Storm started rough against Triple Play. The TP boys put up a triple in the first and held Storm to a single leading 3-1 after the first frame. TP doubled their output in the second, scoring a max six and making it look like it was going to be a long night. Storm was not to be dismayed, though, and they wiped away some of TP’s lead in the bottom half of the second scoring five. The inning started with a McTriple from MacDougall, and a rare single from General Mills, but the following two batters got out and it looked like it was going to be another short inning for Storm. Jeff managed to keep the inning alive, sneaking a ground ball past third, scoring Mills. Duran walked and Joey tripled (it was really nice for Storm to Triple so much against triple play) clearing the bases. Storm put up five to keep themselves in the game.
Triple Play, loving the number three scored three again in the third. Storm only managed two runs, and Triple play extended their lead to four. No lead is safe, though, and in the fourth, Storm held Triple Play to one run and then scored five of their own powered by a two run homer by Joey. Suddenly it was tied heading into the open innings.
Storm blanked Triple Play in the fifth. Duran started the fifth with, you guessed it, a triple, and Storm scored two to take the lead. The lead would be short lived, however, as Triple Play would score, you guessed it, three runs in the top of the sixth. Storm trailed by one in the bottom of the sixth with time ticking.
Storm’s fortunes did not look good as two of the first three batters got out. With the tying run on third, Jeff stepped up to the plate. He had been struggling through the entire doubleheader, and when he fouled off a pitch for strike two, Storm was down to their last strike, unsure if there would be enough time for another inning. The pitch came in, possibly short, but Jeff wasn’t taking the risk and he lined the ball over the pitcher’s head into centre field to tie the game. Duran then stepped up to the plate and watched a 3-1 plate hit the board, bringing Storm to their final strike for the second batter in a row. Duran worked the walk and then Joey singled, scoring the go ahead run. Now if the game reverted, Storm would win. But the game wasn’t going to revert because it would never make it to the next inning. After being down to their last strike twice, Storm had a two out rally that worked its way all the way through the lineup scoring 9 runs with two outs and running out the clock for a 24-16 victory.
Storm 24 - Triple Play 16
Boxscore | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total |
Triple Play | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | x | 16 |
Storm | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | x | 24 |
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