Storm routes 66ers, win 8-1 - c/o Eric Theiss of the Storm

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Storm routes 66ers, win 8-1

Lake Elsinore, CA – The offense came alive tonight at The Diamond in Lake Elsinore as the Storm eight runs off of 12 hits against Inland Empire to take game one of the three game series against the 66ers.

Storm leftfielder Everett Williams hit a booming shot to center field that landed him a triple in the first that set the tone for the evening. Williams would finish the game going three for four to be the third Storm player to do so this season. He eventually scored off a Rymer Liriano groundout to give the Storm the lead 1-0.

After starter Matt Andriese only allowed one hit, no runs, and no errors in the top of the second the Storm found the tempo they have been looking for at the plate.

In the bottom of the second the Storm reached base first by Connor Powers who was hit by a pitch that came up in the positive column for Lake Elsinore. Powers scored on the next play as Chris Bisson hit a double in the left field corner doubling their lead. After back-to-back walks by Rico Noel and Cory Spangenberg up came Williams with the bases loaded. Williams hit a rocket to right center field clearing the bases and giving the Storm a 5-1 lead going into the third.

Andreise again allowed no runs and the Storm picked up two more runs off the first home run for the Storm this season hit by catcher Eddy Rodriguez with a man on now up 7-0.

The 66ers lone run came in the top of the fourth as Travis Witherspoon singled, stole and scored on a double hit by Randal Grichuk.

The Storm tacked on one more run for good measure in the eighth via singles by Bisson, Noel and Williams to score the final run of the night.

Andreise went four innings and allowed only three hits, one run, and struck out four in the matchup.

The Storm bullpen held Inland Empire to no runs and only one walk in the final five innings.

66er Brian Diemer let up five hits, seven runs and seven errors for the loss.

The Storm had a season high in runs and hits and tonight their first five runs were extra base hits.

Tomorrow night the Storm will send Mark Hardy to the mound in the 7:05 game to duke it out against Los Angeles pitcher Jerome Williams in his final rehab start before returning to Anaheim.

Fans don’t forget tomorrow is Fat Tuesdays, tickets to the game at $14 and it is all you can eat concessions.

Thank you for all that you do!

Eric Theiss

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Thank you again to Eric Theiss of the Storm for recapping the game for everyone.

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Planet Padres Writer- T.Pichierri

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Storm fall 7-2

Road trip to the Elsinore Storm

Well last night we took our first trip of the year up to see the Storm play. Packed up the whole famn damily and headed up. It was a fantastic night for baseball under blue skies and a temperature in the 70's. But a win was not in the cards, and the Storm fell to the Ports 7-2. It was Championship ring give away night, and they did a really great job with this for the fans.


Burch Smith came out of the gates guns blazing hitting 91, 95, 95, 96, 95 & 97 mph on his first 6 pitches, resulting in a weak fly out to CF. Unfortunately he left the ball up in the zone a few times, and was the recipient of some poor defense behind him as well as a few questionable calls by the lone umpire in the field, and eventually take the loss. He does however have a very lively arm, but conditioning might be an issue, as his velocity did dip as the game went on. Like very much what I saw initially and think his weaknesses are very correctable with a little seasoning.

Rymer Liriano left me really disappointed on this night reaching safely only once on a badly misplayed ball by the RFer and 2nd baseman. I suppose even those look like linedrives in the books, but certainly not while you're sitting there watching. Anyway I can't wait for my next trip up to see this kid. He's much bigger, and stronger than I anticipated, and I can only hope he becomes as good as many think he can be. He did make a fantastic play slamming into the RF wall which was nice to see.

Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Stockton	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1		7	12	1
Lake Elsinore	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	6	2

Recap | Box
W: Walz (1-0, 2.84) L: Smith (0-1, 10.38)
Game Story: Stockton

The highlight of the night happened in the 1st inning when Cory Spangenberg lead off with a Triple. One thing is for sure, this guy has a great approach at the plate, knows what he's doing, showed excellent bat control, and when he did hit it can flat out motor. Below is the video.

-Planet Padres Writer-
T.Pichierri

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