The Stormers baseball team finished out this season’s home schedule with losing efforts in back-to-back days of doubleheaders vs. Rock Valley College and South Suburban College.
Both games against Rock Valley on May 2 ended with the Stormers down by a score of 6-4. And on May 3 against South Suburban saw the Stormers take two more losses, falling 10-5 and 12-7.
The home doubleheader planned for Thursday, May 1 vs. Moraine Valley Community College was canceled due to rainy field conditions. The Stormers ended their home portion of the 2014 schedule with six wins and 11 losses in games played in Oak Creek.
The high point of the home- cooked action was a four game winning streak in early April that came with victories over Highland Community College, Olive-Harvey College and Waubonsee Community College.
Just getting on the field was a major obstacle as the spring weather in southeastern Wisconsin was often uncooperative. Beyond just the cancellation of the May 1 games, home contests against the College of DuPage and College of Lake County were called off as well.
First basemen Tyler Dorsey leads the team with a .327 batting average and a .389 slugging percentage. Dorsey also leads the team with 20 stolen bases and five doubles.
Shortstop Nate Van Ells is demonstrating a patient eye at the plate and leads the Stormers with 18 walks, which has resulted in a stunning .433 on-base percentage.
It’s been outfielder/infielder Marty Pitts who has created the timely problems for opposing pitchers, leading the squad with 13 runs batted in with only 11 hits.
Pitcher Paul Murphy has been the workhorse for MATC, pitching 42 innings with a miniscule earned run average of 2.14.  Murphy has embarrassed 36 hitters into striking out.
Pitcher Heinrich Walder has dazzled batters, striking out 10 in 15.2 innings of work. Walder has recorded one save, as have Kyle Rogers and Mike Lutz.
The Stormers are 12-27 overall and will look to improve through practice this summer and fall for a more successful 2015 season.