July 29
Redbirds Eliminate Braves
The Maryland Redbirds capitalized on some defensive mistakes, and added a few
timely hits, to beat the Herndon Braves Tuesday night at Four Mile Run Park,
7-3. Read more.
July 28
Braves Rout Aces, Secure Fourth
Seed
The Herndon Braves scored ten runs in the seventh and
eighth innings alone, and went on to beat the Alexandria Aces,
15-5, on Monday afternoon at Four Mile Run Park . Read
more.
July 26
Braves Earn Hard-Fought Split
The Herndon Braves scratched out a 5-4 victory in game
two of a doubleheader against the College Park Bombers on Saturday
evening, putting them in position to clinch the #4 seed in the
Cal Ripken Sr. League Playoffs next week with a win over the
Alexandria Aces on Sunday night. Read more.
July 25
Cheatham the
Hero as Braves Beat Redbirds
The Herndon Braves saved their most exciting win of the season
for their last home game as they defeated the Maryland Redbirds on
Friday evening, 8-7. Read
more.
July 24
Braves Throttle Thunderbolts
The Herndon Braves tied their fourth-highest scoring output
of the season on Thursday, putting up nine runs on ten hits, and cruised
to a 9-1 victory over the Silver-Spring Takoma Thunderbolts. Read
more.
July 21
Costly Errors Sink Braves
The Rockville Express got a little help from the Herndon defense
on Monday evening, as they scored two unearned runs off of Braves'
errors, and went on to win 4-3. Read more
July 20
Braves Edge Thunderbolts
Joe Devlin gave up just two runs in six innings of work as the
Herndon Braves' starting pitcher, and earned his first win of the
season as the Braves defeated the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts,
3-2. All of the game's scoring
took place in a span of three half-innings, the fourth and the top of the
fifth. After the Braves scored one in the top of the fourth inning
on an error by third baseman Brett Conner, Silver Spring-Takoma (13-22) came
right back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. But
Shane Davis immediately led off the top of the fifth with a solo home run,
tying the game at 2. Then, after Mike Jones singled, advanced to second
on a groundout, and stole third, Brett Garner singled to drive in Jones,
and give the Braves the lead. Devlin, Vinny Lally, and T.J. O'Grady
finished the game with five shutout innings, and the Braves had their fourteenth
win of the season. With the win, Herndon (14-22) moved into a tie for
fourth place in the Cal Ripken Sr. League with the Rockville Express, a team
it will face in Rockville on Monday evening at 5 PM. The probable starters
for that matchup are Dimitri Seredenko (0-0, 3.95 ERA) of Herndon, and Jordan
Mathers (2-0, 2.61) of the Express.
July 19
Braves, Big Train Split Two
The Herndon Braves finally got off the schneid against the Bethesda
Big Train on Saturday evening, winning game one of a doubleheader
at Shirley Povich Field 4-3, before dropping game two 4-0. Read more.
July 18
Thunderbolts Double Up Braves
Brett Conner recorded three hits, two RBI, and two runs scored to lead the visiting
Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts past the Herndon Braves on Friday evening. With
the win, the Thunderbolts (12-20) grabbed fifth place in the Cal Ripken League,
and Herndon (12-21) dropped to sixth. Alex Ferrera drove in all three
runs in the bottom of the third inning on the Braves' first inside-the-park
home run of the season. The homer was Ferrera's fifth of the season, giving
him the team lead in that category. Mike Jones and John Lynch both scored
on Ferrera's home run. For Lynch, the run scored was his fifth in his
past three games. Starter Jaeson Hudnall took his first loss of the season
for the Braves, dropping to 3-1. For Silver Spring-Takoma, Dusty White
pitched a complete game to improve to 3-2 on the season. It was the second
nine-inning complete game thrown against the Braves this year.
July 17
Braves Blank Bombers
As a general rule, it's tough for a baseball team to win
when its batters strike out sixteen times in one game. Unless, of
course, that team's starting pitcher turns in the best performance
of the year in the same game.
