Sadly, Reading is still looking for their first win of the season after five matches. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-2 walloping at the hands of the Daniel Boone Blazers on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Reading has lost by exactly seven runs.
Reading got a good showing from David Garcia, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, Reading saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joelian Zapata, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Daniel Boone's side, Chase Yenser made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Yenser was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Daniel Boone let Maddox Roy and Ryan Pence loose on the outfield. Roy scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Pence scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Cizmarik, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Reading's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Daniel Boone, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-1.
Reading didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, an 11-5 defeat vs. Wyomissing on the 8th. As for Daniel Boone, they are on the road again on Wednesday to play Spring Grove at 4:15 p.m. Daniel Boone is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
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