Sports have become one of our most cyclical inventions. Months of pain, fight, and turbulence all in pursuit of one team being crowned champion and despite the reality that you must do it all again in just a few short months. As rewarding as sports can be, the next year

In all three post-season performances this year the Lake Elsinore Storm combined for at least 9 runs and 12 base hits. Their offense was peaking at the ideal moment and their bats were as hot as a Lake Elsinore July. So, one win away from grabbing their 4th championship in

The Lake Elsinore Storm hosted Game One of the California League Championship Series today in search of their first California League title since 2011. In front of 2,626 Storm fans, Jackson Merrill's immaculate 4-hit day helped lead the Storm to an impressive 13-2 win. On the mound, Fernando Sanchez was

The Lake Elsinore Storm are South Division Champions once more. After taking Game One in convincing fashion Tuesday night in San Bernardino, the Storm returned home and improved their offensive output from the game before. Combining for 10 total runs, the Lake Elsinore Storm vanquished the Inland Empire 66ers and

Last night, the Lake Elsinore Storm arrived in San Bernardino for Game One of the 2022 Single-A Playoffs and left San Manuel Stadium for the final time in 2022 with a victory. This first win in a best of 3 series puts them just one win away from reaching the

Tonight, the Storm played their final regular season home game of 2022. They started the game with two strong innings of work from newbie, Fernando Sanchez. He would get those six outs without allowing a hit or a walk. Matt Boswell would come in to relieve Sanchez in the third

Tonight, the fans in Lake Elsinore got to be a part of history. Typically, this sentiment is applied only when the team on the field accomplished something historic. However, on Friday night, the fans in attendance were the ones writing their own names in the record books. Following the conclusion

On a relatively quiet day at The Diamond, the Storm's six-run 6th inning secured their third straight victory against the Visalia Rawhide. With Victor Lizarraga on the mound, the Rawhide struck first in the second inning. After a leadoff triple, Lizarraga would surrender a single to Brett Johnson to score

The Storm spent 2 weeks away from Lake Elsinore and apparently, they were used all that time to recharge for a home game power-up. After yesterday's game was won with a 10-2 final score, tonight, they would send four balls beyond the wall to beat the Visalia Rawhide for a

Yet another Storm pitcher made his debut tonight. Jared Kollar made his first professional appearance as tonight’s announced starter and made good use of his limited time. He would go 2 innings, striking out 2, allowing 2 hits, and 0 earned runs. Kollar was a free agent from the Morehead

It appears the onslaught of roster moves in early August are finally taking effect in Lake Elsinore. Tonight, the Storm lost their fourth straight game, just one removed from their worst losing streak of the season. Victor Lizarraga, who has combined for 14.2 innings pitched and only 2 earned runs

Hard contact is typically the enemy of pitchers everywhere but tonight, it was simply the invisible rectangle that stands between them and a strike. Tonight, Storm pitchers walked 12 batters and hit 4, allowing a stagger 16 free passes and handing them their second consecutive home loss. Jairo Iriarte was

Tonight’s game at The Diamond can best be summarized by the four consecutive innings that the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes scored in to start the night. The first run came on a passed ball, the next two on a no-doubter home run, and the next three on two doubles and a

With a bevy of mid-season moves, tonight's Lake Elsinore Storm roster looked drastically different from the one that was on the field just 9 days ago. A top prospect was moved, multiple pitchers and position players were brought up to High A, and many new faces walked into The Diamond

Updated 09/16/22: The Lake Elsinore Storm have clinched their spot in the 2022 California League Championship Series after beating the Inland Empire 66ers, and now, playoff tickets are available for purchase for Game One on Sunday, September 18th @ 1:15 PM. $10 Tickets Available Here Championship Series Schedule Game 1

Today's ball game in Lake Elsinore did not initially appear to be headed in the Storm's favor. After one and a half innings were completed, the Storm trailed 5-3 and their starting pitcher was pulled just 1.2 innings into his start. However, as they have shown all year long, they

Tonight, the Lake Elsinore Storm illustrated exactly what a complete and playoff-bound baseball team looks like. Not only did they score a ludicrous 17 runs but they also shut out the Stockton Ports, limiting them to just 4 hits and 7 total men on base. Starting the night on the

The Minor Leagues are for player growth, development, and entertaining fans in small cities across the country. Often, it also is a factory of high offensive production and bloated box scores. Tonight's final score of 2-1 was just the second time this season that the Lake Elsinore Storm won a

The Storm's first 5 game losing streak of the season was snapped on Wednesday night behind a quality start from their starting pitcher, Jesus Gonzalez, and more offensive star power. Gonzalez would go 6.1 innings, giving up 2 runs, and striking out 2 in his 5th win of the season.

Disaster struck early tonight for the Lake Elsinore Storm. In their first game against the Stockton Ports so far this season, they lost by a final score of 12-3. Manuel Castro was tonight's starting pitcher and unfortunately for Lake Elsinore, he would go just 1.2 innings while giving up 7

The Lake Elsinore Storm have had a fantastic unofficial first half of the season but they dropped the final two games before the All-Star break in two blowout defeats. Today's loss by a score of 9-5 ended just after a James Wood home run left the yard in the bottom

The Lake Elsinore Storm lost two Major League players after Jurickson Profar and Wil Myers had rehab starts at The Diamond yesterday and the former was reinstated and played for the San Diego Padres tonight. Modesto certainly wishes someone would have told the Storm's offense that. Lake Elsinore would combine

On a night billed as awful, the Lake Elsinore Storm were determined to make it anything but that. After trailing for the majority of the game following a two home run 3rd inning gave the Modesto Nuts a 4-0 lead. The Storm would get one run back in the bottom

In their first home game against the Modesto Nuts tonight, the Lake Elsinore Storm let a comedy of errors turn their show into a horror. It did not start as so, however, as Wil Myers made his return to The Diamond for his first rehab appearance. He showed up by

The Lake Elsinore Storm have now won 6 of their last 7 games as they continue to roll through the California League. After taking the California League South Division crown in the first half of the season, they celebrated with a no-hitter and the best second-half record through 8 games.