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Game #1 Boston Pays back the WolfPack (4-2) 

The first time the Renegades have opened a season in a city other than Chicago in the history of the team.  They opened at Hofstra University against the Pennsylvania Wolfpack.  This would be the first of four planned regular season contests between the two teams.  Boston was looking forward to playing on a fast grass but came to New York to discover the grass was thicker than most fields they had ever played on.  It would prove to be a tough defensive game as the Wolfpack have two of the better defensive players in the game in Greg Gontaryk and Kevin Burton.  All pre-season Boston had been preparing to hit the ball deep.  That game plan would take Gontaryk out of  play and lead to multiple runs.  Boston would lead off the game by achieving this game plan but Kevin Burton was able to make plays up the middle of the field on the first two hitters of the game.  Larry Haile would be the first Renegade to score in 2008 as he was able to beat out a pop-up into the middle of the field with one out in the second.  Philly would get that run back in the second frame as Tony Santiago scored on a 41 foot coffin corner ball down the third baseline just beating Dino Vasile who almost made the play.  JJ Ward would pay back Santiago for that hit in the 3rd as he hit a towering pop fly to the right side of the field which landed directly on Santiago's head and bounced 20 feet away from him.  Santiago would be ok and almost recovered to make the play.  The scoring stopped in the 3rd for both teams.  The Boston defense would clamp down in the middle innings as JJ Ward made 4 put-outs in the 3rd, 4th and 5th innings while Dino Vasile (2) and Luis Marquez would also get outs in those innings.  In the 6th, Evan Silver (grounder down the 3rd base line) and Luis Marquez (pop fly into left center) would lead off with back to back runs for much needed insurance.  After the first two Wolfpack  hitters struck out, Kevin Burton scored on a weak hit up the middle.  In the end Boston would win with 4 different batters scoring runs.    JJ Ward would have a career game on defense with 4 stops in his first career start at right shorty.  Marquez pitched in 3 of his own playing the mid-field spot while Vasile also had two.  Greg Gontaryk (who would tie for the defensive MVP of this tournament would lead the game with 7 stops.  Kevin Burton also had 5 of his own).  Boston avenged their defeat in the double elimination round of the 2007 World Series.  This win also marked the first ever winning streak in tem history as they won their last game of 2007 against Long Island.  A two game winning streak was born for the first time inseven years!

Game #2 The curse stays reversed as Boston defeats Long Island again (7-2)