New Boston fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against De Kalb on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the De Kalb Bears by a score of 5-3. New Boston has not had much luck with De Kalb recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Xavier Rowden was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.2 innings pitched. Rowden has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rowden was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Rowden wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Zeth Braley, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Eli Barrett was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, New Boston didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as De Kalb only tossed six.
Like New Boston, De Kalb also got a great game from a two-way player: Dom Dunn. On the mound, he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Dunn was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Jaylen White and Aidan Vera did most of the damage at the plate: White scored two runs while going 2-for-5, while Vera scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Keiwon Neal, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases.
New Boston's loss dropped their record down to 9-15. As for De Kalb, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-7-2.
New Boston does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for De Kalb, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Mount Vernon at 7:00 p.m. De Kalb is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
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