That's exactly what Keith Hessler did for the Braves on Thursday
night, and he got just enough offensive help to lead his team to
a 2-0 win over the College Park Bombers. Read
more.
July 14
Big Train Rolls Past Braves
Luke Adkins hit a three-run home run to cap off a four-run fifth, and the Bethesda
Big Train defeated the Herndon Braves 8-4 on Monday evening. Read more.
July 13
Orioles Complete Season Sweep
of Braves
7/13/08
The Youse's Maryland Orioles defeated the visiting Herndon Braves
on Sunday afternoon, 8-3, to finish a perfect 6-0 versus Herndon
this season. Read more.
July 12
Braves Split Doubleheader
The Herndon Braves split a doubleheader with the Maryland Redbirds on Saturday
afternoon, winning game one 4-3 and dropping game two 5-3. Joe Charron
was the game one hero, as his triple in the top of the seventh and final inning
scored Michael Cheatham, and put the Braves in front. Herndon had tied
the game at three in the sixth inning, off of a 2-RBI double by Brett Garner. Reliever
Sean Holliday (1-3) earned the win. In game two, Sean Lamont hit a two-run
home run in the seventh inning to cut the Braves' deficit to two, but Redbirds'
starter Herman Colmenarez shut down the Braves after that to finish his abbreviated
complete game. Connor Mullee went three-for-three with a run scored in
the loss.
July 11
Braves Take Out Aces
Starting pitcher
Jaeson Hudnall gave up just four hits in 6+ innings to lead the
visiting Braves past the Alexandria Aces, 7-3, at Four Mile Run
Park on Friday night. Read more.
July 10
Big Train Earns League-Leading 22nd Win at Braves' Expense
Left fielder Luke
Adkins drove in two runs, and scored another, as the visiting Bethesda Big
Train beat the Herndon Braves 4-2 on Thursday night. Drew
Gehringer had two hits for the Braves (9-17), but left the game in the bottom
of the sixth after pulling a hamstring legging out a bunt single. The Big
Train (22-5) scored all four of its runs in the third inning, on five hits and
a walk. Herndon starter Keith Hessler pitched five and a third innings,
giving up just four hits outside of the third. The Braves actually took
a 1-0 lead in the second, after Matt Simone's RBI double scored Shane Davis. Alex
Ferrera recorded the other Herndon RBI, homering to right field in the seventh
inning. Bethesda's Scott Schneider earned the win, his league-leading fifth
of the season. He is now 5-0. Hessler took the loss, and dropped
to 0-3 on the year. The Braves play at Alexandria (9-16) on Friday night,
with the first pitch scheduled for 7 PM. Herndon and Alexandria are playing
this season for the 1st Annual Commonwealth Cup, to be awarded to the winner
of the season series. The series is currently tied at 2-2.
July 6
Game 1 - So, who had Sean Holliday in the pool for Sunday's key game-tying
run?
After Connor Mullee was beaned in the helmet by a Brett Jones
fastball, and forced to leave the game, the injury-depleted Herndon
Braves had no choice but to use Holliday, a pitcher, as his pinch-runner. Two
Brett Jones wild pitches and a Matt Simone sacrifice fly later,
Holliday was crossing home plate, and erasing the College Park
Bombers' one-run lead. Read
more
Game 2 - In his first game with the Herndon Braves, catcher John
Lynch made quite the first impression. He reached base in all three
plate appearances, including a solo home run and a single, and
scored both of his new team’s runs. Unfortunately, the incumbent
Braves couldn’t match Lynch’s production, and they
ultimately fell to the College Park Bombers, 4-2. Read
more
July 5
Chase Burnette and Tyler Massey each homered, and the Youse’s
Maryland Orioles continued their dominance over the Herndon Braves
with a 5- 4 comeback victory at Braves’ Field on Saturday
night. Read
more
July 2
With four runs in the first two innings, and starting pitcher Keith Hessler throwing
a perfect game through three, things looked good for the Herndon Braves early
in Wednesday's game against the Alexandria Aces.
