Bats warm up against Greenthumb

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Final Score: Storm 32 - Greenthumb 14 

Triple Play for the Win

Storm kept the momentum from the first game going. Unfortunately, that momentum was a stumble that turned into fall flat on Storm's face. Triple Play mercied Storm in each of the first two innings. Joey stopped the absolute hemorrhaging of runs and turned it into a steady stream. This led Storm to make the mistake again of leaving Joey in for an extra inning and the hemorrhaging started all over again as they gave up 12 runs. 

You'd think Storm's offense could manage to score some runs and keep them in the game, but while Triple Play didn't turn any triple plays, they did play spectacular defense, including a number of diving catches in the outfield. It was a rough day for Storm finishing with Jeff being forced off the mound after being hit in the hand by a line drive back up the middle. Hopefully he is able to return soon because Storm is already short handed in the pitching department. 

Final Score: Triple Play 30 - Storm 19
 

Broadway gets the win

Storm and Broadway completed the trilogy on Sunday night. The game started slowly with Broadway forgetting their balls, but it was actually Storm that played the game without any balls. 

They seemed to think the max 6 was for the game not max 6 for an inning. Broadway played nearly impeccably through the first five. In the sixth, a couple of misplays made it look like Storm might mount a comeback, but any hopes of a comeback were quickly squashed and Broadway held on to a 15-8 win in a thoroughly unsatisfactory finale for Storm fans.

Final Score: Broadway 15 - Storm 8
 

Storm take Two from Broadway

The second game of the double feature was a lot less suspenseful than the first game. Storm jumped out to a 12-0 lead after three innings. This was done without hitting any home runs (which would become a story later in the game). 

Much like the first game, Storm’s bats quieted down in the later portion of the game, but this time the lead was so big there was little suspense. Mills got so bored in the outfield that he came in for an inning at shortstop. He made two plays, though one was a fly ball and both were fielded on the outfield grass, so was he really playing shortstop or shallow outfield? 

The game got interesting as time was winding down and Broadway took the field even though they trailed by fourteen runs at the time. Storm scored four runs in the inning, including a massive home run from Duran that was on a pitch above his head. After Storm scored, Broadway decided they didn’t want their final at bats leaving Storm wondering what the final score was and whether Duran’s home run counted? Either way, Storm swept the doubleheader and seems to be back on track.

Final Score: Storm 22 - Broadway 4 

Storm walks off Broadway

The opening act of the Storm-Broadway showdown was a high energy high scoring affair. Broadway opened the night with a six run mercy inning, including two home runs. Rene was fighting his command and his shirtsleeves as he paced around the mound throughout the inning. Storm was not dismayed, though, and matched Broadway stroke for stroke with a six run mercy inning,  including back to back home runs by Bob and Tony. 

The second saw a slight reduction in runs. Broadway scored four runs, but it could have been a lower scoring inning if Storm had been able to turn a double play. This time Storm managed to win the inning with five runs off mostly singles. 

Broadway was shut out in the third, but scored four in the fourth and Storm managed three in each inning to keep the fairly high scoring game going. It was 17-14 after four.

Then Act 2 began. While Act 1 was decidedly high scoring, Act 2 completely shifted tone. Storm’s bats stopped swinging and Storm was shut out in each of the fifth and sixth. Jeff managed to shit out Broadway in the fifth, but they scored two in the sixth meaning the game went into the seventh with Storm up one. Broadway managed to get that one run across tying the game.

The question became would Storm score, or would it end up a kissing cousin affair? Bob led off with a double making the comeback seem possible. Tony was then given a free pass to create a force play at every base. The climactic moment came when Sam ripped a single into left field and Bob scored from second on the final play.

Final Score: Storm 18 - Broadway 17

Inglorious Implosion for Storm

Captain Kangaroo was looking a lot like Captain Underpants through the first four innings of the game against the Inglorious Batters. He breezed through their lineup the first time around, and got them to hit home run outs, keeping the damage to only six runs through four innings. The defense was also solid with Mills closing the gaps in the outfield and the infield making some nice plays and staying with bobbled balls to make outs instead of errors. 

The offense was good in the second as Storm stacked hit upon hit and maxed out the inning. Storm led 8-6 going into the 5th.

There was going to be a pitching change in the 5th, but Joey had been hopping along almost effortlessly, so Jeff said what would go down as fatal words. “Are you sure you want to stop?” Joey grabbed the ball and the wheels came off as the Inglorious became batters and Storm stopped making the tough plays giving up six runs.

There was no steam left in the Storm’s power engines as they couldn’t muster any runs, even with Mills’s mustard inspired bat. Lance did his best to keep the forward momentum going. Maybe with too much forward momentum as he stumbled into the fence behind home plate like Storm stumbled in the back half of the game.

Final Score: Inglorious Batters 12 - Storm 8

Expos Down Storm

Storm and the Expos both had short benches. Storm went with nine and the Expos brought in Scotty from The Crew as a ringer. Scotty was stinging from The Crew’s recent loss to Storm and brought his best game, as did the Expos’ regular crew (pun intended), and Storm and the Expos traded blows throughout the game. 

Sam’s bat kept bringing the thunder with another home run capping off a six run second for Storm as they took a 6-5 lead into the third. The Expos fought back scoring five in the third taking a 10-9 lead. They held a 12-10 lead after the fourth. 

Storm bats exploded in the fifth including a grand slam from Duran as Storm scored 9 and  took what looked to be a commanding 19-12 lead. The Crew chipped away and scored two runs tightening the game. Storm was blanked in the 6th and then the floodgates opened as The Crew matched Storm’s 9 run inning, and took a 23-19 lead. Storm was blanked again in the seventh. The Expos won 23-19.

Final Score: Expos 23 - Storm 19

Storm over Isotopes

The Isotopes had a positive charge in their offense for the first three innings as they scored five in the first and ten runs across the first three innings to jump out to a lead. Storm finally found some offense in the third inning, scoring five and pulling within two. 

The fifth inning saw a shift in energy as the Isotope bats became neutralised scoring only four runs across three innings. Storm bats were electrified in the fifth as they scored six to take their first lead of the game. It was a lead they would hold on to. 

 Two bats for Storm seemed particularly electrified. Sam launched two home runs and Duran hit for another cycle. That is becoming such a common occurrence that it’s hardly news anymore. 

Storm certainly seems to have found its groove after a rocky 1-2 start. We’ll see if they can withstand the short bench for the next couple of games.

Final Score: Storm 18 - Isotopes 15

Storm over Crew

Final Score: Storm 19 - Crew 8

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