Baseball Recap: Boone Braves vs. University Cougars
Boone had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They came out on top against the University Cougars by a score of 9-4. That's more bragging rights for Boone, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Boone got a great performance from Kaiden Krak as he struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Krak has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Boone's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Luis Romero, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
On University's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Solovjov, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Boone's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-3. As for University, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-6-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Boone will take on Lake Nona at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for University, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Freedom at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Freedom's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so University's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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