Storm Finish strong with 30th Win of the Season!

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Storm    23   -   Expo's 19

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Expo’s	2	1	2	6	5	0	3	19
Storm	3	5	1	6	5	2	1	23

Storm over Greenthumb

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Storm    21  -   Greenthumb 10

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Greenthumb	3	1	2	1	2	1	0	10
Storm	6	4	0	4	7	0	x	21

One down, one to go!

 The Expos started strong with three runs in the top of the first, and all Storm could respond with was a Han Solo from Duran, who has stated he shouldn’t bat leadoff. Chewbacca agrees. Storm fared better in the second, blanking the Expos and then finally acting like themselves and scoring five runs on a sequence of singles. The 6-3 lead looked good, but Storm forgot how to hit in the third and fourth innings, putting up big fat goose eggs. Thankfully, the defence played like Donald Trump’s proposed wall, and didn’t let anything sneak through in those same innings. 

Storm scored a pair in the bottom of the fifth, but they didn’t even have time to breathe, because the Expos also remembered that hitting is more fun, and their bottom of the order started off a six run inning punctuated by a grand slam that allowed them to take a one run lead.

With the game and potentially first place on the line, Storm was able to manage six consecutive singles and four runs to take a three run lead. More solid defence in the bottom of the inning allowed Storm to hold on. There will be a rematch Monday night.

Storm    12   -   Expo's 9

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Expo’s	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	9
Storm	1	5	0	2	0	4	x	12

Storm’s batting drought continues against Isotopes

It looked like Storm’s offensive struggles were coming to an end against the Isotopes, as Duran launched a solo home run far into the night sky in the first at bat of the night. Storm added two more to score three, which was a more productive inning than most of their innings in the first game. The Isotopes kept it close with two of their own, but Storm held on to their lead.

The drought started to return in the second as Storm only mustered one run. The Isotopes had a nuclear explosion scoring six and taking the lead. Storm would not be deterred. They rallied and scored the max six powered by a series of singles as they nearly batted through the order. 

It looked as if Storm had finally figured things out. They kept the Isotopes to only one run in the third and blanked them in the fourth to carry an 11-9 lead into the fifth. The fifth inning has been an inning that has been good to Storm most of the season, but on September 5 it was a very bad inning. The Isotopes trailed 12-9 when they came to the plate, and while they didn’t score 9 like the Falcons had, they hit the ball well enough to force a pitching change and to take the lead 14-12.

Storm’s hitting drought continued and Storm was only able to score one run in the final two frames. Joey came to the plate as the tying run in the seventh inning, but because Duran had hit two solo home runs, Joey had to keep it in the park, which he did making the score 14-13, but that was as close as Storm would come.

Storm clearly likes suspense. First place had seemingly been wrapped up for a while, but with four losses in the last six games, including being swept in two separate doubleheaders, Storm now needs to win at least two of the last three games to clinch first place. 

Storm    13  -   Isotopes 14

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Isotopes	2	6	1	0	5	0	x	14
Storm	3	1	6	1	1	0	1	13

Falcons Soar over Storm

 Storm and the Falcons traded mediocre offensive innings until the fifth, when all of a sudden a monkey with cymbals could be heard amidst distant circus music. The Falcons hit the ball hard and the balls kept finding their ways just under infielders’ gloves, and just over outfielders’ heads. It was a tough inning and since it was an open inning, the Falcons scored 9. It was a lead they would not relinquish. 

It is interesting to note that the Falcons exploded after Storm’s only fan and scorekeeper in training left.

Highlights: Mills catching a ball in the outfield while doing a fantasy football draft

Lowlights: The fifth inning

The Falcons now hold a 2-1-1 record against the Storm. 

Storm    12  -   Falcons 16

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Falcons	1	0	0	4	9	2	x	16
Storm	1	4	2	1	0	4	0	12