Boone won the first game 7-3. Solid defense by both teams. Boone jumped out early on this one. Trevor Dunaway had a double and Luke Sciamanna had another nice day at the plate going 2 for 3 with a 2 bagger.

 

Boone 15- Cooper 4. Boone jumped out early again and never looked back. Solid defense by Sciamanna at third shut down Coopers chances for Big inninings. Jordan Bryant got the win for Boone on the Hill. Daniel lead the way with a 4 for 4 performance with 2 doubles and 7 stolen bases. Brennan Carroll was 3 for 3 and a clutch double in the Second inning. Nate Alford was 2 for 2 and Luke Sciamanna was 2 for 3 with a HR. Boone is now 8-1.

Cooper has been able to hang tough with a single game but the lack of pitching depth on a young squad shows on double headers. Daniel did have 7 steals but the only issue I would have is if you are up by 11 runs late in a game, why are you stealing? I know his stolen base total for the year will look nice though.

I would agree being up 10 at the time and stealing would be an issue. His coach should have called off the dogs and just told all runners to stay put. But they didn't. I beleive this was the 4th inning whenthis happened. I can remember just a couple weeks ago when Boone was up 9 to 1 in the 6th inning and lost?? Bottom line is his coach should have stepped up and not allowed this to happen. The palyer did go over and talk to coach Bieger and apologise for stealing. I don't think laying this on the player is the right thing to do, if you dont tell them to stop stealing bases. Throttling down an athlete is hard to do. Trust me when I tell you his parents have coached him on how to handle in the future.