by Nicholas Cipolla
There was no shortage of offense for the Thunder this afternoon as they were able to get 16 runs across the plate in a mercy rule victory over the South Shore Tides.
After Nick Caroli led off the bottom of the first by reaching on a throwing error, Frank Stella gave his team a 1-0 lead with an RBI Single up the middle. Jake Burlock ripped a two run single of his own to make it a 3-0 affair with no outs in the bottom of the first.
The Tides finally recorded the first two outs when Sean Barodin hit an RBI groundout to make it a 4-0 game.
With two outs in the same inning and runners on second and third, the Tides pitcher made a curious decision to try and pick off the runner at second base. The result was not a good one as the ball skipped into centerfield, allowing the runner from third to score easily to make it a 5-0 game.
In the bottom of the second, Adam Franklin led off with a walk, stole second and made it to third on a Nick Caroli single. Franklin later stole home when he and teammate Nick Caroli pulled off a textbook first and third double steal, making it 6-0 Thunder.
Jake Burlock got his third RBI of the day with a double into the left center gap, making it 7-0 Thunder. Sean Barodin also had a three RBI day after he hit a two run single up the middle to make it 9-0.
The Tides got one back in the top of the third thanks in part to Jack Lantcowicz hitting an RBI single past third to make it 9-1. Unfortunately that’s the only run the Tides scored in this contest.
3 run base clearing triple for Nick Caroli makes it 12-1 Thunder pic.twitter.com/012jAPrOF8
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Nick Caroli stepped up in the bottom of the third with bases loaded. Caroli cleared the bases with a bullet three run triple into the right center gap, making it 12-1 Thunder. Frank Stella once again drove in Caroli with a bloop RBI single into right, making it 13-1. Jake Burlock got his fourth and fifth RBI’s of the game when he crushed a two run double to push it to a two touchdown lead, 15-1.
Final (4 Innings): An RBI groundout for Dylan Babek gives the Thunder a 16-1 Mercy Rule win over the South Shore Tides pic.twitter.com/W32MLbETqO
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Dylan Babek hit an RBI groundout to first, scoring Burlock and ending the game after only three innings, the final score was 16-1 Thunder over the South Shore Tides.