Unfortunately, all that matters is how they look at the end of
the game. Read
more
June 29
Game 1 - Coming into Sunday's doubleheader, the
Herndon Braves had scored six total runs in their last three games. They
bested that total in just one inning of game 1, on their way to a 9-8
win over the visiting Maryland Redbirds. Read
more.
Game 2 - Drew Gehringer doubled twice, hit a two-run home run, and
finished with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored, to lead the Herndon Braves to a 10-2
victory over the Maryland Redbirds in game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader. Read
more.
June 28
Rockville Express starter Austin Hurd threw a complete game shutout against
the Braves on Saturday, and Rockville defeated the Braves
at Knights' Field, 4-0. Herndon falls to 6-12 on the season, and 1-3 against the last-place
Express (5-11). The Braves finished with just four hits on the day,
and could never string together a run-scoring rally. Joe Devlin pitched
seven innings for Herndon, but took the loss to fall to 0-4 on the year. The
Braves return home tomorrow for a doubleheader against the Maryland Redbirds,
with the first pitch scheduled for 3:00 PM. Derek Anderson (0-2,
4.85 ERA) and Keith Hessler (0-1, 3.38) are the probable Braves' starters.
June 27
Braves Beat Aces in 10
What's the best remedy for struggling bats? If you were
the Herndon Braves on Friday night, it was five pitchers combining
to throw ten innings, without giving up a single run. In
a game that featured some notably bizarre team statistics, the Braves
toppled the visiting Alexandria Aces in ten, 1-0. Read
more. Box
score.
June 23
Jeff Rowland and Gerald Hall each reached
base four times, and the Youse's Maryland
Orioles defeated the Herndon Braves 7-4 on Monday night
at Bachman Park. Rowland
had four singles and an RBI, while Hall singled once and walked
three times to lead the Orioles (10-3) to victory. For the
Braves (4-9), catcher Mike Galvin got on base all four times he
came to the plate, knocked in a run and scored another. He
also threw out both Rowland and Hall on steal attempts in the first
inning. Connor
Mullee had another good day with the bat for Herndon, as he tripled,
walked, scored a run and notched an RBI. The Braves actually
took a 2-0 lead after one inning, as Mullee and Galvin drove in
Drew Gehringer and Gant Elmore, who had walked and singled, respectively,
to start off the game. But a three-run third from the Orioles,
in which Rowland drove in a run and scored another, gave them the
lead for good. Herndon scored its other two runs in the sixth,
spurred by a leadoff triple from Mullee. Galvin reached base
on a passed ball after a strikeout, and Mullee scored on the play. Later
in the inning, Lee Bolyard knocked in Galvin with a sacrifice fly. For
the Orioles, reliever Ryan Buch got the win, improving his record
to 1-0 on the season. Joe Devlin took the loss for Herndon,
and dropped to 0-3. Next up for the Braves is a home game
against Alexandria on Tuesday night, with the first pitch scheduled
for 7:00 PM.
June 22
Brandon Boykin had five RBI, including a three-run home run, to lead the Silver
Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts to an 8-2 victory over
the Herndon Braves on
Sunday at Braves' Field. Read more.
June 21
The Braves overcame an early three-run deficit, not to
mention a lengthy rain delay, to beat the Silver Spring-Takoma
Thunderbolts, 8-3. Connor Mullee recorded four hits and
an RBI in the game, and Mike Galvin also reached base four times,
knocking in three runs in the process. The big inning for Herndon
was the third, in which the team scored four runs, taking a lead
which they would never relinquish. Mullee and Galvin each had a
hit, an RBI, and a run scored in that inning. Shane Davis also
recorded an RBI single in the inning. Drew Gehringer and Gant Elmore
scored the team's first two runs, after each singled to lead off
the third. Later, in the sixth inning, Gehringer led off with
a triple, and Elmore drove him in with a sacrifice fly, to extend
the Herndon lead to 6-3. Starting pitcher Jaeson Hudnall pitched
six full innings, giving up three runs on six hits, and earned the
win to improve to 2-0 on the season. After the rain delay,
Dimitri Seredenko came in and pitched three scoreless innings to
finish out the game for the Braves.
