With Mike and Al signed out, Jeff took the mound with an “unlimited
pitch count” for the day. He got right down to business allowing only one hit
in the top of the 1st and keeping IG Wealth off the board. In the
bottom of the 1st, Storm found a surplus of hits and was able to
jump out to an early lead. Jeff and Duran got hits, and then Joey smacked a
line drive to right field that the right fielder made a great play on.
Apparently he hasn’t read the memo that you’re not allowed to make great plays
on Joey, and really you should drop some of the easy ones. Craig smacked a
double (it might have been a pop up that found a hole). Bob singled and then
Rene smacked a two-run homer to cap off a five-run inning.
In the 2nd, IG Wealth tried to climb out of the deficit that
had been created. They managed to get two runs. In the bottom of the 2nd,
Storm continued to invest in a victory by scoring eight runs. Dave smacked a
double, and then refused a courtesy runner and made it all the way home.
Kenny’s parental instincts kicked in, and he felt bad for IG Wealth, so he
decided to be nice and recorded the first and third outs of the inning.
The 3rd was a relatively slow inning for both teams, but in
the 4th, IG finally found a wealth of offense in their attempts to
balance the books. They scored 10 runs on mostly clean hits, though there was a
moment where Rene looked more like he was dodging sniper bullets than trying to
field the ball at 3rd. IG pulled to within two and suddenly it was a
close game again.
In the bottom of the 4th, Lance started it off with a walk,
and scored on Rene’s second double of the game. Brian and Kenny followed with
hits and Storm would put four more runs on the board to create some space on
the scoreboard.
In the 5th, Storm remembered that it’s more fun to get
people out and blanked IG Wealth. In the bottom of the inning they filled their
side of the ledger with nine more runs, including a triple from Bob and a bases
clearing double for Greg.
IG couldn’t find any momentum in the 6th and scored none. Bob
led off for Storm with a line drive that appeared to have gone through the
fence, but was later ruled a home run that had hit the top of the fence and gone
over. Storm would score another one and go into the final inning up 30-14.
With thoughts of pulled pork and burgers running through Storm’s mind,
and Dave gone home to fire up the barbecue (so we thought; in fact we found him
swimming when we got to his place!) Storm has no idea how many runs were given
up in the top of the 7th. IG Wealth definitely scored some, but
nowhere near the 16 they needed to win.
On a Side Note
Last writeup, Scoops mentioned that Duran was in search of a rooster to
sacrifice to help improve his defensive play, and put out a league wide call
for someone to give Duran their cock. It looks like someone must have given
Duran their cock, because Duran made a couple of plays at second base. It must
have been a small cock, though, because while the plays were made, they weren’t
pretty. Duran might still be in search of a bigger cock if he’s going to handle
balls cleanly and make solid throws.
Cycle Watch
Bob missed the double.
Rene missed the triple.
Notable Boxscores
Rene – 5/5, 2 doubles, HR, 7 RBI, 4 runs
Bob – 5/5, HR, 4 RBI, 5 runs
Jeff – 4/5, 3 doubles, 4 runs, 2 RBI
Joey – 4/5, 4 RBI, 2 runs
Duran – 3/5, 4 RBI, 3 runs
Lance – 2/3, walk, 2 doubles, 3 runs, 3 RBI
HR's: Bob, Rene
HR Outs: None
Boxscore
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Total
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IG Wealth
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0
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2
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1
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10
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0
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1
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5
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19
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Storm
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5
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8
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2
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4
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9
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2
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x
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30
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