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Game #1 Thunder Take Boston Out (Time shortened game) 6-4

	1	2	3	4	Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Boston	3	0	1	0	4	10	5
Indy	3	2	1	x	6	4	2

Torrential rain suspended this game almost 2 hours and brought with it some of the sloppiest field conditions for the sport of Beepball. With some hard work by the volunteers, we were able to play this game under a time limit. Boston was the visiting team and started the season off with a bang. Boston sent 6 batters to the plate in the first and 5 of them put the ball into play. JJ Ward, Rich Flint and Sengil Inkiala plated the first three runs for the home town boys. The problem was that both teams needed to adjust to the sloppy conditions and in the bottom half of the inning Indy struck back to tie the score and then plated another two runs for a 5-3 lead after 2 innings. In the third inning, Rich Flint scored his second run of the game and third of his career. Again, Indy would answer in their half of the inning. The imposed time limit would haunt Boston as they only played 4 1/2 innings losing 6-4.

Steve Kasha was given the ball to pitch his first career start as he took the bump against the Cleveland Scrappers in another water logged field. Cleveland scored one run in the first. Again, Boston would strike for multiple runs in the first as Joe Quintanilla and Rich Flint scored to give Boston a 2-1 lead. That lead would be short lived as Cleveland rocked Boston for 5 runs in both the second and 4th innings. Cleveland scored in every inning of play as they knocked the ball around the field. The highlights for Boston were not on the scoreboard but what the players showed on the field. Both Luis Marquez and Joey Buizon scored runs and both players would eventually be top scorers for the team. Also Evan Silver made 3 putouts in 2 innings of play to prove he could be a force at the mid-field positions in the Boston defense. Darren Black also had a solid defensive performance with 5 putouts in 5 innings of play.

Boston drew a split squad Comet team in a game that would be televised on local cable television. With TV cameras looking on, Boston played possibly the worst game under Coach Weissman's reign. Chicago jumped all over Boston early as they scored 6 runs in the first inning. Defensively, Boston looked confused and offensively nothing worked. Boston struck out 14 times and put only 6 balls into play. Boston's lone runs came from Joey Buizon and Sengil Inkiala. The one highlight for Boston was a defensive gem by Darren Black where he made 12 putouts and came close to catching a ball in the air.

Stunned from the game against the Comets, Boston limped on to the field the next day to play the Chicago Bluff for the 7/8 seed game, or as Weissman calls it, the toilet bowl. Boston managed to score a run in the first inning but Boston was accused of batting out of order and the run was taken off the board. The Bluff would pounce on Boston's mistakes and would hold a 2-0 lead heading into the third inning. Trying to spark a rally, Weissman gave the ball to Steve Kasha in relief and immediately Luis Marquez got Boston on the board. Chicago would score in their half and then would plate another run in the 5th to stake a 4-1 lead. In the 6th inning with one out, Boston looked to get some confidence and sent Pinch hitter Jon Simeone to the plate. Simeone responded with a smash down the third baseline that Chicago was able to field. Though Simeone was out, he helped his mates see they could hit the ball. With 2 outs, down by 3 runs, Boston started its comeback with Kasha finding his groove. Joe Quintanilla hit his first offering down the third base line for a run on a very close call. JJ Ward then hit a bleeder down the first base line on a full count for the second run of the inning. Joey Buizon then scored the tying run and Rich Flint topped off the inning with a bomb to deep left field to give Boston a 5-4 lead. The Bluff were not done though and managed to push a run across with 2 out in their half of the inning to tie the game. Evan Silver and JJ Ward put balls in play in the 7th but were denied. Boston's defense held in the bottom of the 7th and in the 8th Joey Buizon led off with a bloop hit down the first base line that would prove to be the winning run. Boston had its first win of the season, its first come from behind victory ever and most importantly confidence that their hard work was beginning to pay off.

In a surprise moment, Coach Weissman decided to be the visiting team after winning the coin toss. His strategy was to make a point and get up early against the 2002 World Champion Bayou City Heat. The plan worked...for a short period of time. Boston jumped out to a 2-0 lead with 2 runs scored by Joe Quintanilla in the first and second innings. Bayou City quickly heated up scoring 17 runs in the next 3 innings forcing Boston into what would be the only game where they were faced with a 12 run mercy rule in the 2004 season. Luis Marquez scored twice and Joey Buizon added another run in the fifth and sixth innings. Another highlight for the Home town team was the play of rookie Dino Vasile. Dino filled in at the Garbage man position, giving Captain Darren Black a rest for the first time in 2 seasons. Dino made 2 put-outs in his first ever beepball game.

Boston jumped out to another 2 run lead in this game with run scoring hits by the Bridgewater boys, Luis Marquez and Joey Buizon. The lead lasted for about 40 minutes but unfortunately those minutes did not translate into innings because the game was delayed by thunder storms. Boston's lead quickly vanished as the rains stopped. Joey Buizon scored the Renegades last run in the filth inning. Sengil Inkiala led the way defensively for Boston with 2 put-outs in the right rover position.

For the third straight game, Boston jumped out to a lead in the first inning with a run scoring hit by Joey Buizon. The story of this game was defense though. The score stayed knotted at 1-0 till the fifth inning. With 2 outs Denver finally got some balls thru the defense scoring three straight times to take a 3-1 lead. Luis Marquez scored once in the bottom of the 5th to bring Boston back within a run but Rocky Mountain answered back in the 6th with insurance winning the game 4-2. Rocky Mountain forced Boston to play defense. They only struck out 5 times in this game. This was the first game in Boston history where they had three players make multiple put outs defensively. Darren Black led the way with 5 put-outs, Joey Buizon had 4 and Sengil Inkiala pitched in another 2.

Boston looked to shake things up after getting beat by Rocky Mountain the previous day. After seeing what they had to offer, Boston made some changes and gave the ball to Steve Kasha to pitch to a revamped line-up featuring three left handed batters. Coach Weissman was looking to shake things up after the team went cold the previous day. This was the first game of the World Series where Boston did not score first though it was the first game where they scored the most. After Denver jumped out to a one run lead in the first, Boston answered with 2 runs in the first from Joe Quintanilla and rookie Dino Vasile (scoring his first career run in his first career start). They put up another crooked number in the second with runs by Luis Marquez and Joe Quintanilla. Heading into the fifth inning, Boston was clicking on both sides of the ball holding a 5-2 lead when Rocky Mountain's first two batters scored runs to pull within 1 run. After a Time out, the defense was led by Darren Black who made 3 consecutive put-outs to get out of the jam. Boston answered in the bottom half of the inning with scores by Luis Marquez (2nd of game) and Joe Quintanilla's (3rd of game). Sengil Inkiala made the defensive gem of the game with a stop of a smash to right field while on the run for the final out of the game. Joey Buizon scored Boston's other run and Darren Black finished with 6 put-outs on the day.

Boston Renegades 2004 Game Results