Quarterfinals vs Hanet

Storm started a little better against Hanet than they did the previous day against the Expos. It wouldn't be hard to do better than being mercied, but Storm managed to keep Hanet off the board. Storm then started strong. Joey hit a two run home run, and of the first ten batters, the only outs made were productive as they were sac flies. 

The second inning was sponsored by Mother Goose as both teams dropped an egg on the scoreboard.  Hanet actually played superlative defence to keep Storm off the board. Hanet actually dropped their third consecutive egg on the board in the top half of the third. Craig got the third inning started by hitting a triple. Storm strung together a bunch of singles and sacs and put up another 5 for a 10-0 lead. They had trailed by 10 the day before, though, so they knew that a 10 run lead wasn't safe.

As if to illustrate the point, Captain Underpants, in his return to the mound, gave up a massive home run on the first pitch he threw. Hanet would score two more and all of a sudden it was a game. In the bottom of the inning, Rene wasted Al's courtesy runner by launching a two run blast. 

Lars launched his second home run in as many innings and Hanet scored four to make it 12-7. But Storm was not going to lie down and let Hanet do to them what they did to the Expos. In the bottom of the 5th, Storm strung together 9 hits and a walk to score seven runs and put the game likely out of reach. But it is slopitch,  and anything can happen. Lars hit his third home run in as many at bats, but that was all the offence Hanet could muster. 

Storm recovered from their scare against the Expos and played solid softball to buy a berth in the semifinals.

Storm    19   -   Hanet    9

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hanet	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	9
Storm	5	0	5	2	7	0	0	19