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