by Nicholas Cipolla<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

After <\/span>Nick Caroli<\/b> led off the bottom of the first by reaching on a throwing error, <\/span>Frank Stella<\/b> gave his team a 1-0 lead with an RBI Single up the middle. <\/span>Jake Burlock <\/b>ripped a two run single of his own to make it a 3-0 affair with no outs in the bottom of the first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tides finally recorded the first two outs when <\/span>Sean Barodin <\/b>hit an RBI groundout to make it a 4-0 game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the bottom of the second, <\/span>Adam Franklin<\/b> led off with a walk, stole second and made it to third on a <\/span>Nick Caroli<\/b> single. Franklin later stole home when he and teammate <\/span>Nick Caroli <\/b>pulled off a textbook first and third double steal, making it 6-0 Thunder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jake Burlock <\/b>got his third RBI of the day with a double into the left center gap, making it 7-0 Thunder. <\/span>Sean Barodin <\/b>also had a three RBI day after he hit a two run single up the middle to make it 9-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tides got one back in the top of the third thanks in part to <\/span>Jack Lantcowicz<\/b> hitting an RBI single past third to make it 9-1. Unfortunately that’s the only run the Tides scored in this contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3 run base clearing triple for Nick Caroli makes it 12-1 Thunder pic.twitter.com\/012jAPrOF8<\/a><\/p>\n

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