Storm’s scouting department should be fired. The entire department. In a year when Storm picked up two players, one of which was a pick-a-friend, Storm somehow neglected to find a pitcher. Now don’t get me wrong. We all love Tony. And we’re sure Shawn is nice. But neither of them pitch. And there is a massive hole left behind by Al “Captain Underpants” Stanfield. A hole bigger than the hole in my favourite pair of underpants. When the only pitcher on your team is nicknamed “batting practice” it’s going to be a long season.
This proved true in the second game of the season. While Storm managed to blank Triple Play in the first inning, Triple Play put up Triple mercies in the second, third, and fourth innings for 18 runs.
Storm wasn’t exactly sleeping through those four innings. They scored thirteen runs themselves to keep it close, but somehow they were going to have to find a way to get three outs in an inning. Mercifully, Storm managed to get through the fifth and sixth unscathed. Triple Play grounded out twice to the pitcher in the fifth and some solid defense got Storm through the sixth.
Storm scored four in the fifth, pulling the game to 18-17. They couldn’t get any in the sixth, but in the top of the seventh Storm scored a couple of runs to take the lead. Unfortunately, now time was their enemy. Instead of scoring more runs, Storm stopped, electing to take their outs and try to get Triple Play out before the time ran out.
Unfortunately, their luck ran out before time did. After a runner made it to third with nobody out, Storm elected to walk the next two batters to get a force play at home. This set up a very exciting walk off grand slam for Triple Play.
Final score: 23 - 19
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