Jeff lived up to his nickname of “Batting Practice.” The Crew batted through almost their entire lineup without recording an out, before Jeff walked off the field and gave the ball back to Al, who immediately recorded an out. The Crew scored a whopping 12 runs in the inning.
Storm had practised coming back from large deficits against the Expos, but this deficit was too large and had been accrued too late in the game for Storm to recover. Storm put up a valiant effort in the sixth, scoring five capped off by a massive grand slam by Sam. Craig knocked a three run blast in the seventh, but that was all the offence Storm could manage and they lost 27-19.
It was a tough way to end the season. Congratulations to The Crew who went on to win the tournament.
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Boxscore |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Total |
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The Crew |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
27 |
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Storm |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
19 |
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