Solo Power strikes again

Storm got more great pitching and solid defence as they beat Greenthumb 19-8 in just over an hour.

Storm scored two in the top of the first. Duran and Joey hit back to back triples, Craig (wait, who?) hit a double and Storm scored two in the first frame. Storm opened up the floodgates in the second, scoring six runs while recording only one out (way to go, Joey). Storm scored two more in the third as Rene got in on the triples. 

In the fourth, Storm ran into some familiar trouble. Jeff, being moved up to leadoff, went to his head, and he launched his first home run of the season. Unfortunately, he was leading off the inning, so this was another Han Solo home run for Storm. Not to be outdone, Duran launched another solo home run on the very next pitch. Sam later hit a home run out (there was a runner on for his home run attempt). Storm still scored five. They added four late runs and won 19-8. 

It was mostly a good day, but there were some interesting moments. Probably the most interesting was a confusing running play with Mills trying to score from second when Sam had already stopped at third. There were many things going on in this play. Sam running like a 62 year instead of a 26 year old is definitely part of the problem. Joey, coaching third base having no faith in his son’s speed (probably because he runs like a 62 year old) is also part of the problem. Mills either thinking everyone is as fast as him, or just not paying any attention to what’s going on is also part of the problem. He didn’t realise Sam had stopped until he was almost at third. 

Rene also started directing traffic and rearranging Storm’s defence. In one inning this meant Mills ended up at third. A line drive went right by him. Being able to cover half the outfield in under two seconds doesn’t matter at the hot corner. 

Less humorous was Craig taking a massive swing and then falling over in the batter’s box clutching his back. Hopefully he’s okay or he might not be allowed to come play again.

Storm    19  -   Greenthumb 8

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Greenthumb	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	8
Storm	2	6	2	5	0	4	x	19