Boone Wins First Home Game Of The Season, 5-0 Over East River

Boone beat East River 5-0 on Tuesday night at the home of the Braves. You could feel the Braves determination when they took their home field for warm ups. Constant chatter and cheer is how Boone started off their first home game of the season.

Their spirit did not go unnoticed and it rubbed off on the crowd, especially in the bottom of the fourth where the Braves brought in the first run of the game, and their first run at their field.

Jacob Burr started on the mound for Boone and he carried the shutout into the sixth inning. He was then relieved by Brandon Reining who finished what Burr had started.

“I did okay tonight, there’s stuff I can improve on, but for the most part it was good for the first home game of the season,” Burr said. “I could work on getting the first-pitch strike and keeping the ball down.”

Catcher Noah Chevalier will help Burr accomplish his goals.

“I tell my pitchers in the bullpen to keep the ball low inside the zone, get first pitch strikes and make sure they are out in front on curveballs,” said Chevalier, a second-year starter. “I hope we continue to get better for game 26.”

Pedro Hernandez was on the mound for the East River Falcons and held the contest scoreless for three innings. In the fourth the Braves started to figure out Hernandez and strung together a couple hits to left field. This put a runner in scoring position for Garrett Stillwell to hit a double to bring in the first run of the game.

“We got some growing pains we’re going to have to go through, but we’re going to work at it,” Booen manager Pete Post said. “It’s a good group of kids; they’re just young and inexperienced on some things. But they are going to buy in to what Coach Darden and I are trying to get across to them.”

The Braves had the opportunity to score again in the fourth. Courtesy-runner Howard Rodriguez tagged up on a deep line drive to center and was thrown out at the plate by Liam Silvagnoli, holding the score to 1-0 at the bottom of the fourth.

However, the East River Falcons had a hard time getting clutch hits, leaving a total of five runners on base within the next three innings.

“I liked the fact that we hit the ball, we had a lot of base hits, I didn’t like the fact that we didn’t drive in any runs,” Falcons first-year manager Rob Hammond said. “We gave ourselves plenty of opportunities; someone has to step up with a two out base hit. They stepped up and got a few, and we gave them a couple. We have to put that kind of pressure on them to get that kind of result.”

Boone scored one in the fourth, two in the fifth and two in the sixth to put it away.

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