The Storm hosted Pope John Paul at Lowell Park on Monday, April 29, and with a three-game winning streak coming in, they felt pretty good. Unfortunately, Pope John also brought their game as they beat Sturgis 12-0. That is the second time the Storm have lost by double digits to the Lions in two weeks. To give Luke Chevalier and Kyle Garvey a rest from pitching, senior Ian Devine pitched and only let up three earned runs, since the Storm committed a season-high total of six errors. Senior Ben Duncan relieved Devine in the 6th inning and pitched well, letting up just one run.
East, which had a couple days to readjust, came back with an impressive 8-5 win over Cape Cod Academy. The team's pitching ace, senior captain Kyle Garvey, had a no-hitter through four innings, but eventually let up 5 runs (3 earned) as CCA began to hit better in the fifth inning. Ian Devine had an outstanding game, going 3-3 with a walk and three RBI. Austin Taubert had two hits as well to help propel the team to a victory.
Friday was a different sort of game as the Storm didn’t have their usual starting lineup versus New Testament. The team had seven players with various injuries. Another notable injury was the broken finger of senior captain Connor Bryant. With Garvey and sophomore Ryan Havey out with apparent leg injuries, and with Ben Duncan out with a back injury, Coach Levine was forced to make several changes to the starting lineup. Junior Ben Brown started at first base and Grant Dauwalder started at centerfield, moving Ian Devine to shortstop.
Before the first at bat for the Storm, Levine was repeating to his players, “ Let's do what we do, ” as motivation to hit the ball well like Sturgis normally does. Luckily, the injuries didn't affect the Storm much as they won 14-0. Despite his broken finger, Connor Bryant was fantastic at the plate, going 3 for 3 with 4 RBI and a double. Austin Taubert also had a four RBI day. These big bats in the lineup really complemented the gem thrown by Luke Chevalier. He went all seven innings with thirteen strikeouts. In the fourth inning, clearly his best inning in the game, Chevalier struck out the side with three strikeouts in nine pitches. It was a dominating win for the boys to say the least.
The injury-ridden Storm look to continue this domination as they look to journey on into the rest of the season. There is great news on starting second baseman Ryan Havey as he got his MRI results back on Monday. He is not out for the remainder of the season(as first reported) as he has some bone bruising around the knee and a sprained ligament. The doctor has cleared Havey to play, and he will surely help the Storm with his bat and his glove as he was the original starter. The team’s record is 5-3, and they are playing Cape Tech today at Cape Tech in Harwich.
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