Storm started the season strong. General Mills led the charge with a leadoff double. Duran looked like he was in midseason form in his first at bat, launching a two run homerun. Joey tripled. All Bob needed was a single for the consecutive batter cycle. The Palindrome got out instead. Storm scored five in the inning including Tony’s first hit as a member of Storm.
The second looked like a repeat of the first as Duran launched his second home run of the game, but those two runs were all Storm would manage. They would get one more in the third and three in the fifth. General Mills continued to lead the team. He got the first hit of the season, scored the first run of the season, and, in the fifth inning, notched Storm’s first strikeout of the season.
Storm was solid defensively across the first five frames. Tony looked at home at third. Joey made a couple of nice plays including throwing a runner out at home. This may be more impressive since he got hit in the fingers and the head by a line drive while standing on third base. The umpire called him safe and awarded Lance the base. Just a note, this was not the right call. Standing on a base does not protect you from being called out if you are hit by a batted ball.
With a solid lead, Storm decided to start auditions for pitcher, and Mills came in from the outfield. Like Hamilton, he was not throwing away his shot. He threw the ball very awkwardly, stepping with the wrong foot, but it worked and he threw two scoreless innings for Storm to close out the game.
Storm won 16-5.
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