Storm winds blow Isotopes Aside

It was a blustery evening as the Storm took on the Isotopes, although at times it seemed  the teams were battling the wind as much as each other. At first, Storm thought they had the game well in hand. They blanked the Isotopes in the top of the first and then put up a max 6 in the bottom of the first. The Isotopes pitcher was struggling to throw strikes with the wind pushing the ball everywhere, and issued three walks. Storm capitalised with some well timed hits.

Storm was feeling generous and gave those six runs right back in the top of the second. Mills could have ended the inning with a catch, but missed the ball. He then knelt down instead of turning and chasing the ball. He apparently had hurt his knee, but he’s so fast him crawling after the ball would have been faster than anyone else running after it. He also ran for a sort of inside the park home run later, so we don’t feel bad mentioning this three run gaffe here. Storm forgot how to hit and put up a zero in the bottom half of the inning. The positive energy from the first inning was neutralised by the negative energy of the second and the score was even after 2.

The Isotopes scored four runs in the top of the third. Storm  scored a couple, but still trailed 10-8.

Storm returned to form in the fourth. They held the Isotopes to a single run and then remembered how to hit. Duran led off with a double that was followed by four consecutive singles. A fielder’s choice and sac fly later and Storm had a 13-11 lead. 

The Isotopes tied the game in the top of the fifth, and Storm squeaked one run across to carry a 14-13 lead into the sixth. The Isotopes scored two to take the lead going into the bottom. Storm started well as Mills got his revenge. He hit what should have been a single, ended up being scored a triple, but actually resulted in him scoring on his own hit. Those two runs gave the Storm the lead, but they weren’t done yet. There was a little more thunder in their bats, and Duran launched a two run home run that put Storm up five. More importantly, Storm batted long enough that the game ended after six innings.

Storm    18  -   Isotopes 15

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Isotopes	0	6	4	1	0	2	2	15
Storm	6	0	2	5	1	4	x	18