The pitching and defense was there once again the first two games as they lost their opener to the Willoughby Wildcats 6-5 in a tight back-forth-game that saw Willoughby put up a run in the top of the sixth to take the lead and the Storm leave runners in scoring position to end the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Storm bounced back quickly with a strong 9-1 win over The Blaze and secured a spot in bracket play with a 1-1 record and allowing just 7 total runs in their first two games.
Unfortunately, the bats, gloves and arms disappeared the first three innings in their bracket play opener against the Geauga Lake Coasters as they fell behind 5-1 in the first inning and were down 9-2 after four innings. But as they have done all season they found a way to make it very interesting and give themselves a chance at a win as they recorded six straight hits with two outs in the sixth inning to make a 9-3 game a 9-7 game with runners on second and third, but just came up short in the end.
The bats have cooled the last few tournaments as they were hitting over .400 as a team with an on-base over .500 through their first four tournaments, but over the last three tournaments they are barely hitting .300 as a team with an on-base a little over .400 as a team. The strength of the team continues to be their pitching and defense as they have only allowed 5.2 runs per game for the season! Great job to the pitchers, the defense and to Coach Hejduk for his pitch calling.
The Storm looks to break out with the bats and get back to their winning ways in the Littlest Heroes Tournament from June 24-26. Good luck boys!
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