Storm Baseball: On Track For Another Championship?

We're halfway through minor league baseball season, and the Storm is on a heck of a streak.

The team has now won seven games in a row and continues to lead the California League this season. Last year, the Storm and is eyeing another another.

The seventh-game victory came Sunday when the Storm outscored the Bakersfield Blaze on their field, 3-2.

After an almost no-hitter in his last outing, the Storm’s Mark Pope allowed just two runs on four hits in six and two-thirds innings, helping the league-leading pitching staff to another win and his sixth for the Storm.

In the fourth inning, Storm catcher Eddy Rodriguez also showed his stuff. He led off with a single to left and reached second when Everett Williams drew a walk to put two on and no outs for infielder Connor Powers. Powers singled to right allowing Rodriguez to score and tie the ballgame 1-1.

Rodriguez has gone 12-for-45 in the last 10 games and scored six runs for the Storm.

As part of the win over the Blaze, the Storm’s Tommy Medica continued his hitting streak to now 24 games leading the team in RBI, doubles and batting average with .372. In the sixth, Medica slammed a single to right field to not only extend his hit streak but also drive in a run.

Donald Lutz also put one up for the Storm with a homer.

The Storm will finish the series against the Blaze tonight in Bakersfield and will return home to take on the High Desert Mavericks in a three-game series at The Diamond for a Wacky Weenie Wednesday, a Thirsty Thursday and a Fireworks Friday.

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