June 19
Michael Cipolla reached base three times, and singled in
the tying run in the ninth inning, to lead the visiting Bethesda
Big Train past the Herndon Braves on Thursday night, 6-5. Read
more.
June 18
The Braves broke out of their hitting slump in a big way Wednesday
night, rocking the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts (5-5) for 12
runs on 13 hits on their way to a 12-4 victory. Joe
Charron got things started early, scorching a triple into left-centerfield
to score Gant Elmore in the top of the first inning. Elmore
earned his own RBI in the third inning, knocking home Drew Gehringer
with his second single of the game, and later came around to score
another run. Lee Bolyard doubled to open the fifth inning,
and Charron scored him with an RBI single. Then, in the very
next inning, Bolyard broke the game open for the Braves with a bases-clearing
triple that scored 3 runs, and gave Herndon a 7-3 lead. The
Braves (3-6) would go on to score five more runs, on RBI from Gehringer
(1), Val Arduini (1) and Mike Galvin (2) and a Thunderbolt balk. Billy
Barber hit two home runs for Silver Spring-Takoma, but it was far
from enough to overcome the Herndon offensive onslaught. Paul
Rodriguez (1-0) got the win for the Braves in his first appearance
of the season, while Jeremy Zarou (0-1) took the loss for the Thunderbolts.
June 15
A valiant comeback attempt fell just short for the Herndon Braves
on Sunday afternoon, as they fell, 3-2, to the Rockville Express. Trailing 3-0 after seven
innings, the Braves (2-6) scored two runs in the eighth before stranding
the bases loaded, and then left Val Arduini just 90 feet from home after
a game-ending double play in the ninth. Starting pitcher Joe Devlin
(0-2) gave the Braves six great innings, allowing just three hits and no
runs through those first six. But with two outs in the seventh, Mark
Galvin of Rockville (1-6) hit a two-run home run to break the scoreless tie,
and then Gary Helmick knocked in one more to give the Express its 3-0 lead. In
the eighth, Michael Cheatham got things started with a single, and then,
after Eric Woodrow and Mark Riffee reached on a walk and a hit-by-pitch,
Drew Gehringer scored Cheatham on a sacrifice fly. Two more walks,
to Gant Elmore and Joe Charron, gave the Braves' their second run. Mike
Galvin started off the ninth inning with a double, and Arduini came in to
pinch-run. Eric Woodrow's sacrifice bunt to move Arduini over to third,
but the subsequent double play killed the rally and ended the game. The
win for Rockville, which was its first of the season, went to Doug Jennings.
June 14
The Maryland Redbirds got started early against the Herndon Braves
(2-5), getting two triples and a home run among five total hits,
to blitz their way to a 4-0 lead after just one inning. Three more runs in the second inning
expanded the Redbirds' (3-2) lead to seven, and they never looked back on
their way to a 9-2 victory. Herndon scored both of its runs in the
fourth inning, thanks to a leadoff single by Joe Charron, a throwing error
by Mason Heyne, and an RBI single by Mike Galvin. Galvin went 2/4 on
the day, and Drew Gehringer also recorded two hits in the Braves' loss. Brad
Miller threw five innings without allowing an earned run, and improved to
1-0 on the year with the win. Sean Holliday took the loss for Herndon,
and dropped to 0-2 on the season.
