Storm Bats Thaw in Fourth

Storm bats started out cold in more ways than one. The temperature was colder than it has any right to be in May, but also Storm's first three batters were back on the bench before Jeff had time to get his pitcher’s mask on. Greenthumb wasn’t suffering from the same affliction and was able to put up three runs in the bottom half of the first frame. 

Storm’s bats started to thaw in the top of the second, scoring two on a bases loaded single before the inning fizzled out. Greenthumb matched Storm’s two runs in the second kept their lead at three.

The third looked like it was going to be a repeat of the first, but Mills hit a two out triple that seemed to ignite some fire in Storm. Storm managed to score three runs and get themselves back in the game. Or at least, that’s how it seemed. But Greenthumb had other plans and scored the max six to increase their lead to 11-5.

Just when it seemed like Greenthumb was pulling away, Storm’s bats woke up like a bear coming out of hibernation. Duran clobbered a grand slam and suddenly Storm was back in the game. They put up a max six and the game was tied. Storm carried that momentum to defense and blanked Greenthumb making it a brand new game after 4.

The geese were in full flight laying eggs in the fifth inning, and each team managed only a single run in the sixth, which meant it all came down to the seventh inning. Suddenly Storm remembered how to hit and they started the inning with eight consecutive hits. Storm eventually called the inning after scoring seven runs to make sure they had enough time to finish the game. After two quick outs, Greenthumb made it interesting by loading the bases, but they ran out of stream and Storm held on to a 19-12 victory.