June 12
The Braves dropped a tight game Thursday night, losing 5-4 to
the Bethesda Big Train (3-2). Herndon (2-4) scored two quick
runs in the first inning, thanks in large part to three errors by Big Train
third baseman Mike Cipolla, and maintained a lead until the bottom of the eighth
inning. Bethesda did most of its damage in the sixth and seventh innings,
scoring two runs in each inning and turning a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 lead. Lee
Bolyard had knocked in Alex Ferrera to score the Braves third run of the game
with an RBI single, and Herndon had tacked on a fourth run by walking the bases
loaded with no outs, and then grounding into a double play. Braves'
starter Jaeson Hudnall allowed a first-inning run, but settled down after
that, and threw four scoreless innings before handing the ball over to
the bullpen. Reliever Blake Hassebrock took the loss for Herndon,
dropping his record on the season to 0-1, while David VanVoorhees improved
to 1-0 for the Big Train.
June 11
Win! 6-4
over College
Park Bombers. Joe Charron made his second home run of
the season count Wednesday night, blasting a grand slam deep into
left-center field that gave Herndon (2-3) a 6-2 lead over the College
Park Bombers (2-2) in the bottom of the seventh inning. A
home run by the Bombers' Corey Todhunter in the ninth inning cut
the deficit to 6-4, but Dan Steers got Craig Lanzarotta to strike
out directly afterward to end the game, and preserve the win for
the Braves. Charron's home run capped off a seventh inning
which saw the Braves saw all six of their runs after the first
two outs. Mark
Riffee (2/4, RBI) knocked in the first run of the inning with a
single, and then Drew Gehringer and Gant Elmore both walked, scoring
another run, and setting up Charron for his hero shot. The
six-run seventh ended a 30-inning scoreless drought for the Braves,
and was enough to propel them to their first home win of the season.
June
8
Game 1: Youse's Orioles (3-0) defeated the Braves
(1-2) for the second straight game, winning this one 3-0. Orioles'
starting pitcher Spencer Patton threw six innings
of shutout ball in the win. For the Braves, Joe Devlin gave
up three runs (two earned) in the first two innings, but settled
down nicely after that, and only gave up one hit over his final
three innings of work. Dimitri Seredenko also
showed good stuff in his first relief appearance of the season,
giving up just one baserunner over his two innings. Michael
Cheatham, Gant Elmore, and Eric Woodrow recorded
the Braves' three hits, with Cheatham breaking up Patton's no-hitter
in the fourth inning.
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Game 2: Herndon (1-3) found itself on the wrong
end of a third straight shutout to the Youse's Orioles (4-0), this
one finishing up 4-0. Joe Veleggia led the
Orioles, going 2/3 with a home run and all 4 RBI. Drew
Gehringer led off the game with a single for the Braves,
but the team managed just one more hit off the Orioles' three pitchers: Jacob
Quigg, Kevin Brady, and Kevin Jacob. The
other was a two-out double in the seventh and final inning by Connor
Mullee, which gave Herndon a much-needed scoring opportunity. Mullee
also had a solid day in the field, recording three assists from
his shortstop position. Pat Devlin threw
a shutout seventh inning to keep hope alive for Herndon.
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June 7
The Braves were defeated 6-0 by the Youse's Orioles
(2-0), dropping their record to 1-1. The game was scoreless
through four innings, but the Orioles broke through for three runs
in the fifth off starter Sean Holliday, and added
three more over the next two innings against relief pitching. Despite
the one tough inning, Holliday gave the Braves a solid start, allowing
just one hit over his first four innings. He was named the
player of the game by the Braves' internet broadcasters.
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June 6
The Braves (1-0) got the season off to a fantastic start, beating the Alexandria
Aces (0-1) 10-0 on opening day. Left fielder Joe Charron had a standout performance
for Herndon, finishing 3/4 with a single, double, and solo home run. He recorded
three RBI on the day, as did DH Matt Simone. Jaeson
Hudnall threw five innings
of shutout ball, giving up only two hits in the process. Charron was named
the player of the game by the Herndon broadcasters, but there were many worthy
candidates in this Braves blowout.
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